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The only skills I have the patience to learn are those that have no real application in life.


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When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.

When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.



We shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own.

We shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own.



Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.

Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God.



Prayer doesn't change things - God changes things in answer to prayer.

Prayer doesn't change things - God changes things in answer to prayer.



I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.

I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.



A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.

A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.



While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.

While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.



Only those who have learned well to be earnestly dissatisfied with themselves, and to be confounded with shame at their wretchedness truly understand the Christian gospel.

Only those who have learned well to be earnestly dissatisfied with themselves, and to be confounded with shame at their wretchedness truly understand the Christian gospel.



When I took the leap, I had faith I would find a net; Instead I learned I could fly.

When I took the leap, I had faith I would find a net; Instead I learned I could fly.



Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to recieve

Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to recieve





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As a nation, develop your wealth of virtues and watch yourself live better than most countries who brag themselves in their virtues of natural wealth

As a nation, develop your wealth of virtues and watch yourself live better than most countries who brag themselves in their virtues of natural wealth



God does not seem impressed by size or power or wealth. Faith is what he wants, and the heroes who emerge are heroes of faith, not strength or wealth.

God does not seem impressed by size or power or wealth. Faith is what he wants, and the heroes who emerge are heroes of faith, not strength or wealth.



In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of polities'. All issues are political issues.

In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of polities'. All issues are political issues.



I learnt pity, sympathy, and what it was like to be at the other end of the stick. Such lessons can't be learnt in lecture halls.

I learnt pity, sympathy, and what it was like to be at the other end of the stick. Such lessons can't be learnt in lecture halls.



As for whether what happened in Britain improves[Donald] Trump's chances of winning, I don't think so. He has the same chances; we may just be more aware of what they are now.

As for whether what happened in Britain improves[Donald] Trump's chances of winning, I don't think so. He has the same chances; we may just be more aware of what they are now.



We do today what they won't, so tomorrow we accomplish what they can't.

We do today what they won't, so tomorrow we accomplish what they can't.



Women play a couple of roles. They are in professional schools and increasingly producing the talent to keep the engines of the economy growing, but they're also the nurturers and the caregivers.

Women play a couple of roles. They are in professional schools and increasingly producing the talent to keep the engines of the economy growing, but they're also the nurturers and the caregivers.



Nature, the ultimate pragmatist, doggedly searches for something that works. But as the cockroach demonstrates, what works best in nature does not always appeal to us.

Nature, the ultimate pragmatist, doggedly searches for something that works. But as the cockroach demonstrates, what works best in nature does not always appeal to us.



I promised to keep on going but maybe keep on going means coming back first.

I promised to keep on going but maybe keep on going means coming back first.



We write an awful lot of stories about Donald Trump.

We write an awful lot of stories about Donald Trump.




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