“Accept yourself, your strengths, your weaknesses, your truths, and know what tools you have to fulfill your purpose.”
“Sometimes it s the same moments that take your breath away that breathe purpose and love back into your life.”
“Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose”
“It s funny. No matter how hard you try, you can t close your heart forever. And the minute you open it up, you never know what s going to come in. But when it does, you just have to go for it! Because if you don t, there s not point in being here.”
“A wind that blows aimlessly is no good to anyone.”
“I realized then that even though I was a tiny speck in an infinite cosmos, a blip on the timeline of eternity, I was not without purpose.”
“A simple life is not seeing how little we can get by with—that’s poverty—but how efficiently we can put first things first. . . . When you’re clear about your purpose and your priorities, you can painlessly discard whatever does not support these, whether it’s clutter in your cabinets or commitments on your calendar. (148)”
“Great minds have purpose, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them.”
“In spite of where we were, how we had gotten here and why we had come, I felt that at this moment of our lives, this place was exactly where we belonged. We were not drifting but rising, rising toward something right and of significance.”
“To me it seems that too many young women of this time share the same creed. Live, laugh, love, be nothing but happy, experience everything, et cetera et cetera. How monotonous, how useless this becomes. What about the honors of Joan of Arc, Beauvoir, Stowe, Xena, Princess Leia, or women that would truly fight for something other than just their own emotions?”
“Dedicate yourself to what gives your life true meaning and purpose; make a positive difference in someone s life.”
“The great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are going.”
“Although it is very easy to marry a wife, it is very difficult to support her along with the children and the household. Accordingly, no one notices this faith of Jacob. Indeed, many hate fertility in a wife for the sole reason that the offspring must be supported and brought up. For this is what they commonly say: ‘Why should I marry a wife when I am a pauper and a beggar? I would rather bear the burden of poverty alone and not load myself with misery and want.’ But this blame is unjustly fastened on marriage and fruitfulness. Indeed, you are indicting your unbelief by distrusting God’s goodness, and you are bringing greater misery upon yourself by disparaging God’s blessing. For if you had trust in God’s grace and promises, you would undoubtedly be supported. But because you do not hope in the Lord, you will never prosper.”
“Sometimes it takes a wrong turn to get you to the right place.”
“Even seasonal situations can bring with them lessons that last a lifetime. If the love doesn’t last, it prepares you for the one that will.”
“Do you always ask me the same questions you ask him? It depends on whether or not I get an answer.”
“She has man s brain--a brain that a man should have were he much gifted--and woman s heart. The good God fashioned her for a purpose, believe me when He made that so good combination.”