Asking quotes
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"You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can't control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone."
"We should spend as much time in thanking God for his benefits as we do in asking him for them."
"If you are asking me what the individual can do right now, in a political sense, I'd have to say he can't do all that much. Speaking for myself, I am more concerned with the transformation of the individual, which to me is much more important than the so-called political revolution."
"Asking good questions is half of learning."
"You must be asking which door is the true one; not which pleases you best"
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"All giving is asking, and all asking is an asking for love."
"Asking who's the 'man' and who's the 'woman' in a same-sex relationship is like asking which chopstick is the fork."
"Why this strange indifferences to missions? Why these scant contributions? Why does money fail to be forthcoming when approved men and women are asking to be sent to proclaim the “unsearchable riches of Christ” to the heathen?"
"I ask nothing of the Jews except that they should disappear."
"Charm is a way of getting the answer 'Yes' without asking a clear question."
"We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us."
"Are you asking me to undress, Tris?' A nervous laugh gurgles from my throat. 'Only ... partially"
"It is not only by the questions we have answered that progress may be measured, but also by those we are still asking."
"The older I grow and the more I abandon myself to God's will, the less I value intelligence that wants to know and will that wants to do; and as the only element of salvation I recognize faith, which can wait patiently, without asking too many questions."
"When you love something, you'll always come back to it. You'll always keep asking questions, and finding answers."
"Asking a question is the simplest way of focusing thinking...asking the right question may be the most important part of thinking."
"Stop asking God to bless what you're doing. Find out what God's doing. It's already blessed."
"Only those who ask for more can get more and only those who know there is more, ask."
"Above all, I will keep an open heart. As I move on the right path I will recieve great happiness as a reward without asking for anything in return."
"What is a good person? One who achieves tranquillity by having formed the habit of asking on every occasion, "what is the right thing to do now?""
"Love cannot be had for the asking; it comes only as a gift from the heart of another"
"If you're asking whether I intentionally mess up my hair, no, I don't. And certain things, like my freckles, they're just there. I don't do anything consciously. I suppose I could get contact lenses. I suppose I could comb my hair more often."
"The question you should be asking isn't, "What do I want?" or "What are my goals?" but "What would excite me?"
"Stop asking, start doing."
"He’s always asking: ‘Is that new? I haven’t seen that before.’ It’s like, Why don’t you mind your own business? Solve world hunger. Get out of my closet."
