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"I sincerely join you in abjuring all political connection with every foreign power; and tho I cordially wish well to the progress of liberty in all nations, and would forever give it the weight of our countenance, yet they are not to be touched without contamination from their other bad principles. Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto."
"The power of making war often prevents it, and in our case would give efficacy to our desire of peace."
"A tree gives glory to God by being a tree. For in being what God means it to be it is obeying Him.... The more a tree is like itself, the more it is like Him."
"One opens the inner doors of one's heart to the infinite silences of the Spirit, out of whose abysses love wells up without fail and gives itself to all."
"You have to raise the bar. Give yourself a challenge. Ask yourself, 'How can one make the impossible materialise?'"
"Nothing in life has any meaning except the meaning you give it."
"The Secret of living is giving"
"We can all reduce our life to a description that makes people feel sorry for ourselves or we can expand our life to a dimension where we connect and give to others."
"But I know what I like.' She smiled, and et the cat drop to the floor. 'It's like Tiffany's,'she said. 'Not that I give a hoot about jewellery. Diamonds, yes. But it's tacky to wear diamonds before you're forty; and even that's risky."
"What is an idol? It is anything more important to you than God, anything that absorbs your heart and imagination more than God, anything you seek to give you what only God can give."
"If you are trying to live a life in accordance with the Bible, the concept and call to justice are inescapable. We do justice when we give all human beings their due as creations of God. Doing justice includes not only the righting of wrongs but generosity and social concern, especially toward the poor and vulnerable."
"While we want doubts to give way to faith, we should be merciful and patient with those who are still in a doubt-troubled place."
"Love is primarily giving. It’s an action that leads to a feeling, not a feeling first."
"Gifts are abilities God gives us to meet the needs of others in Christ’s name."
"There is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God gives."
"While awaiting sentencing, I decided to give stand-up comedy a shot. The judge had suggested I get my act together, and I took him seriously."
"Web applications will become more and more ubiquitous throughout our human environment, with walls, automobile dashboards, refrigerator doors all serving as displays giving us a window onto the Web."
"I like to have books around to give me ideas-to get the verbal part of my brain to start working."
"The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is acknowledged; it's the intention, not the face-value of the gift, that's weighed."
"Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last."
