I doubt that the Lord cares much which honorable vocation you choose. But He does care if you love one another and serve one another. ~Russell M. Nelson
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I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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We are dealing in a day and time when the courts are defining sin different than the church. ~Johnny Hunt
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1972 was a year of many pleasant and rewarding experiences for me. ~Chuck Mangione
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I don't walk around chuckling all the time. My outlook is very bleak. It's worse than bleak, it's apocalyptic. ~Mark Leyner
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Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ~Swedish Proverb
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Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way. ~Harvey Mackay
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The real difference between telling what happened and telling a story about what happened is that instead of being a victim of our past, we become master of it. ~Donald Davis
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We live through books; we have adventures in them, we lead alternative lives through them. We expand our memories through them. And that sometimes art can offer us more intense experiences of the world than life itself can. ~Anthony Doerr
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Our thoughts really do create our lives. They've done a lot of research showing if you're an optimistic, positive person you will be a healthier person than if you're a sad, depressed, negative person. ~Alana Stewart
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It is a common teaching of the Saints that one of the principal means of leading a good and exemplary life is certainly modesty and the mortification of the eyes. Just as there is nothing better than modesty to preserve devotion in a soul and to edify one's neighbor, so too, there is nothing worse than immodesty and licentious glances to expose a person to the danger of becoming lax and loose in morals. ~Alphonsus Rodriguez
#quotes #alphonsus-rodriguez #saints

Once I saw my parents argue because we didn't have a lot of money anymore. So, I did what I had to do. I got my piggy bank and I went out to the backyard and buried it. ~Jack Handey
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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A philosopher is, no doubt, entitled to examine even those distinctions that are to be found in the structure of all languages; in that case, such a distinction may be imputed to a vulgar error, which ought to be corrected in philosophy. ~Thomas Reid
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A stumble may prevent a fall. ~English Proverb
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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A life without love is like a year without summer. ~Swedish Proverb
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. ~Yiddish Proverb
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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Stories are the best democracy we have. We are allowed to become the other we never dreamed we could be. ~Colum McCann
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Everyone pushes a falling fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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He that is rich will not be called a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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