 I think Christians fail so often to get answers to their prayers because they do not wait long enough on God. They just drop down and say a few words, and then jump up and forget it and expect God to answer them. Such praying always reminds me of the small boy ringing his neighbor's door-bell, and then running away as fast as he can go. Author: E.M. Bounds |
| It is hard to wait and press and pray, and hear no voice, but stay till God answers. Author: E.M. Bounds |
| Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew. Author: Francis de Sales |
| One of the great disadvantages of hurry is that it takes such a long time. Author: G.K. Chesterton |
| It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become toward the defects of others. Author: Francois Fenelon |
| Rebellion against your handicaps gets you nowhere. Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world-making the most of one's best. Author: Harry Emerson Fosdick |
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| I can see, and that is why I can be happy, in what you call the dark, but which to me is golden. I can see a God-made world, not a manmade world. Author: Helen Keller |
| I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers. Author: Helen Keller |
| We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world. Author: Helen Keller |
| Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow. Author: Helen Keller |
| To keep our faces toward change, and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate, is strength undefeatable. Author: Helen Keller |
| Security is mostly superstition. It does not exist in nature. Author: Helen Keller |
