God has entrusted me with myself.
Epictetus
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God hath entrusted me with myself.
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SUNDAY ADELAJA And because God has entrusted you with such riches, you can use these resources to make a profound d...
CRAIG GROESCHEL There is no greater reward in our profession than the knowledge that God has entrusted us with the p...
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JOHN ORTBERG A poor soul burdened with a corpse,' Epictetus calls you.
MARCUS AURELIUS Maybe God has a better plan for me than I had for myself.
NICHOLAS SPARKS To believe in God’s gift is to be entrusted
SUNDAY ADELAJA Love God so much that, when you are entrusted with much, nothing else will be able to control your h...
SUNDAY ADELAJA Only he who has no use for the empire is fit to be entrusted with it.
ZHUANGZI The federal government has an exceptionally poor record of behaving responsibly with Americans' ...
JARED POLIS Defend me, God, from myself
SPANISH PROVERB Only the educated are free. -Epictetus.
EPICTETUS God has made the provision for every man on earth to be equally endowed with the currency time
SUNDAY ADELAJA Allowing myself to love God completely has obviously shed light on my self-love because he loves me ...
ANGIE STONE God please protect me from myself.
JIM GENOVESE I just find myself happy with the simple things. Appreciating the blessings God gave me.
DMX What motivated me to dedicate myself to public service for nearly two-thirds of my life was the chan...
OLYMPIA SNOWE God has made us as pawns... when he is bored of playing with us on the playground he just remove us....
DEYTH BANGER A pastor should never complain about his congregation, certainly never to other people, but also not...
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER God has blessed me with the gift of cheerfulness.
DEBORAH RANEY The message is that I was reminding myself and informing others of the fact that God has always been...
ANDRAE CROUCH We don't frequently get a single document that has such broad significance. And just to be entrusted...
LOUIS PITSCHMANN Everyone has a gift.
It's up to you to decide what you do with it.
ANTHONY T. HINCKS "The robber of your free will," writes Epictetus, "does not exist
MARCUS AURELIUS I am running for the U.S. Senate because I believe in the promise of America. God has blessed our na...
DON STENBERG No friend have I. I must live by myself alone; but I know well that God is nearer to me than others ...
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN What woman would not appreciate a God who becomes her attorney, assumes her case, requires no fee, a...
T.D. JAKES I may be a grieving mother, but I'm not stupid. No one has to tell me what to say. And if people hel...
CELESTE ZAPPALA The Buddhists say there are 149 ways to God. I'm not looking for God, only for myself, and that is f...
JEANETTE WINTERSON I consider myself a religious person. God is something very personal with me and I don't flaunt ...
RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN Neither of them are heavyweights but both are entrusted with heavyweight tasks.
THOMAS LEE I believe the favor of God on my life is not for me to keep to myself and become proud of, but to be...
LUKE BENWARD Over the years my mother's steadfast faith in God has inspired me, particularly when I had to pe...
BEN CARSON The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The...
CONFUCIUS I wake up every day inspiring myself, because God gave me life.
DJ KHALED God has been faithful time and again to surround me with people that sharpen me and that make me bet...
TOBYMAC God save me from my friends - I can protect myself from my enemies.
PROVERB Another thing I remind myself is that God knows what's best for me.
JOEL OSTEEN You are a little soul carrying about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say.
MARCUS AURELIUS Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.
HENRI-FRéDéRIC AMIEL Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.
HENRI FREDERIC AMIEL He who loves the world as his body may be entrusted with the empire.
LAO-TZU He has robbed me, yet he has given me something of greater value . . . he has given to me myself.
HERMANN HESSE I never really address myself to any image anybody has of me. That's like fighting with ghosts.
SALLY FIELD My father instilled in me - of utmost importance and innate in me is the yearning to determine for m...
VERA FARMIGA May God defend me from my friends; I can defend myself from my enemies.
VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) May God defend me from my friends; I can defend myself from my enemies.
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CLAUDIA ALAN Here is the thing about God. He is so big and so perfect that we can't really understand Him. We can...
LAUREN F. WINNER Confidante. One entrusted by A with the secrets of B confided to herself by C.
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PAUL DAVID TRIPP God has blessed me with a certain amount of presence and a certain amount of charisma.
VING RHAMES I know no words of prayer - God help me because I can not help myself.
HAROLD E. HUGHES God's mercy and grace give me hope - for myself, and for our world.
BILLY GRAHAM Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them. -Epictetus.
EPICTETUS God made me the way I am, and I accept myself. I am who I am, and I'm proud of myself.
CASTER SEMENYA I never really address myself to any image anybody has of me. That's like fighting with ghosts.
SALLY FIELD When obedience to God contradicts what I think will give me pleasure, let me ask myself if I love Hi...
ELISABETH ELLIOT And in the end, it does not matter. I am what God has made me, and must deal with the Times in which...
DIANA GABALDON The point that I think myself to be so terribly clever is the precise point at which I am beginning ...
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ELIZABETH GILBERT God has definitely been good to me.
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DEONTAY WILDER was a chance to expand myself and deepen my connection with the universe and with God.
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JOYCE MEYER The apologist is most entrusted with apologetics when capable of arguing his opponent's position bet...
CRISS JAMI Don’t tell me about your god with your words. Show me about your god with your actions.
STEVE MARABOLI Don't tell me about your god with your words. Show me about your god with your actions.
STEVE MARABOLI I don't think so. God has blessed me.
CARMEL FORRESTER God cannot judge me, he has no religion!
TARIQUE SIDDIQUE MOHAMMED But I know God has big stuff planned that ultimately doesn't have anything to do with me.
MICHAEL W. SMITH For some reason, and for a time such as this, God has given me favor with kings and princes.
MICHAEL W. SMITH A councilor ought not to sleep the whole night through, a man to whom the populace is entrusted, and...
HOMER They just need to be able to recover so they can go back and do what the Lord has entrusted them to ...
OSCAR GOODMAN I'm grateful to God for His bountiful gifts... He gave me courage and faith in myself.
LORETTA YOUNG I do realize that God has given me so many blessings in my life. I mean, not only with football, but...
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ME Just look at what is spelled:
Hal Jordan
BrUce Wayne
Victor Stone
Clark KenT...
ME Realizing you have something in common with another person makes you more human than you were yester...
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CLAY AIKEN You know that day after day of, Oh God what am I going to do with myself feeling? The fear of the em...
ANISH KAPOOR I had struggled so hard and so long that I had simply exhausted myself, only to find that God had al...
MICHELLE MCKINNEY HAMMOND ...the Christian life in its fullness is far more than being active in a Christian community, affirm...
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OLIVER GOLDSMITH You must have me confused with myself
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UNKNOWN God has taken care of me, and mother dear has taken care of me, too. All my life.
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CAITLYN JENNER I do not know You, God, because I am in the way. Please help me to push myself aside.
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