I wished God were like He used to be, a few notches lower. I wanted Him to be lofty enough to help me but not so uncontrollable. I longed for His warm presence, times when He seemed more… safe.
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Related To be, or not to be, that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I hate that just because you happen to be good at something,people automatically think that's what m... AMBER SMITH To be or not to be. That's not really a question. JEAN-LUC GODARD He's for you and wants to help you be the person He created you to be. CRAIG GROESCHEL He seemed smart and he seemed fairly nice so I went out with him a few times. We would go to dinner ... KARJA HANSEN Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ... FEREIDOON YAZDI If you were to ask everyone what 'Hamlet' was about, they might say, "It's about a ... ORLANDO BLOOM I most definitely knows God is strong. If he were weak he would not have been able to hold me when I... ESTHER EARL He seemed like the guy I really wanted to be around and help out as much as I can. DAVE MARTINEZ He seemed like he was baiting me to ask, like he wanted me to know his troubles but wanted me to ask... S.A. TAWKS When I Asked God for Strength He Gave Me Difficult Situations to Face When I Asked God for Brain & B... SWAMI VIVEKANANDA Was there no one to help? He instinctively bowed his head and prayed. A warm feeling engulfed his ba... MARK A. COOPER Many people may be heartbroken, but not enough to take action. CRAIG GROESCHEL People know your tragedies and they treat you like you’re not human. Like you’re a three-h... ERIC JEROME DICKEY To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be. GOLDA MEIR To be mad is worse than not to be if this is what it is. JOHNNY RICH Hamlet's Cat's Soliloquy "To go outside, and there perchance to stay Or to re... HENRY N. BEARD To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being. TOM ROBBINS I didn’t realize that in his wish to transform me was the proof that he didn’t like me as I was,... ELENA FERRANTE if it doesn't come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don't do it. unless it... CHARLES BUKOWSKI He kept his head down in what seemed to be a prayer. “He counts. You’ve smiled at him four hundr... DEBRA ANASTASIA I was not strong enough to defeat him. Like his master before him, be destroyed, he must. YODA [He] didn’t like to think of himself as vain, but there were definitely times when he wished there... DAVID NICHOLLS He looked so lost, so soulful, so lonely. I wanted him to kiss me now. I wanted to let him know I wa... ELLEN SCHREIBER I had many friends to help me to fall; but as to rising again, I was so much left to myself, that I ... SAINT TERESA OF AVILA He felt warm and familiar. He felt solid and safe. I wanted to cling to his shirt, bury my face into... BECCA FITZPATRICK He loved her because it was his nature to do so, but there were times when he could not endure her l... FLANNERY O'CONNOR To be rich simply means,to be able to meet people's need. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) when your heart touched mine,I knew then we were one. THERESA M WILSON To be rich simply means to be beneficial to others. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) More than any woman I ever knew, she comforted.' -Mrs. Huxley about Emma DEBORAH HEILIGMAN That's silly,' said Martha. 'Friends should always tell each other the truth. JAMES MARSHALL Kindness is the essence of greatness and the fundamental characteristic of the noblest men and women... JOSEPH B. WIRTHLIN In this long eternal quest to be more like our Savior, may we try to be “perfect” men and women ... JEFFREY R. HOLLAND And we learned that you don't have to be famous or rich or physically healthy to be a leader. You ju... JOAN BAUER There is no tomorrow to remember if we don’t do something today, and to live most fully today, we ... THOMAS S. MONSON Beauty—real everlasting beauty—lives not on our faces, but in our attitude and our actions. It l... JUSTINA CHEN I used to tell he be careful, come off of politics, but he used to tell me he was born to fight for ... BERNICE SMITH Lucas couldn’t have imagined that he would have ever felt so alone. No family, no friends. Even hi... MARK A. COOPER A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung... PETER WESSEL ZAPFFE He played at the highest level and he taught me the way the game was supposed to be played. The game... RYAN NEILL Near, so very near to God,
Nearer I cannot be;
For in the person of his Son
I am as near... CATESBY PAGET He used to hide his true self because he feared people wouldn’t like him, or would judge him for b... SCOTT STABILE He seemed like a normal guy to me, and a little bit probably even above average when you consider th... KEVIN COSTNER They told me he wanted me to break his record. I've never met him, but he sounds like a classy guy. ... KELLY GOLOB The sad heart needs work to do. JOAN BAUER Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _... GEORGE MACDONALD When he was a younger man, Jimmy used to go in for a few beers. He used to tease me because I never ... JOHN TURNER We were driving to school one morning when he was 8 years old and I said, 'Luke, what do you want to... JENNIFER SCOTT Lord, he’d said. Let me be enough. That prayer had lodged in my heart like an arrow when I’d hea... DIANA GABALDON I never wanted to be like other blues singers. I might like hearing them play, but I've never wa... B. B. 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