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Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.


Thérèse de Lisieux

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THéRèSE DE LISIEUX Qu'importe, mon Dieu, que je brûle toute l'éternité en enfer, si c'est ta volonté.
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THéRèSE DE LISIEUX I will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions.
JOHN ENOCH POWELL I will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions.
ENOCH POWELL The machine does not isolate us from the great problems of nature but plunges us more deeply into th...
ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY Our nation does not surrender to blackmail.
ALVIN HELLERSTEIN Lovers never surrender to each other, lovers simply surrender to love.
OSHO The New Testament gospels do not show Jesus as approving what Judas did, which sadly allowed many Ch...
GARY HERION Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hard...
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER I feel in me the vocation of the Priest. I have the vocation of the Apostle. Martyrdom was the dream...
THéRèSE OF LISIEUX I have always wanted to become a saint. Unfortunately, when I have compared myself with the saints, ...
THéRèSE OF LISIEUX Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden me. The only way...
THéRèSE OF LISIEUX The price of ability does not depend on merit, but on supply and demand.
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MOSHE DAYAN if Radovan Karadzic does not surrender, he must be arrested.
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MATT FARLOW He who does not reflect his life back to God in gratitude does not know himself.
ALBERT SCHWEITZER You separate the personal actions from the music. And what he does, he does very well.
CRYSTAL ROBINSON “Gratitude is the memory of the heart, expressed into words and actions.” ~ Tom Baker
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ANDRE BAZIN Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.
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JEFFREY FRY Beside Jesus, the whole lot of us are so contemptible... But God is like Jesus, and like Jesus, He w...
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JAMES BARRIE The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble.
JAMES M. BARRIE The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble.
JAMES MATTHEW BARRIE Great actions are not always true sons Of great and mighty resolutions.
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MICHAEL WICKETT The offering was met with great demand from both Europe and the United States, with extremely high q...
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JOSE A. AVILES Strength does not come from what you can do.It comes when you take challenging moment in your stride...
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JAY PARINI With our trading partners slowing down, they're not going to demand a lot of exports from us.
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OBIAGELI EZEKWESILI Does not the gratitude of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors?
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WANG YUANHONG A clock does not care how we spend our time, it simply does it's job and continues ticking.
FAISAL KHOSA He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.
CONFUCIUS He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.
CONFUCIUS He who learns but does not think is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.
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SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does is maintain it...
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR Art is an attempt to integrate evil.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their ...
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of lov...
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life's parody, ...
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior; she can do away with this inferiorit...
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR The universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies of your dancers, in ...
AGNES DE MILLE I think I'm well on the way of overcoming a very big hurdle that's been in my way for severa...
REBECCA DE MORNAY I would watch anything with Meryl Streep in it.
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND All of Hollywood was convinced that 'Gone with the Wind' would be a colossal disaster and ra...
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND What bothered me was playing one-dimensional parts in films which were really about, 'Boy Meets ...
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND How many women in this world are served breakfast in bed every morning by a gorgeous young man? I am...
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND I loved France, although I initially thought they were stubborn for always speaking French.
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND When I was five, I discovered a secret box that contained Mummy's stage makeup. It was like find...
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND There certainly is such a thing as screen chemistry, although I don't believe you find it freque...
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND We were like a stock company at Warners. We didn't know any of the stars from the other studios.
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND I am attracted by almost any French word - written or spoken. Before I knew its meaning, I thought &...
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND I don't feel the cold. It's my British blood!
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND I don't need a fantasy life as once I did. That is the life of the imagination that I had a grea...
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND The one thing that you simply have to remember all the time that you are there, is that Hollywood is...
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND