In ‘life,’ I don’t want to be reduced to my work. In ‘work,’ I don’t want to be reduced to my life.
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In ‘life,’ I don’t want to be reduced to my work. In ‘work,’ I don’t want to be reduced to my life.
We're not talking about truth, we're talking about something that seems like truth - the truth we want to exist.
I want my commitment to ending girl marriage to be equal to my commitment to ending apartheid.
If you want to change who you are, begin by changing the size of your dream. Even if you are broke, it does not cost you anything to dream of being rich. Many poor people are poor because they have given up on dreaming.
I wonder if people who asked for God to intervene in our world, really know what they are asking. Will they want to be there when God really does intervene?
All societies are evil, sorrowful, inequitable; and so they will always be. So if you really want to help this world, what you will have to teach is how to live in it. And that no one can do who has not himself learned how to live in it in the joyful sorrow and sorrowful joy of the knowledge of life as it is.
Life isn't just about what you can have; it's about what you have to give, what kind of person do you want to be?
It is not enough to want to get rid of one’s sins, we also need to believe in the One who saves us from our sins.
If you want to be healthy study health... if you want to be wealthy, study wealth... if you want to be happy, study happiness.
I have no fear, I have only ambition, and I want mine, And I will do anything to protect and feed my family.
Connecting is vital for any person who wants to achieve success. It is essential for anyone who wants to build great relationships. You will only be able to reach your potential-regar dless of your profession or chosen path-when you learn to connect with other people.
The people of the world genuinely want peace. Some day the leaders of the world are going to have to give in and give, it to them.
Every period ruled by mystics was an era of stagnation and want, when most men were on strike against existence.
Don't insist on going where you think you want to go. Ask the way to the spring.
If what you want to tell me is neither True nor Good nor even Useful, why tell it to me at all
If you want to kill somebody, conquer his heart, Then leave slowly and leave them between death and madness.
I want death to find me planting my cabbages, but careless of death, and still more of my unfinished garden.
Beware of what you want-for you will get it.
God wants you to find your way back to Him, and the Savior is the way. God wants you to learn of His Son, Jesus Christ, and experience the profound peace and joy that come from following the path of divine discipleship.
You have to color outside the lines once in a while if you want to make your life a masterpiece.
The government doesn't want you to use YOUR drugs, they want you to use THEIR drugs.
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