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“I had lost something in my youth and made money instead.”

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Stephen Vincent Benet was an American poet, novelist, and playwright. Known for his rich imagination and profound emotional depth, his works include notable poems and novels such as 'John Brown's Body' and 'America'. more

“God's Word must be so strongly fixed in our minds that it becomes the dominant influence in our thoughts, our attitudes, and our actions. One of the most effective ways of influencing our minds is through memorizing Scripture. David said, "I have hidden Your Word in my heart that I might not sin against You" (Psm. 119:11).”

Way Mind Heart Said Might Action Sin Attitude Influence My Heart Scripture Fixed Dominant Our Thoughts Our Actions Memorizing

Book:The Pursuit of Holiness

Source: The Pursuit of Holiness

“My soule her wings doth spread And heaven-ward flies, Th' Almighty's Mysteries to read In the large volumes of the skies.”

Soul Heaven Mystery Sky Wings Spread Volume Almighty

Book:Castara: The Third Edition of 1640; Edited and Collated with the Earlier Ones of 1634, 1635

Source: Castara: The Third Edition of 1640; Edited and Collated with the Earlier Ones of 1634, 1635

“I stand in the sunny noon of life. Objects no longer glitter in the dews of morning, neither are yet softened by the shadows of evening.”

Morning Courage Objects Shadow Evening Sunny Dew Noon Glitter

Book:Woman in the Ninteenth Century (EasyRead Large Edition)

Source: Woman in the Ninteenth Century (EasyRead Large Edition)

“Tragedy is always a mistake; and the loneliness of the deepest thinker, the widest lover, ceases to be pathetic to us so soon as the sun is high enough above the mountains.”

Enough Mistake Sun Loneliness Lovers Mountain Tragedy Cease Thinker Pathetic

Book:Memoirs, [ed.] by R.W. Emerson, W.H. Channing, and J.F. Clarke

Source: Memoirs, [ed.] by R.W. Emerson, W.H. Channing, and J.F. Clarke

“A man who means to think and write a great deal must, after six and twenty, learn to read with his fingers.”

Thinking Men Writing Mean Deals Six Twenties Fingers

Book:Memoirs, [ed.] by R.W. Emerson, W.H. Channing, and J.F. Clarke

Source: Memoirs, [ed.] by R.W. Emerson, W.H. Channing, and J.F. Clarke

“To be justified means more than to be declared "not guilty." It actually means to be declared righteous before God. It means God has imputed or charged the guilt of our sin to His Son, Jesus Christ, and has imputed or credited Christ's righteousness to us.”

Mean Jesus Christ Sin Son Jesus Christ Guilt Guilty Righteousness Righteous Justified Not Guilty

Book:Transforming Grace

Source: Transforming Grace

“Father sticks to it that anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky.”

Helping Father Pay Too Much Promise Sticks

Author:Dorothy Canfield Fisher

“God will never allow any action against you that is not in accord with His will for you. And His will is always directed to our good.”

Action Gods Will Accord

Book:Trusting God

Source: Trusting God

“I could not live by literature if only to begin with, because of the slow maturing of my work and its special character.”

Ifs Character Literature Special Live By Mature

Book:Tell Me a Riddle

Source: Tell Me a Riddle

“Jesus said, "Any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple" (Luke 14:33). We must honestly face the question, "Am I willing to give up a certain practice or habit that is keeping me from holiness?" It is at this point of commitment that most of us fail. We prefer to dally with sin, to try to play with it a little without getting too deeply involved.”

Giving Trying Littles Doe Said Play Faces Certain Jesus Sin Practice Failing Willing Habit Involved Giving Up Commitment Honestly Holiness Disciple Not Giving Up Luke

Book:The Pursuit of Holiness

Source: The Pursuit of Holiness

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