“We profess to think Jesus the grandest and most glorious of men, yet hardly care to be like him. When we are offered his Spirit, that is, his very nature within us, for the asking, we will hardly take the trouble to ask for it.” ThinkingMenCareSpiritAsksJesusChristTroubleAskingGlorious Book:Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated)
“Never ask anyone if you should do something, if ultimately you are afraid to do it. You'll save yourself a lot of trouble.” IfsShouldAsksWomenTroubleSave Yourself Author:Laura Schlessinger
“I've heard stories about me as a kid. My dad got me a T-shirt that said "here comes trouble," and when I ask my mom what I was like, she just sighs with this weary tone and says, "Oh, you were really busy."” SaidStoriesKidsAsksTroubleHeardMomDadMy DadBusyMy MomShirtsToneWearySighT Shirt Author:Kristin Bauer van Straten
“What troubles me about the "hostile workplace" category of sexual harassment policy is that women are being returned to their old status of delicate flowers who must be protected from assault by male lechers. It is anti-feminist to ask for special treatment for women.” AsksTroubleSpecialPolicyFlowerMalesFeministTreatmentCategoriesDelicateProtectedWorkplaceAssaultHostileHarassmentAnti FeministSpecial TreatmentDelicate Flower Book:Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays Source: Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays
“Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole; do not assemble in your mind the many and varied troubles which have come to you in the past and will come again in the future, but ask yourself with regard to every present difficulty: 'What is there in this that is unbearable and beyond endurance?'” MindWholePastAsksTroubleDifficultyRegardEnduranceUnbearable Book:Meditations Source: Meditations
“People ask me, How would you do as a contestant on the show? And I tell them I would do fairly well among senior citizens, but against a good thirty-year-old I would have trouble because I cannot recall information as quickly as I used to. You used to say something and I would go, boom, right away, very sharp. Now it's like, Oh, yes, but wait a minute, uh, uh.” PeopleYearsWellsShowsUsedAsksWaitingTroubleMinutesInformationCitizensAsk MeThirtyRecallsSeniorThirty YearsSenior CitizenContestantsThirty Years Old Author:Alex Trebek
“If God has called you, the more they block your way, the more that trouble and temptation, the more God's love is provoked. Each attempt to stop you asks for more evidence from God.” IfsWayAsksLove IsTroubleEvidenceBlockTemptationGod's LoveProvoked Author:T. B. Joshua
“Sometimes we ask ourselves 'Why?' Why do I continue to smile, to give, to live? Why do I continue to stand, despite the ferocity of the wind that keeps blowing, that keeps slapping against my face, creating a pressure that says 'fall'? Why I don't I listen to those who call me a fool because I continue to love despite my hurt? I don't know what tomorrow brings; I don't know if my troubles will seize or if my sorrows will continue. But this much I do know - I will continue to hold out, I will continue to press on, until my blessing comes.” IfsKnowsGivingSometimesMotivationalFacesFallAsksHurtTroubleWindFoolTomorrowSorrowBlessingCreatingPressurePressesDespiteCall MeMy BlessingFerocitySlappingTomorrow Brings Author:Shane Smith