“Religion does not blithely promise some sort of no-trouble, no-problem, no-poverty world; but rather a spirit, a power, an enthusiasm that endows everyone with the ability to overcome any and all of it.” WorldDoeProblemSpiritReligionAbilityPovertyTroublePromiseOvercomingEnthusiasmNo Problem Author:Norman Vincent Peale
“A woman, even a brilliant woman, must have two qualities in order to fulfill her promise: more energy than mere mortals, and the ability to outwit her culture.” TwoOrderCultureEnergyAbilityQualityPromiseMereBrilliantMortalsMere Mortals Author:Margaret Mead
“At least one indication of unbelief is the tendency to measure life's challenges against our own adequacy instead of God's promises. To enter our Sabbath rest, we must put an end to self-reliance - trusting in our own abilities to overcome difficulties, rise above challenges, escape tragedies, or achieve personal greatness.” EndsSelfChallengesAbilityAchieveGreatnessPromiseOvercomingDifficultyTragedyTendenciesSelf RelianceRelianceRise AboveIndicationSabbathUnbeliefAdequacy Author:Charles R. Swindoll
“The only limits to prayer are the promises of God and His ability to fulfill those promises.” PrayerAbilityPromiseLimits Author:Edward McKendree Bounds
“The promise of the Internet-as-Alexandria is more than the rolling plenitude of information. It's the ability of individuals to choreograph that information in idiosyncratic ways, the hope that individuals might feel invited by the gravitational pull of a broad and open commons to 'rip, mix, and burn' - to curate.” WayFeelsMightIndividualAbilityInformationInternetPromiseBroadsRollingInvitedRipAlexandriaPlenitude Author:Gideon Lewis-Kraus
“He (Mohammed) seduced the people by promises of carnal pleasure to which the concupiscence of the flesh urges us. His teaching also contained precepts that were in conformity with his promises, and he gave free rein to carnal pleasure. In all this, as is not unexpected; he was obeyed by carnal men. As for proofs of the truth of his doctrine, he brought forward only such as could be grasped by the natural ability of anyone with a very modest wisdom. Indeed, the truths that he taught he mingled with many fables and with doctrines of the greatest falsity.” PeopleMenNaturalAbilityPleasureTeachingTaughtPromiseIslamProofFleshDoctrineUnexpectedUrgesConformityModestFablesReinsCatholic SaintFalsityNatural AbilityReligion Of IslamIslam Is Peace Author:Thomas Aquinas
“Each and every incomplete thing in your life or work exerts a draining force on you, sucking the energy of accomplishment and success out of you as surely as a vampire stealing your blood. Every incomplete promise, commitment and agreement saps your strength, because it blocks your momentum, inhibits your ability to move forward, to progress and improve. Incomplete things keep calling you back to the past to take care of them.” CarePastMovingEnergyForceAbilityProgressBloodCallingPromiseCommitmentTake CareStealingBlockMoving ForwardVampireAccomplishmentAgreementMomentumIncompleteYour MomSapDraining Author:Jeff Olson
“I thought Winston Churchill was a young man of promise, but it appears he is a young man of promises.” MenYoungAbilityPromiseYoung Man Author:Arthur Balfour
“The magician seemed to promise that something torn to bits might be mended without a seam, that what had vanished might reappear, that a scattered handful of doves or dust might be reunited by a word, that a paper rose consumed by fire could be made to bloom from a pile of ash. But everyone knew that it was only an illusion. The true magic of this broken world lay in the ability of things it contained to vanish, to become so thoroughly lost, that they might never have existed in the first place.” WorldFirstsMadeMightLostBitsAbilityFireMagicBrokenPromisePaperIllusionLaysRoseDustAshesTornMagicianHandfulConsumedDoveReunitedBroken World Author:Michael Chabon
“Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart" "It is not my ability, but my response to God's ability that counts." "Let God's promises shine on your problems." "Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.” HeartProblemAbilityWorryPromiseFunctionShiningResponseCyclesTemperatureHiding PlaceShine On Author:Corrie Ten Boom
“The guarantee of safety in a battering relationship can never be based upon a promise from the perpetrator, no matter how heartfelt. Rather, it must be based upon the self-protective capability of the victim. Until the victim has developed a detailed and realistic contingency plan and has demonstrated her ability to carry it out, she remains in danger of repeated abuse.” SelfMatterAbilityPlansDangerPromiseAbuseSafetyVictimRemainsGuaranteesRealisticCapabilityProtectiveHeartfeltPerpetratorsContingencyVictimizationBatteringBattered WomenContingency Plans Author:Judith Lewis Herman
“I don't like seeing you cry. You will stop." I'll give you a promise," he said gruffly. "And then you will cease your worrying." You will have confidence in my ability to protect you," he ordered. You will have faith in me. I command it.” GivingSaidAbilityWorrySeeingCryPromiseProtectCeaseCommandHave FaithHave ConfidenceProtect You Author:Julie Garwood