Virginia Woolf Quotes

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Books are the mirrors of the soul.

Fiction is like a spider’s web, attached ever so lightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners.

Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was an English writer who was a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness with her narratives’ voice.

Saint Augustine Quote

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Pray as though everything depended on God.  Work as though everything depended on you.

From Romans 12:11-12:  “Do not lag in zeal; be ardent in spirit; serve the Lord.  Rejoice in hope; be patient in affliction; persevere in prayer.

Edith Wharton Quotes

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Ah, good conversation–there’s nothing like it, is there?  The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.

Half the trouble in life is caused by pretending there isn’t any.

Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was an American author who became the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1921 for her novel, THE AGE OF INNOCENCE.

Maya Angelou Quote

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Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.

From 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a:  “Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude.  It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable; it keeps no record of wrongs; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing but rejoices in the truth.  It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.  Love never ends.”

Maya Angelou (1928-2014) was an American author, poet, and civil rights activist.  Her body of published work is found in autobiographies, essays, poems, and numerous credits in plays, movies, and television shows.

Marianne Williamson Quotes

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Each of us has a unique part to play in the healing of the world.

And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.

Marianne Williamson (born 1950) is an American author who has written 14 books (at last count).  

Zig Ziglar Quotes

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There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.

Make today worth remembering.

Zig Ziglar (1926-2012) was an American author and motivational speaker.  He inspired many with his wit, optimism, and Christian faith.

Oswald Chambers Quote

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But be careful to remember that you are freed for one thing only–to  be absolutely devoted to your co-Worker.

From 1 Corinthians 3:9:  “For we are God’s coworkers, working together; you are God’s field, God’s building.”

Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) was a Scottish evangelist and Christian teacher.  Following his death from an illness while in Egypt during World War I, his wife took on the task of transcribing the detailed notes she had written from his lectures and sermons.  Gertrude Hobbs Chambers’ efforts resulted in the publication in 1924 of MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST.  I frequently read from this devotional, and it has greatly deepened my faith and understanding of God’s Word.

Martin Short Quotes

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The thing you can always rely on, your core person, comes from your family’s attention and love.

No on is any one thing.

Martin Short (born 1950) is an Canadian-American actor, comedian, and writer.  He is well-known for his work on “SCTV” (Second City Television) in Canada and “Saturday Night Live” in the U.S.

Dag Hammarskjold Quotes

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Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top.  Then you will see how long it was.

We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny.  But what we put into it is ours.

Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961) was a Swedish economist and diplomat.  He served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations (1953-1961).