"If we want the advantages of love,..." - Quote by Charles R Swindoll
If we want the advantages of love, then we must be willing to take the risks of love. And that requires vulnerability. Of course, we can refuse this path and trod another one devoid of openness. But the toll on such a road is extremely high.
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“I think it is important to begin with a statement in your speech that grabs the attention of the audience. I try to make my opening line 15 words or less.”
“Think first. Talk less. Start today.”
“Without a quest, life is quickly reduced to bleak black and wimpy white, a diet too bland to get anybody out of bed in the morning. A quest fuels our fire. It refuses to let us drift downstream gathering debris.”
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“I think the biggest disease the world suffers from in this day and age is the disease of people feeling unloved. I know that I can give love for a minute, for half an hour, for a day, for a month, but I can give. I am very happy to do that, I want to do that.”
“Oh, darling, you will be good to me, won’t you? Because we’re going to have a strange life.”
“Ain't a woman alive that could take my mama's place”
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“One never dives into the water to save a drowning man more eagerly than when there are others present who dare not take the risk.”
“maturity meant thinking about risk long before you pondered the reward, and that success and happiness in life were as much about avoiding mistakes as making your mark into the world.”
“If you want to discover new oceans, you must first have the courage to leave shore.”