Doe Quotes - Page 6

Things are simply the way they are. They don't give us suffering. Like a thorn: Does a sharp thorn give us suffering? No. It's simply a thorn. It doesn't give suffering to anybody. If we step on it, we suffer immediately. Why do we suffer? Because we stepped on it. So the suffering comes from us.

There will be no sickness for the saint of God. ... If your body belongs to God, it does not and cannot belong to sickness.

If faith is lost, there is no security and there is no life for him who does not adhere to religion.

No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.

He who does reverence to his own sect, while disparaging the sects of others with intent to enhance the glory of his own sect, by such conduct inflicts the severest injury on his own sect.

Success is not measured by what you do compared to what somebody else does. Success is measured by what you do compared to what you are capable of doing.

The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place.

When one does not have what one wants, one must want what one has.

The first duty of a leader is opti­mism. How does your sub­or­di­nate feel after meet­ing with you? Does he feel uplifted? If not, you are not a leader.

A teacher in a differentiated classroom does not classify herself as someone who ‘already differentiates instruction.’ Rather that teacher is fully aware that every hour of teaching, every day in the classroom can reveal one more way to make the classroom a better match for its learners.

A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten.

One does not ask of one who suffers: What is your country and what is your religion? One merely says: You suffer, that is enough for me.

Happiness does not consist in having what you want, but in wanting what you have

God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.

Jiu Jitsu is a mousetrap. The trap does not chase the mouse. But when the mouse grabs the cheese, the trap plays its role.

I think very fundamentally to being Libertarian is not having a social agenda. I accept who you are and the life that you live as long as your life does not adversely affect mine.

Where in the Bible does it say I have to drive a Honda?.

Freedom does not mean being free of something, but to be free to do something.

A good test of a relationship is how a person responds to the word 'no.' Love respects 'no,' control does not.

In America, with education and hard work, it really does not matter where you came from; it matters only where you are going.

The Pentecostal power, when you sum it all up, is just more of God's love. If it does not bring more love, it is simply a counterfeit.

What people have to realize is that if one has a firm belief in God and the spirit then one does not make statements that are negative and untrue.

Just because the past taps you on the shoulder, does not mean you have to look back.

The greatest astonishment of my life was the discovery that the man who does the work is not the man who gets rich

I named this place Listening Point because only when one comes to listen, only when one is aware and still, can things be seen and heard. Everyone has a listening point somewhere. It does not have to be in the north or close to the wilderness, but someplace of quiet where the universe can be contemplated with awe.