#ene

The subsistence mentality of a person is a prison in which his personal joy is detained. If you want to live in joy, you don't live for yourself alone. Live for others too! ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#detain #egoism #food-for-thought #generous #happiness

I just kind of opened up and said, 'I feel like a rag doll. I have hair and makeup people coming to my house every day and putting me in new, uncomfortable, weird dresses and expensive shoes, and I just shut down and raise my arms up for them to get the dress on, and pout my lips when they need to put the lipstick on.' ↗

— Jennifer Lawrence

#coming #day #doll #down #dress

Things have always sort of happened for me. Something else always comes up. ↗

— Vicki Lawrence

#comes #else #happened #me #something

He forgives without any strings attached. ↗

— Jestoni Revealed

#forgiveness #jesus #forgiveness

This is a wonderful joke to play upon a prisoner, to promise forgiveness. ↗

— Kate DiCamillo

#forgiveness #joke #tales #forgiveness

Anyway, if you need your heroes to be perfect, you won't have very many. Even Superman had his Kryptonite. I'd rather have my heroes be more like me: trying to do the right thing, sometimes messing up. Making mistakes. Saying you're sorry. And forgiving other people when they mess up, too. ↗

— Madeleine George

#lessons #forgiveness

You have tremendous gifts to give; God sent them with you when you came to this earth. And while you might forget them, or doubt they exist, God does not forget and He will show them to you. As soon as your gifts are dedicated to His work, they will blossom. Chains that might have held you back for years will dissolve. And you will feel free. You will learn that your spirit is bigger than your circumstances, as soon as you put your spirit first. ↗

— Marianne Williamson

#career #needing-work #self-esteem #unemployment #work

You will find out that Charity is a heavy burden to carry, heavier than the kettle of soup and the full basket. But you will keep your gentleness and your smile. It is not enough to give soup and bread. This the rich can do. You are the servant of the poor, always smiling and good-humored. They are your masters, terribly sensitive and exacting master you will see. And the uglier and the dirtier they will be, the more unjust and insulting, the more love you must give them. It is only for your love alone that the poor will forgive you the bread you give to them. ↗

— St. Vincent de Paul

#daughtersofcharity #inspirational #lazarists #padrespaules #vincentians

In view of this and other things, I demand forgiveness for being so obviously impressed with my own parents. ↗

— Beryl Markham

#forgiveness

I readily admit that I'm not, and have never been, big on forgiving. That doesn't mean I will seek revenge - It just means I don't forgive. ↗

— Karen E. Quinones Miller

#forgiveness