#good things

The Divine wisdom has given us prayer, not as a means whereby to obtain the good things of earth, but as a means whereby we learn to do without them; not as a means whereby we escape evil, but as a means whereby we become strong to meet it. ↗

— Frederick William Robertson

#divine #earth #escape #evil #given

I couldn't have foreseen all the good things that have followed my mother's death. The renewed energy, the surprising sweetness of grief. The tenderness I feel for strangers on walkers. The deeper love I have for my siblings and friends. The desire to play the mandolin. The gift of a visitation. ↗

— Mary Schmich

#deeper #desire #energy #feel #followed

Every country we conquer feeds us. And these are just a few of the good things we'll have when this war is over. Slaves working for us everywhere while we sit back with a fork in our hands and a whip on our knees. ↗

— Curt Siodmak

#conquer #country #every #everywhere #feeds

I was seeing a lot of really good things about Get Shorty when it came out, and my wife pointed out that if you validate the good reviews, you also have to validate the bad reviews. ↗

— Barry Sonnenfeld

#also #bad #came #get #good

When I was put in a situation where I'm going there, you have to look at the team and the possibility that hey, we can probably do some good things over there. ↗

— Latrell Sprewell

#good #good things #hey #i #look

I am an over-achiever, and I want to be known for the good things in my life. ↗

— Taylor Swift

#good #good things #i #i am #known

I haven't been in tennis for that long, but what I can say is that we have a lot of young guys at the top who are willing to do a lot of good things for tennis in general. ↗

— Novak Djokovic

#general #good #good things #guys #haven

I want to start a trend of women as we really look. Some good things, some not so good. I am tired of looking at frozen faces. ↗

— Debra Winger

#faces #frozen #good #good things #i

Some really good things kind of swing both ways and I like to see people that can swing really, really, really sad and horrible and terrible and really, really, really beautiful and funny. ↗

— Beth Henley

#both #funny #good #good things #horrible

The human wish to credit good things as miraculous and to charge bad things to another account is apparently universal. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#another #apparently #bad #charge #credit