#reign

God is the only being who, in order to reign, doesn't even need to exist. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#even #exist #god #need #only

You need mystery. You actually do. I think that's what foreign women, French women in particular, are good at. There's still a sense that you need to keep some of the unknown because that's where the soul resides, or something. ↗

— Jason Clarke

#because #foreign #french #french women #good

There's something with the physical size of America... American writers can write about America and it can still feel like a foreign country. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#america #american #american writers #country #feel

That which should distinguish the suffering of believers from unbelievers is the confidence that our suffering is under the control of an all-powerful and all-loving God. Our suffering has meaning and purpose in God's eternal plan, and He brings or allows to come into our lives only that which is for His glory and our good. ↗

— Jerry Bridges

#suffering #life

I’m always impressed by people who can speak another language, two people talking what sounds like utter gibberish, yet making complete sense to each other never fails to entertain. ↗

— Tom Reynolds

#life

Adversity is not a bad thing~It's a God thing! ↗

— Prophetess Dina Rolle

#adversity-inspirational #adversity-strength-achievement #dina-rolle #god #god-s-grace

We on our part will stick to our independent foreign policy of peace, acting forever as a strong defender of world peace and a persistent proponent of common development. ↗

— Jinato Hu

#common #defender #development #foreign #foreign policy

I'm not afraid to look like a big, hairy, smelly, foreign devil in Tokyo, though I do my best not to, I really do. ↗

— Anthony Bourdain

#best #big #devil #foreign #hairy

The next president needs to know foreign policy and not learn it on the job. ↗

— Sam Brownback

#foreign policy #job #know #learn #needs

U.S. companies rely on the European market for more than half of their global foreign profits. ↗

— John Bruton

#european #foreign #global #half #market