J.W. Lord Quotes

#1. A timeline is a linear representation of cause and effect, changing one event alters all that follow.

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#2. You don't have to decide your entire life this night. Just let things happen as they are meant to happen.

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#3. The human condition is such that we can only stomach so much imagination. We need for things to be labeled either fiction or nonfiction. There is no section in between.

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#4. This was not what we wanted to hear that morning. Adventures inspire, tall tales excite, and fantasies stir the imagination, but sad stories seldom ever buoy the spirit. We all paused to take in the sad news.

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#5. Children are God's way of letting us know His work will continue, even long after we are gone.

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#6. One day there will be no more stars. There will be no more darkness. You see, light isn't the absence of darkness. Darkness is the absence of light.

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#7. Selfishness leads to nothingness. Generosity and benevolence leads to great reward, he explained.

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#8. There was no guarantee of victory if I remained the same or just tried to be myself, but there was certain defeat in pretending to be something I was not.

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#9. As a young girl, and still to this day, I struggle with trying to figure everything out. Figure out why things happen, what they mean, and how they all work together. It sometimes drives me crazy. Not literally, but I do sometimes feel different. Like maybe I think too much.

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#10. I read the bible every day and the one thing I have noticed is that those characters that are closest to God seem to be the ones who question and wonder and think more than others.

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#11. There are no absolute rules when it comes to success. It is not a case of you either are one or you are not. Success is something everyone must measure for themselves. Success is making the most of what you have, and who you are. To the best of your abilities regardless of what others think or say.

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#12. The thing of it is, we don't have to be perfect or be the best. We just need to do the best with what God gives us and how life treats us.

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#13. Upon hearing the news I felt completely emptied. Emptied of life, feeling, and hope. I felt as if my very soul had left my body.

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#14. She was a light from Heaven, and a beauty for all of us to behold.

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#15. Our failures make us who we are; they build our character, we are defined by what we do with them, and how we respond to adversity. Without failure there is no growth, no striving for better, no adjusting, or dusting yourself off to try again.

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#16. My dad told me that God allows people to make their own choices and doesn't override their free will. That is why bad things happen. People don't do the things they should.

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