When I get tired of reading books, I sit and read quotes I collected as I read books. In the past, I used to post them individually but I think it will be beneficial to you if I post the quotes I read today together. (If you want me to post them individually, let me know.)

“We are pretty much who we are going to be by age six or seven. Beyond that we are always who we are, and that won’t change. . . Behaviors and habits can change if a person has enough support to keep the changes in place, from the inside of the heart outward.” Stephen Arterburn, author of “Every Man’s Battle”

“Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.” Norman Cousins

“Only the foolish believe in instant wisdom, instant knowledge, or instant discernment. True wisdom, knowledge, and discernment are God’s gifts to the body of Christ through those who have given God time to season their lives.” Dr. David Stoop author of “Living Strong Finishing Well”

“Heroes are made by the paths they choose, not the powers they are graced with.” Brodi Ashton, Everneath

“Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done.” C. S. Lewis

“What you do, what you have, what people say about you is not who you are. . . You are a child of God, and the spiritual life starts when you proclaim that truth.” Henri Nouwen

“My deepest awareness of myself is that I am deeply loved by Jesus Christ and I have done nothing to earn it or deserve it.” Brennan Manning, author of “The Ragamuffin Gospel”

“In the heart of every man is a desperate desire for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue.” John Eldredge, author of “Wild at heart”

“Heroism . . . is endurance for one moment more.” George F. Kennan

“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.” Michael Cunningham, author of “The Hours”

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way. . . . When we are no longer able to change a situation. . . we are challenged to change ourselves.” Viktor Frankl, author of “Man’s Search for Meaning”

“The grace of God means something life: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn’t have been complete without you. Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid. I am without you.” Frederick Buechner, author of “Wishful Thinking”

“The Bible is the cradle where Christ is laid.” Martin Luther

“Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.” Augustine

“Christ, as the object of our faith, will be the reward of our faith, so that we will see what we have believed on earth.” Mark Jones, author of “Knowing Christ” ///