What a fuss people make about fidelity!" exclaimed Lord Henry. "Why, even in love it is purely a question for physiology. It has nothing to do with our own will. Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless, and cannot: that is all one can say.
Oscar WildeTags: fidelity faithfulness
I meant what I said and I said what I meant.
Dr. SeussTags: honesty faithfulness conviction
All husbands are unfaithful in one way or another.”
Lillian and Daisy glanced at each other with raised brows.
“Father isn’t,” Lillian replied smartly.
Mercedes responded with a laugh that sounded like crackling leaves being crushed underfoot. “Isn’t he, dear? Perhaps he has stayed true to me physically—one can never be certain about these things. But his work has proved a more jealous and demanding mistress than a flesh-and-blood woman could ever be. All his dreams are invested in that collection of buildings and employees and legalities that absorb him to the exclusion of all else. If my competition had been a mortal woman, I could have borne it easily, knowing that passion fades and beauty lasts but an instant. But his company will never fade or sicken—it will outlast us all. If you have a year of your husband’s interest and affection, it will be more than I have ever had.
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Faithfulness imparts God's reason for all circumstances. No matter what the world says, losing is no longer an option.
Criss JamiTags: inspirational reason purpose world opinions god spiritual faith winning adversity losing circumstances invincible faithfulness imparting options unstoppable impenetrable
Easily mistaken, it is not about a love for adversity, it is about knowing a strength and a faith so great that adversity, in all its adverse manifestations, hardly even exists.
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The common man prays, 'I want a cookie right now!' And God responds, 'If you'd listen to what I say, tomorrow it will bring you 100 cookies.
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To say that one waits a lifetime for his soulmate to come around is a paradox. People eventually get sick of waiting, take a chance on someone, and by the art of commitment become soulmates, which takes a lifetime to perfect.
Criss JamiTags: friendship love patience marriage relationships risk-taking dating chances courtship soulmates faithfulness commitment mates waiting-for-true-love
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And at the last all shall be safe, and evil thrust out never to return. And so that the trust be kept, he said, I give it into your charge, and your sons', and your sons' sons, until the day come.
Susan CooperTags: trust faithfulness commitment
Being efficient is the easy part. Suppressing one's ego completely for hours at a time is really hard.
Colin ClarkTags: ego faithfulness servanthood
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