There is no bravery in evil, no true courage in behavior that can only result in deep disappointment. Marion D. Hanks More Quotes by Marion D. Hanks More Quotes From Marion D. Hanks Every human being is trying to say something to others. Trying to cry out I am alive, notice me! Speak to me! Confirm that I am important, that I matter!! Marion D. Hanks aliveimportanttrying Material objectives consume too much of our attention. The struggle for what we need or for more than we need exhausts our time and energy. We pursue pleasure or entertainment, or become very involved in associations or civic matters. Of course, people need recreation, need to be achieving, need to contribute, but if these come at the cost of friendship with Christ, the price is much too high. The substitutions we fashion to take the place of God in our lives truly hold no water. To the measure we thus refuse the "living water," we miss the joy we could have. Marion D. Hanks fashionstrugglepeople Married people should be best friends; no relationship on earth needs friendship as much as marriage Marion D. Hanks marriagepeopleneeds Not only our eternal salvation depends upon our willingness and capacity to forgive wrongs committed against us. Our joy and satisfaction in this life, and our true freedom, depend upon our doing so. When Christ bade us turn the other cheek, walk the second mile, give our cloak to him who takes our coat, was it to be chiefly out of consideration for the bully, the brute, the thief? Or was it to relieve the one aggrieved of the destructive burden that resentment and anger lay upon us? Marion D. Hanks bullyjoygiving We're here to make people feel like a million dollars, not two cents. Marion D. Hanks self-esteemtwopeople God loves us and believes in us and has done and will do anything he can to help us, but he will not impose on our free agency. Marion D. Hanks agencylovebelieve The question is not why good people have trials, but how shall good people respond when they are tried? Marion D. Hanks good-peopletrialspeople Learning is not automatic. You do not automatically know how to read because you turn five. Most of us are sensitive to the fact that we still have something to learn at every step of the way. Learning is not automatic. It comes with seeking and searching, with reading and watching, with thinking, praying, and listening. Marion D. Hanks readinglisteningthinking People need recreation, need to be achieving, need to contribute; but if these come at the cost of friendship with Christ, the price is much too high. Marion D. Hanks pyramidspeopleneeds None of us can afford to pay the price of resenting...because of what it does to us. Marion D. Hanks pay-the-priceangerdoe The ultimate form of love for God and men is forgiveness. Marion D. Hanks forgivenessgod-lovemen Good health is often a matter of good judgement. Marion D. Hanks good-healthjudgementmatter
