1. To show that you are his children, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who cries out, "Father, my Father." ...
What I say is this: let the Spirit direct your lives, and you will not satisfy the desires of the human nature. ....
the Spirit produces love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, humility, and self-control. There is no law against such things as these.
Gal 4:6; 5:16; 22-23

2. Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand,
the spines of others
are often stiffened.
Billy Graham

4. You cannot lead unless you are bigger on the inside than you are on the outside.
Mark Cole

5. The greatest hindrances to the evangelization of the world are those
within the church. John R. Mott

6. but a wicked person's words
Good people take care of their animals, but wicked people are cruel to theirs.
Pro 12:10
Good people will be remembered as a blessing, but the wicked will soon be forgotten.
Pro 10:7
A good person's words
are a fountain of life,
but a wicked person's words
hide a violent nature.
Pro 10:11

7. The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious
The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.
Maya Angelou

8. The beginning of love is to let those we love
be perfectly themselves,
and not to twist them to fit our own image.
Otherwise we love only
the reflection of ourselves we find in them.
Thomas Merton