Ardent love or desire introduced, as passionately longing to please and glorify the Divine Being, to be in every respect conformed to him, and in that way to enjoy him. – David Brainerd
If you hope for happiness in the world, hope for it from God, and not from the world. – David Brainerd
We should always look upon ourselves as Gods servants, placed in Gods world, to do his work and accordingly labour faithfully for him not with a design to grow rich and great, but to glorify God, and do all the good we possibly can. – David Brainerd
When you have fans who are hassling you the entire game and you ignore them, they respect you because their job is to try and distract you. And if they dont distract you, that means youre focused on doing your job. And who knows, by the end, sometimes you even win them over. – Robert Griffin III
A lot of people over time have had this kind of pattern in their relationship with Bill Clinton. You first meet him and youre overwhelmed by his talent. Hes so energetic and articulate and full of ideas and he calls himself a congenital optimist and that optimism is contagious. – Dee Dee Myers