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Noel Street

Richard Paul Evans

Top 10 Best Quotes

“There are none so impoverished as those who deny the blessings of their lives.”

“Some own up to their past. Some are owned by their past. The wise take what they can from the past and then leave it behind.”

“Maybe that’s why I’ve always thought of God less as an engineer than as an artist—one who uses our hopes, fears, dreams, and especially our tears, to paint on the canvas of our souls, rendering something beautiful. The hardest part, I suppose, is waiting to see what He’s up to.”

“Maybe that’s why I’ve always thought of God less as an engineer than as an artist—one who uses our hopes, fears, and dreams, and especially our tears, to paint on the canvas of our souls, rendering something beautiful. The hardest part, I suppose, is waiting to see what He’s up to.”

“You served your country. That was an honorable thing.” “I wish it were that simple,” he said. “I risked my life and had no idea what I was fighting for—a corrupt dictatorship that represented almost everything we’re fighting against?”

“When you’re struggling with lack, it’s easy to become obsessed with all you don’t have and forget what you do.”

“When you’re struggling with lack, it’s easy to become obsessed with all you don’t have and forget what you do. It was nice to be reminded of all I had to be grateful for.”

“When our government officials lodged complaints over their treatment of their own people, they were told it wasn’t any of their business. They’d take our blood and weapons, but not our counsel. We were so afraid of the world turning communist… The choice was between one devil or the other.”

“We do not always believe things because they’re true. More often than not, we believe things because they’re expedient.”

“There will always be people like that. Don’t give them your time or your sanity.”

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blessings, noel-street, gratitude

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