It is not the place where we are, or the work that we do or cannot do that … - Amy Carmichael

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I am a bit of a solitude person - a solitary personality. I like being on my own. I don't have any major friendships or relationships with people.

Amy Carmichael

It is not the place where we are, or the work that we do or cannot do that matters, it is something else. It is the fire within that burns and shines, whatever be our circumstances.

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Thou art the Lord who slept upon the pillow, Thou art the Lord who soothed the furious sea, What matters beating wind and tossing billow If only we are in the boat with Thee? Hold us quiet through the age-long minute While Thou art silent and the wind is shrill : Can the boat sink while Thou, dear Lord, are in it; Can the heart faint that waiteth on Thy will?

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I would rather burn out than rust out.

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