To follow Jesus implies that we enter into a way of life that is given character and shape and direction by the one who calls us. To follow Jesus means picking up rhythms and ways of doing things that are often unsaid but always derivative from Jesus, formed by the influence of Jesus. To follow Jesus means that we can't separate what Jesus is saying from what Jesus is doing and the way that he is doing it. To follow Jesus is as much, or maybe even more, about feet as it is about ears and eyes" (The Way of Jesus, Eugene H. Peterson, 22).

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My philosophy is I'm raising future adults, not children.

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It's a philosophy of life. A practice. If you do this, something will change, what will change is that you will change, your life will change, and if you can change you, you can perhaps change the world.

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Before you criticize others, remember, they may not have had the same opportunities in life as you have had

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Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy

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Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.

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Let every man judge according to his own standards, by what he has himself read, not by what others tell him.

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Perhaps because my background is theatrical, I have a great affinity with the classics. Hamlet has always been a character of great interest to me and a character I would really love to play. Or a character in a Tennessee Williams play, maybe Tom in 'The Glass Menagerie.

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Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. ― Napoleon Hill

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Living is the art of getting used to what we didn’t expect. – Eleanor C. Wood

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