The Swartzentruber Order is the most conservative on the Amish spectrum. Amish people have differences just like any culture.
If our condition were truly happy, we would not seek diversion from it in order to make ourselves happy.
If they had told me I was the janitor and would have to mop up and clean the toilets after the show in order to play, I probably would have done it.
To put away one's own original thoughts in order to take up a book is a sin against the Holy Ghost.
The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term, is the indispensable prerequisite for success.
The voice will guide you-will tell you what to do. In order to do that, you must be quite sensitive with the instrument and accept this daily conversation with your voice.
It is impossible, in my mind, to distinguish between the refusal to receive a petition, or its summary rejection by some general order, and the denial of the right of petition.
My husband and I are huge bibliophiles. He's always reading 'The New York Times Book Review' and then ordering 20 books online.
The argument for getting our own house in order is not an argument for turning our back on the world. We cannot and should not do that.
Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.
Even if you only counted the votes that actually made it through the hoops in order to be cast, the president was really Al Gore.
Imagery is not past but present. It rests with what we call our mental processes to place these images in a temporal order.
A photographer is like a cod, which produces a million eggs in order that one may reach maturity.
My own ambition in the ring had always been skillful boxing, speed and defense - on the order of Mike Gibbons.
And in 'Frisco Kid' and in 'The Woman in Red' I had to ride badly. Then you have to really ride well in order to ride badly.
They view repentance as the thing they have to do in order to earn forgiveness, therefore the more difficult they make it, the more credit they tally up.
Americans need accurate information in order to consider Social Security reform. Too bad the media can't be counted upon to provide it.
India has reduced its dependence on Iranian oil. I know their refineries have stopped asking for orders to purchase Iranian oil.
I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them.
Democracy is not compatible with capitalism but is congruent with a version of democratic socialism in which the wealth, resources, and benefits of a social order are shared in an equitable and just manner.
In order to address world economic imbalances, countries around the world should make joint efforts to adjust their economic structure.
