Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Spurgeon

I thought I could have leaped from earth to heaven at one spring when I first saw my sins drowned in the Redeemer's blood.

Amy Carmichael

Prayer is the core of the day. Take prayer out, and the day would collapse ...

Thomas Paine

The study of theology, as it stands in Christian churches, is the study of nothing; it is founded on nothing; it rests on no principles; it proceeds by no authorities; it has no data; it can demonstrate nothing; and it admits of no conclusion.

Ted Turner

Christians are losers.

Matthew Henry

We must never promise ourselves any more than God has promised us.

Maya Angelou

I'm working at trying to be a Christian and that's serious business. It's like trying to be a good Jew, a good Muslim, a good Buddhist, a good Shintoist, a good Zoroastrian, a good friend, a good lover, a good mother, a good buddy—it's serious business. It's not something where you think, Oh, I've got it done. I did it all day, hotdiggety. The truth is, all day long you try to do it, try to be it, and then in the evening if you're honest and have a little courage you look at yourself and say, Hmm. I only blew it eighty-six times. Not bad.

John Shelby Spong

The 20th century was a turning point; it freed and emancipated women, broke the back of segregation, and began the struggle to give justice to gay and lesbian people. But the Christian church, in both Catholic and Protestant forms, resisted every one of those humanizing developments. The church was on the wrong side of all three of those fights.

John Piper

The missionary question is not, 'Where are there unbelievers?' and then send a missionary there. There are unbelievers everywhere! The missionary question is, 'Where are there people's who don't have any Christians in them or don't have a church strong enough to do the neighbor evangelism that we can do if we just want to do it?' That's the missionary question.

John Piper

This is God's universal purpose for all Christian suffering: more contentment in God and less satisfaction in the world.

Kim Ens

This isn't something where we want to scare people at all.

Donna Jones

This is the dirtiest, scariest thing I've ever seen. When it comes to politics in this city, people don't play fair.

Ken Davis

This is Philadelphia, people are used to (politicians) getting indicted,

Jeanna Mastrodicasa

This is part of the risk of running, that people will say things about you.

Paul Costello

The whole idea that started this program was to get people out of harm's way.

Gary Caille

The whole idea is that the vehicle doesn't need to survive an attack, but the people do.

Hilary Clinton

The United States military, because of people like you, can do things for a troubled world that no one else can do. And I am profoundly grateful,

Curtis Hanson

This girl, I can't tell you how much ... well, just how proud I am of her. She is going to surprise so many people with this.

Harvey Houtkin

That's where all the people who are day trading, or supposedly day trading, are getting raped or killed,

Morris Gleitzman

A little hope goes a long way.

Woody Allen

I don't mind dying... as long as I don't have to be there when it happens.

Joel Osteen

As long as you have breath, someone needs your talents.

Kate Winslet

There wasn't very much time between wrapping Revolutionary Road and starting The Reader. It was about five and a half months, which, for me, isn't that long. Some actors are very good at just going from one thing to another but I've always been a bit useless at that. The preparation time is important for me.

Katarina Witt

The desire to really compete again has been there for a long time.

Katarina Witt

I hope that I can maintain my skating as long as possible.

Joseph Hall

I have seldom seen much ostentation and much learning met together. The sun, rising and declining, makes long shadows; at mid day, when he is highest, none at all.

Johan Huizinga

You only live a short time... and you are dead a long time.

Gautam Adani

Investor confidence in Adani is fairly high, and most of our investors are long-term investors.