18th Birthday Countdown Quotes & Sayings

Sir 11:23 For it is easy in the eyes of God on a sudden to make the poor man rich. Sir 11:24 The blessing of God maketh haste to reward the just, and in a swift hour his blessing beareth fruit. — Various

I have told many, yet when I go down that last trail, I know there will be a thousand stories hammering at my skull, demanding to be told. — Louis L'Amour

If different cultures connect with each other, they are less likely to want to shoot each other. — Tim Berners-Lee

I hear them, the fallen priest and the lady. Their footsteps sound like the soft hush of rain over the stone floors. — Rene Denfeld

If you're in a position where you can help other people, there is nothing better in life than helping other people. Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! — Ellen DeGeneres

Time has to be converted, then, from chronos, mere chronological time, to kairos, a New Testament Greek word that has to do with opportunity, with moments that seem ripe for their intended purpose. Then, even while life continues to seem harried, while it continues to have hard moments, we say, "Something good is happening amid all this." We get glimpses of how God might be working out his purposes in our days. Time becomes not just something to get through or manipulate or manage, but the arena of God's work with us. Whatever happens - good things or bad, pleasant or problematic - we look and ask, "What might God be doing here?" We see the events of the day as continuing occasions to change the heart. Time points to Another and begins to speak to us of God. We — Henri J.M. Nouwen

The sword - the first, for a time the only force: the force of iron. — John Lothrop Motley

I am a good lawyer," said Renard. "Often I've made right out of wrong and wrong out of right, as it suited me." - ROMAN DE RENARD — Frances Gies

A man may be carried on in a constant course of mortification all his days; and yet perhaps never enjoy a good day of peace and consolation. — John Owen

I started working at clubs when I was sixteen, which is young. I would not want my kid doing that, but I did, and that's how it went. — Joe Manganiello

A free man is he that, in those things which by his strength and wit he is able to do, is not hindered to do what he has a will to. — Thomas Hobbes

I want people to understand that tragedy and trial does not necessarily mean that you are a victim. — Marvin Sapp