46foryounger Quotes & Sayings

Before we become too arrogant with the most deadly of the seven deadly sins, the sin of pride, let us remember that the two great wars of this century, wars which cost twenty million dead, were fought between Christian nations praying to the same God. — Richard M. Nixon

When Jesus directs us to pray, "Thy kingdom come," he does not mean we should pray for it to come into existence. — Dallas Willard

By elevating your reading, you will improve your writing or at least tickle your thinking. — William Safire

Repenting is a gift God gives us for our own sake, not his. — John Ortberg

If you're a writer, you have to be an egomaniac. You have to just believe in yourself, which is hard work. — James Purdy

I was determined to make working with UNICEF not just something that I did on the trip but something I'd do for the rest of my life — Ewan McGregor

Once traveling, it's remarkable how quickly faith erodes. It starts to look like something else
ignorance, for example. Same thing happened to the Israelites. Sure it's weak, but sometimes you'd rather just have a map. — Leif Enger

The universe does not exist 'out there,' independent of us. We are inescapably involved in bringing about that which appears to be happening. We are not only observers. We are participators. In some strange sense, this is a participatory universe. Physics is no longer satisfied with insights only into particles, fields of force, into geometry, or even into time and space. Today we demand of physics some understanding of existence itself. — John P. Wheeler III

The basic problem most people have is that they are doing nothing to solve their basic problem. — Bob Richardson