Angesehene Quotes & Sayings

We, Jesus' followers, are the agents assigned to carry out God's will on earth. Too easily we expect God to do something for us when instead God wants to do it through us. — Philip Yancey

Most men spend their lives in one of two states of being: kidding others or kidding themselves. It's probably fair to say a proportion of them exist in both modes simultaneously. — Sandie Zand

I would argue that nothing gives life more purpose than the realization that every moment of consciousness is a precious and fragile gift. — Steven Pinker

Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity. — John Calvin

What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism. — Desiderius Erasmus

It's what Joyce Meyer calls, "New levels, new devils."2 Even if you conquer your fear of doing one thing, the moment you try something new, push your limits, or take on a new challenge, you're going to have a whole new set of fears that come with it. — Christy Wright

By the age of six the average child will have completed the basic American education ... From television, the child will have learned how to pick a lock, commit a fairly elaborate bank holdup, prevent wetness all day long, get the laundry twice as white, and kill people with a variety of sophisticated armaments. — John F. Kennedy

Common sense often makes a good law. — William O. Douglas

I'm a very optimistic person. I have the chance to listen to so much phenomenal music. Connecting with social networking to create music is a progression of what electronic music does anyway - it connects people. — Paul Van Dyk

The love we give away is the only love we keep. — Elbert Hubbard

Keeping busy is the hardest part. When I find myself still, clear of thoughts, I can still feel you holding me. — Karen Quan

Always seek peace between your heart and God, but in this world, always be careful to remain ever-restless, never satisfied, and always abounding in the work of the Lord. — Jim Elliot

Marxism was the rhetorical awning under which very different dissenting styles could be gathered together - not least because it offered an illusory continuity with an earlier radical generation. But under that awning, and served by that illusion, the Left fragmented and lost all sense of shared purpose. — Tony Judt