Berkhof Summary Quotes & Sayings

Our task is not to bring order out of chaos, but to get work done in the midst of chaos. — George Peabody

This fact, that the opposite of sin is by no means virtue, has been overlooked. The latter is partly a pagan view, which is content with a merely human standard, and which for that very
reason does not know what sin is, that all sin is before God. No, the opposite of sin is faith. — Soren Kierkegaard

I do think the first time you read a script, that gut response is very important, and that probably plants a seed that continues to blossom throughout the whole experience. — Paul Dano

Very often, actors have to face being rejected time and again, and we must remember that the red carpet lasts just a minute. — Rhys Ifans

Shank's got more guts than I've fried up from every pig and cow in the last year." He paused, as if expecting a laugh, but none came. "How stupid is this - he saves Alby's life, kills a couple of Grievers, and we're sitting here yappin' about what to do with him. As Chuck would say, this is a pile of klunk. — James Dashner

I think it's important to move people beyond just dreaming into doing. They have to be able to see that you are just like them, and you made it. — Sonia Sotomayor

Prevent postal investigators from aggressively interfering with, or closing, a commercial enterprise merely because it has been deemed not to adhere to the prevailing body of scientific opinion - whatever they have determined that to be. — Vin Weber

Oh, dear." "Oh dear?" Bernard asked. She reached up and touched her throat, where Bernard's ring still hung by its chain. "Oh, dear. We've survived. We're alive. And ... and we're wed." Bernard blinked a few times, then mused, "Why, yes. I suppose that's true. We've lived. And we've married. I suppose now we'll have to stay together. Perhaps even be in love." "Exactly," Amara repeated, closing her weary eyes with a sigh and leaning against the broad strength of his chest. "This ruins everything. — Jim Butcher

Part of me thinks the slowness is on your side. — Kiera Cass

with ambitious aim against the throne and monarchy of God rais'd impious war in Heav'n and battel proud — John Milton

Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they follow these inclinations, they will struggle and snatch from each other, and inclinations to defer or yield will die. — Xun Zi

She was alive. She was alive, and she had found her power - or it had found her.
Tomorrow's problems she'd take care of tomorrow. — Elizabeth Bear

If you work all day, when can you connect with your soul? — Lailah Gifty Akita

With stand-up, it's more interesting to hear about people's failures than their successes. — Aziz Ansari

I'm not a mom, but I think the word 'mother' is about wisdom. — Margaret Cho