Bertschi School Quotes & Sayings

Before one can correctly understand the work of the Holy Spirit, he must first of all know the Spirit himself. A frequent source of error and fanaticism about the work of the Holy Spirit is the attempt to study and understand His work without, first of all, coming to know Him as a person. — R.A. Torrey

You can't fight Mom's unstoppable move. It probably how Mom got to be boss of a nonprofit: Nonprofits are all about persuading people to do stuff by talking at them. It's like Will Carruthers talking you into giving him your Doritos 'one time,' except that the nonprofit is going to jump you in the locker room and whip your naked buttocks with a towel. — Jesse Andrews

The worst part is doubt. When you doubt yourself, which we are taught to do, you get lost. — Kevin Eubanks

The grumpier you are, the more assholes you meet. — Banksy

Asta Sollilja slept on, her head in the corner, mouth open, chin up, and head back, with one hand under her ear and the other half-open on the coverlet as if she thought in her sleep that someone would come and lay happiness in her palm. — Halldor Laxness

South Vietnam had to be built from scratch and, from the very beginning, depended far too much on the Western superpowers. As in the case of a person on public welfare, this dependency, which became greater with each day, was quite difficult to shake. — Nguyen Cao Ky

The days when you needed amazing Silicon Graphics machines to run animation software are gone now. — Dave Rowntree

I had rather be plundered by my enemies than by my friends. — Henry IV

I will have you removed if you don't stop. I have a little system of my own. — Charles Manson

When she was a child her mother had once told her shyness was almost a form of selfishness. You see, when you hang your head like that, darling, people think you don't like them! — Liane Moriarty

The only way to be happy is to realise how much depends on how you look at things — Alain De Botton

I felt it shelter to speak to you. — Emily Dickinson

Most of what you do to fulfill God's purposes will require acts of faith. — Jim George