Churchman Village Quotes & Sayings

How sad it would be to get to the end of life and realize God gave you wings, but you never used them. — Khrys Vaughan

I have always been very open and earnest about some things in my life, some things that are not directly in my life, but they're twirling around me at the time. — Ben Gibbard

It is not by spectacular achievements that man can be transformed, but by will. — Henrik Ibsen

Do you know that when one who has influence with youth- be he teacher, leader or parent- seriously weakens the foundations upon which a young person has built, by faith-destroying challenges the youngster is not yet equipped to meet, he fashions a disciple who has been effectively cut loose from fundamentals at a time when he needs most to rely on them? The challenger may himself be a moral, educated, well-meaning person of integrity, doing what he does in the name of honesty and truth. His own character may have been formed in an atmosphere of faith and conviction which, through his influence, he may now help to destroy in his young follower. "Disenchanted" himself in his mature years, he turns his powers on an immature mind and leaves it ready prey for nostrums and superstitions and behavior he himself would disdain. — Marion D. Hanks

A Fillory without a god. It was a radical notion. But he thought about it, and it didn't seem like a terrible one. They would be on their own this time - the kings, the queens, the people, the animals, the spirits, the monsters. They'd have to decide what was right and just and fair for themselves. — Lev Grossman

Creatures are so governed by the secret counsel of God, that nothing happens but what he has knowingly and willingly decreed. — John Calvin

I believe that when you're in love you have to pour your heart and soul out to your partner ... or why bother? So in that sense I'm an incurable romantic when it comes to men. — Cameron Diaz

One of my big regrets is that Facebook hasn't had a major chance to shape the mobile operating system ecosystem. — Mark Zuckerberg

I'd rather be close to those that tell me the truth as it is than being around those that lie straight to my face knowing I'm worth the truth. — Abdulazeez Henry Musa

I've never found NBA owners to be deferential. I never considered them to be reliant. All that I do is knock myself out to represent their interests the best way I can and sometimes tell them, as part of my job, what they don't like to hear. — David Stern

I like the first-person games, but I like the two-person element in terms of playing basketball games with my friends. That's a good time; we have tournaments and things. — Kevin Weisman

I think people just want to hear good songs and I just want to keep getting better as a writer so that I can deliver good songs. — Corey Smith

If a Danish politician would go up and say he believes in God, people would be a little bit taken aback by that because it's slightly different there than in the U.S. Most of Europe is not that faith based, especially in terms of the politics, and politicians don't use that there. — Nikolaj Arcel