Driscoll Quotes & Sayings

The inevitable result of borrowed faith is lost faith. People born into a family anchored in Christendom tend to assume they're right with God, regardless of whether they personally turn from sin and trust in Jesus. — Mark Driscoll

Married life can seem as if it's only five days long. The first day you meet, the second day you marry, the third day your raise your children, the fourth day you meet your grandchildren, and the fifth day you die first or bury your spouse to go home alone for the first time in many years. — Mark Driscoll

I know who made the environment and he's coming back and going to burn it all up. So yes, I drive an SUV. — Mark Driscoll

The great thing about playing team sport is you win and lose together, and the pain is never as bad when you share it. — Brian O'Driscoll

Once we determine in our souls that God's glory is our goal, we then stop taking the path of least resistance and start taking the path of most glory to God — Mark Driscoll

Go free those held captive, and free the souls who are bound in the darkness." -Driscoll — Brittany L. Engels

You cannot say things one week and then behave differently. — Brian O'Driscoll

Did think you were here to kill time listening to Christian music until you go to heaven? We've got work to do. — Mark Driscoll

I just want to concentrate on my rugby and enjoy it and live in the moment. — Brian O'Driscoll

God wants his glory to shine through men. God wants his Kingdom to be made visible through them. — Mark Driscoll

In marriage we have a duty to God, our spuses, the world, and future generations. But we are sinners. A husband and wife need to acknowledge that when the Bible speaks of fools, it is not just speaking about other people, but about them as well. Even the wisest among us has moments of folly. So God gives us spouses to serve as wise friends by praying with and for us, attending church with us, speaking truth, and providing Scripture along with good books and online classes, lectures, and sermons to nourish fruitfulness in our lives. — Mark Driscoll

Stop looking for the path of least resistance and start running down the path of greatest glory to God and good to others, because that's what Jesus, the Real Man, did. — Mark Driscoll

I'm very much a glass-half-full person. — Brian O'Driscoll

I'm an eternal optimist. — Brian O'Driscoll

In your mid-20s, you think you'll go on for eternity. Then a point comes where you realise that's not going to be the case. — Brian O'Driscoll

The children are always the chief victims of social chaos. — Agnes Meyer Driscoll

Since you act as though God is dead, I wanted to join you in the mourning.
The reply of Martin Luther's wife, in full funeral regalia, in trying to illustrate the folly of his depressed state. — Mark Driscoll

Adultery doesn't come until the seventh commandment, and you won't even get to the seventh commandment if you don't violate the first two commandments. Sex is god, and I worship by having sexual sin. — Mark Driscoll

I have always played into the belief that you are only ever borrowing the jersey; you never own the jersey because someone has gone before you and there is going to be someone after you, so it's a case of giving the jersey maximum respect. — Brian O'Driscoll

You can't have love and honor, and neither will bring you peace. — W.M. Driscoll

I enjoy training so much, sometimes I don't want it to stop. — Brian O'Driscoll

I have interests outside of rugby and have been cultivating them for when I do decide to hang up the boots. — Brian O'Driscoll

I've always found when I was captain when other people were doing the talking for me, I didn't need to say as much, and when I did say one or two things, people tended to listen all the more. — Brian O'Driscoll

Just to show you how far I was from predicting the accident or suspecting that it could occur-even though, except for Dolores Driscoll, who drove the bus, I was surely the person in town closest to the event, the only eyewitness, you might say-at the moment it occurred I was thinking of fucking Risa Walker. — Russell Banks

Why would a demon haunt a house? The answer is simple: demons will resort to any means possible to persuade people to focus on ghosts and hauntings rather than on God. Consider our culture's high level of interest in books, shows, and movies that deal with demonic infestation. By getting people to focus on meaningless spiritual diversions such as haunted houses, the demons hope to distract them from truly important spiritual realities such as sin and the state of their own souls. — Mike Driscoll

I used to love looking at a recipe, getting all the bits and pieces in the shops, getting them ready and prepared ... I don't really have the time to do that anymore. — Brian O'Driscoll

I love going out every day and training and being part of the team, and having friendships built up over a number of years. It's those aspects of sport that I feel are really important. — Brian O'Driscoll

I was exposed to the gym at about 28. I never had a huge love or appetite for it - it was just a means to an end. — Brian O'Driscoll

When you talk to family and friends, they can't tell you anything from an impartial point of view because they have a vested interest in you. — Brian O'Driscoll

If you can't take a nap, if you can't take a day off, heaven's going to drive you nuts. — Mark Driscoll

There are some women who are a good time and there are some women who are a good legacy. — Mark Driscoll

Religious people are not fun ... So, Jesus shows up and kids run around Him, want to be with Him. You know why? He's fun ... God's a Father who likes His kids to have fun, so when Jesus shows up, the religious people get jealous because Jesus gets invited to parties and the religious people don't. — Mark Driscoll

I didn't know Ian Smith myself! — Brian O'Driscoll

In what ways has God changed you to become more holy because of Jesus' blessing? How is God inviting you to make further changes in your life to live at greater levels of obedience and holiness to reflect Christ more? — Mark Driscoll

Fortunate are the people whose roots are deep. — Agnes Meyer Driscoll

I need to worry about the things that I am in control of. — Brian O'Driscoll

I don't really want to be the centre of attention. — Brian O'Driscoll

I'm very happy to have been a one-club man, but I wouldn't shoot down guys who have gone off and played in multiple clubs either because, essentially, it is an earning that people are after. — Brian O'Driscoll

Those who only seek friends without seeking to be a good friend are selfishly needy and demanding. And those who only want to be a good friend but do not wisely seek good friends are bound to be taken advantage of, abused, neglected, and suffer from their foolish friend choices. — Mark Driscoll

As a pastor, I recognize that in theological terms, narcissists want to be the center of attention, like a god, and have people worship them by paying attention to them, buying the products they promote, and emulating their behavior. — Mark Driscoll

People talk about loyalty of players to clubs. But in the everyday world, you don't see people being loyal to their company when they're getting offered considerably better deals elsewhere. — Brian O'Driscoll

Bit by bit, Dr. Driscoll helped me to peel away the layers of protection I had built up over the years. The process was not that unlike the peeling of an onion, which also makes us cry. It has been a painful journey, and I don't now when it will end, when I can say, "OK, it's over." Maybe never. Maybe sooner than I know. I recently told Dr. Driscoll that I feel the beginnings of feeling OK, that this is the right path. — Charles L. Bailey Jr.

Being single is not easy. But neither is being married. They are just difficult in different ways as God uses everything in our life to make us more like Jesus, who happened to live a perfect life while single. — Mark Driscoll

To make matters worse, seemingly every book I read by Christians on sex and marriage sounded unfair. Nearly every one said the husband had to work very hard to understand his wife, to relate to her. — Mark Driscoll

It feels great to be a two-time Six Nations winner. — Brian O'Driscoll

Singles, fornicating is an internship for adultery. — Mark Driscoll

I think training and being dedicated is very important, but one aspect that I always live by is that I enjoy myself in what I do! — Brian O'Driscoll

Truthless times need timeless truths. — Mark Driscoll

You can't meet Jesus and not change. If you haven't changed, you haven't met the real Jesus. — Mark Driscoll

Who you think you are is what compels you to do what you do! — Mark Driscoll

Are you letting culture, not scripture, determine your sexuality, how you date, how you present yourself, how you engage in certain relationships with members of the opposite sex? We need to be very clear that the way we do life is different than the rest of the world. — Mark Driscoll

I'm not privy to the English set-up, but at the academies in Ireland, there is a huge focus on the weights room as opposed to whether they can throw a 10-metre pass on the run. They should be rugby players becoming athletes, not athletes becoming rugby players. — Brian O'Driscoll

This is a fun action story and light reading. — Steve O'Driscoll

What happens if you walk into a church and try to find out what a man looks like? — Mark Driscoll

Feel," said Driscoll, his hands and arms out loosely. "Remember how you used to run when you were a kid, and how the wind felt. Like feathers on your arms. You ran and thought any minute you'd fly, but you never quite did. — Ray Bradbury

Everyone has something to teach you if you are humble enough to learn. — Mark Driscoll

Fear is not always a sin but it always is an opportunity. — Mark Driscoll

Faith is not just what we believe internally. It's how we behave externally. — Mark Driscoll

We need to avoid the ditch on the left, where we don't call sin a sin, as well as the ditch on the right, where we are angry culture warriors battling unbelievers instead of evangelizing them. — Mark Driscoll

Our identity is not in our joy, and our identity is not in our suffering. Our identity is in Christ, whether we have joy or are suffering. — Mark Driscoll

We receive suffering when it comes as an opportunity for God to do something good in us and through us. We rejoice not in the pain but rather in what it can accomplish for the gospel so that something as costly as suffering is not wasted but used for God's glory, our joy, and others' good. — Mark Driscoll

Past: Jesus saved us from the penalty of sin. Present: He saves us from the power of sin. Future: He will save us from the presence of sin. — Mark Driscoll

On the Sabbath day, we are remembering that my relationship with God did not begin with what I've done, it is not sustained by what I do, and it is not guaranteed to the end by my effort or work. I'm saved from beginning to end by Jesus' work. — Mark Driscoll

The Gospel of Mark revealed a Jesus who was anti-thetical to the "Gentle Jesus, meek and mild" sung about in Wesley's famous hymn. The portrait of Mark agrees more easily with that of former-major-league-baseball-player-turned-evangelist Billy Sunday who said, 'Jesus was the greatest scrapper who ever lived. — Mark Driscoll

When sins become civil rights, there is a temptation for Christians to keep our mouths shut and turn what is supposed to be a public faith into a private faith, but we are commanded to not be ashamed of the gospel. — Mark Driscoll

I think my form dipped after the Six Nations in 2007, from the World Cup onwards. — Brian O'Driscoll

Corporate worship is to be intelligible. — Mark Driscoll

The problem with our churches today is that the lead pastor is some sissy boy who wears cardigan sweaters, has The Carpenters dialed in on his iPod, gets his hair cut at a salon instead of a barber shop, hasn't been to an Ultimate Fighting match, works out on an elliptical machine instead of going to isolated regions of Russia like in Rocky IV in order to harvest lumber with his teeth, and generally swishes around like Jack from Three's Company whenever Mr. Roper was around. — Mark Driscoll

One thing I learnt early on my career is that personal gratification takes second place. — Brian O'Driscoll

Shame exists where there is sin, and so feeling ashamed, particularly when we sin, is natural and healthy. Therefore, shame is not bad, but unless the underlying sin that causes the shame is properly dealt with through the gospel, then the shame will remain, with devastating implications. — Mark Driscoll

God picked a junior high girl [to be Jesus' mother]. Jesus was raised by a woman who today, we wouldn't even let her lead a bible study at a high school. But she could raise God. — Mark Driscoll

Everything in the service needs to preach - architecture, lighting, songs, prayers, fellowship, the smell - it all preaches. All five senses must be engaged to experience God. — Mark Driscoll

Reason I am telling you all of this is that, according to Harrod, Fern Driscoll — Erle Stanley Gardner

If you can be a good role model for people, well, great. You try and live your sporting life and the rest of your life as well as you can, and if it's something that people admire, well, fantastic. I don't sit at home and think about it too much, though - there's plenty of other things in my life going on. — Brian O'Driscoll

Idols tend to be good things that you have turned into god things, which therefore become bad things — Mark Driscoll

Fathers need to be tough and tender ... you be tough for your family, be tender with your family. You protect them, and you be a safe place. — Mark Driscoll

I've never bought a sports car. — Brian O'Driscoll

It's rare enough as an older generation player that you're 100% fit - there's always something niggling. — Brian O'Driscoll

While it only takes one spouse to be friendly, it takes both spouses to be friends. When both spouses are unfriendly, the marriage is marked by conflict and coldness. When one spouse is friendly and the other is unfriendly, the marriage is marked by selfishness and sadness. But when both spouses each make a deep, heartfelt covenant with God to continually seek to become a better friend, increasing love and laughter mark the marriage. — Mark Driscoll

Once the pursuit of truth begins to haunt the mind, it becomes an ideal never wholly attained. — Agnes Meyer Driscoll

Much of spirituality today is an effort to change God to suit us. But he's not going to become more like us, we need to become more like him. — Mark Driscoll

In a team situation, I think the players are more inclined to give the answer they believe the psychologist is looking for rather than maybe being totally honest. — Brian O'Driscoll

It is imperative that Christians be like Jesus, by living freely within the culture as missionaries who are as faithful to the Father and His gospel as Jesus was in His own time and place. — Mark Driscoll

I don't care that people thought I was one way for my whole career because now that I am not attached to a team, I can have my own opinion, I can have my own voice. I can link myself to my own thought process rather than a generic message most teams try to get across. — Brian O'Driscoll

Aggression is an effective form of energy when focused on the right direction and shielded from all others. — John Driscoll

If you really want to be a rebel get a job, cut your grass, read your bible, and shut up. Because no one is doing that. — Mark Driscoll

All of the modern counseling vernacular is really not dealing with the root issue of idolatry. Someone or something's preeminent rather than God. — Mark Driscoll

I was quite small as a kid and maybe a little afraid physically. When I grew into myself, the realisation changed. That when you hurt yourself, it's transient; it doesn't stay forever. — Brian O'Driscoll

Faith only grows through suffering. — Mark Driscoll

I still get a great buzz from rugby. — Brian O'Driscoll

The 2001 tour to Australia would have been a great highlight in my career if the Lions had won the series. That might sound strange because it was a great tour in many ways, but, for me, the more time goes by, the less of a career highlight it becomes, and just more of a frustration. — Brian O'Driscoll

What the Nation must realize is that the home, when both parents work, is non-existent. Once we have honestly faced that fact, we must act accordingly. — Agnes Meyer Driscoll

Everyone has tests in their life. They come in lots of different forms. I had two or three together, which definitely challenged me as a person and as a sportsman. The big thing is how you react to those situations. You want to come out positively at the other end, and that's what I focused on doing. — Brian O'Driscoll

Sin is not just action. It's life direction. — Mark Driscoll

Ultimately I think the difference between reading the Bible and studying it is making the connections between who Jesus is and what he's done. — Mark Driscoll

I had massive admiration for lots of players. Richard Hill would be up there, along with Martin Johnson. — Brian O'Driscoll

Spirit-led Jesus followers recognize that they are imperfect Christians working with other imperfect Christians to serve a perfect Christ. When we love and give to one another, then we grow as individuals and as the family of God.136 — Mark Driscoll

The questions today are different, and if people don't get answers from pastors and parents, they will find them in dark, depraved places. — Mark Driscoll

Marriage includes a spouse, and often children. But the goal, center, and purpose of marriage is not self, spouse, or children. The ultimate goal of marriage and family is the glory of God. Only when marriage and family exist for God's glory - and not to serve as replacement idols - are we able to truly love and be loved. Remember, neither your child nor your husband (or wife) should be who you worship, but instead who you worship with. — Mark Driscoll

We want to state this carefully: a spouse who is evil, distant, cruel, unloving, or abusive should not use this information to demand more sex from his wife without first dealing with his sin. — Mark Driscoll