Farmsteads For Sale Quotes & Sayings

Jesus' mission was not to make a big deal of himself or to elevate his followers to positions of power, authority, and prestige through identification with him. It was rather to point through and beyond himself to God and to God's coming reign on earth, and to invite his followers to find their voice in bearing witness to this transforming, redemptive God — David L. Bartlett

Sometimes you need to press pause to let everything sink in. — Sebastian Vettel

Therefore let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers' (Rom 13.1). The Christian must not be drawn to the bearers of high office; his calling is to stay below. The higher power are over him, and he must remain under them. The world exercises dominion, the Christian serves, and thus he shares the earthly lot of his Lord, who became a servant. 'For there is no power but of God.' (Mark 10.42-45) These words are addressed to the Christians, not to the powers. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Nobody should teach the black man in America to turn the other cheek, unless someone is teaching the white man in America to turn the other cheek. — Malcolm X

Pride went before, ambition follows him. — William Shakespeare

To doubt is to think, and thought is the only thing in the universe whose existence cannot be denied, because to deny is to think. — Bruce Lee

I like things to be clearly defined. Trouble brews when the lines are blurred. When people don't know where they stand. — Santa Montefiore

As the father of six children, I want to know that when my wife or I drop our kids off at school they will be safe from predators, crime and violence. — Mike Fitzpatrick

We must have books for recreation and entertainment, as well as books for instruction and for business; the former are agreeable, the latter useful, and the human mind requires both. The cannon law and the codes of Justinian shall have due honor, and reign at the universities; but Homer and Virgil need not therefore be banished. We will cultivate the olive and the vine, but without eradicating the myrtle and the rose. — Honore De Balzac