Godly Examples Quotes & Sayings

From human problems come human solutions, which in turn spawn inspiration, creativity, insight and enlightenment. Without life's problems, life would become stagnant, dull and boring. — Beth Johnson

Quoting Kipling, I never got over the wonder of a people who, having extirpated the aboriginals of their continent more completely than any modern race had ever done, honestly believed they were a godly little New England community, setting examples to mankind. — Sarah Vowell

It is sometimes the man who opens the door who is the last to enter the room. — Elizabeth Bibesco

Losing faith is a complicated business and takes time. There are no epiphanies, no "moments of truth." It takes much thought and concentration in the later phases, which thenselves come about through an accumulation of small accidents: examples of general injustice, misfortune falling upon the godly, prayers of one's own unanswered. — Thomas Pynchon

At the risk of sounding pedestrian, I'll be completely honest: the first thing I do in the morning is check Google News, partially because it seems sort of random and unbiased and partially because I tend to stay in hotels that don't necessarily have the fastest Internet connections. — Moby

Much has changed since the end of the Cold War that augurs well for the survival of our nation. — Adam Schiff

If you love something so much let it go. If it comes back it was meant to be; if it doesn't it never was — Albert Schweitzer

My proceeds from the PayPal acquisition were $180 million. I put $100 million in SpaceX, $70m in Tesla, and $10m in Solar City. I had to borrow money for rent. — Elon Musk

You know, I think this is the first time we've ever done anything normal together. — Suzanne Collins

Every day's a blessing, right? It's all in your control. — Martin Starr

You get so tired of political correctness. I'm noted for speaking out all my career. — Joe Arpaio

The woman looked out at the madness of the world and dared to hope. Her eyes were burning coals of stars. — Rivera Sun

Jesus may love you, but i'm his favourite — Darynda Jones

Reading activates and exercises the mind.
Reading forces the mind to discriminate. From the beginning, readers have to recognize letters printed on the page, make them into words, the words into sentences, and the sentences into concepts.
Reading pushes us to use our imagination and makes us more creatively inclined. — Ben Carson

Yet we must learn that we should pray even in the most desperate evils and hope for the unexpected and the impossible. And it is for this reason that these examples of the holy patriarchs are set before us. They show that the patriarchs, too, were afflicted by sundry cares and trials and yet received more good than they either understood or had been bold enough to ask for. For we have a God who is able to give more than we understand or ask for. Even though we do not know what we should ask for and how, nevertheless the Spirit of God, who dwells in the hearts of the godly, sighs and groans for us within us with inexpressible groanings and also procures inexpressible and incomprehensible things. — Martin Luther