Gowell Urgent Quotes & Sayings

He was presumably a lover. They did things like commanding battalions. And worse! — Ford Madox Ford

The gospel presents both high ideals and all-encompassing grace. Very often, however, the church tilts one direction or the other. Either it lowers the ideals, adjusting moral standards downward, softening Jesus' strong commands, rationalizing behavior; or else it pulls in the boundaries of grace, declaring some sins worse than others, some sinners beyond the pale. Few churches stay faithful both to the high ideals of gospel and its bottomless grace. — Philip Yancey

Delk shifted in his chair, the arrow point never wavering. "What do you want?"
"Oh, the usual.World peace, a pair of Christian Louboton heels, a perfect wedding. — MaryJanice Davidson

Still, who knew how the old mountain took retribution for having its insides clawed out. — Sandra Dallas

Let the desert wind cool your aching head. Let the weight of the world - drift away instead — Beck

Almost any age is better than twenty-two. — David Rakoff

You have no idea how well you are doing, John complimented me
just a few minutes after he mentioned the Christmas card. What did that mean: That I was doing well? That I'd come to a family gathering? That I'd remembered to bring food? That I was dressed, and my hair combed? That I was wearing shoes? I wasn't sure, but maybe just making an appearance at a family event meant I was handling things well. — Mary Potter Kenyon

If we all think only of our own interests, we are headed for collective disaster - just look at what we are doing to our planet's climate. — Peter Singer