Legesse Quotes & Sayings

Death had to precede resurrection, for there could be no resurrection without it. A secret and unwitnessed death would have left the resurrection without any proof or evidence to support it. Again, why should He die a secret death, when He proclaimed the fact of His rising openly? Why should He drive out evil spirits and heal the man blind from birth and change water into wine, all publicly, in order to convince men that He was the Word, and not also declare publicly that incorruptibility of His mortal body, so that He might Himself be believed to be the Life? — Athanasius Of Alexandria

The images of mens wits and knowledge remain in books. They generate still, and cast their seeds in the minds of others, provoking and causing infinite actions and opinions in succeeding ages — Francis Bacon

Come to me said the world. I was standing
in my wool coat at a kind of bright portal
I can finally say
long ago; it gives me considerable pleasure. Beauty
the healer, the teacher
death cannot harm me
more than you have harmed me,
my beloved life. — Louise Gluck

When you play defense you have to storm the fort or play cover - you can't do both. — Bear Bryant

God didn't just give a little for us; He gave His best. He gave Himself. — Francis Chan

My body is covered in marks, Cole."
Big deal. "Mine too, sweetheart."
She snorted. "Yours are war scars."
"Yours too, Christy. I waged war with others while you waged war with yourself. It's the same. It's just life; there's nothing to be ashamed of. We both survived. This body tells its own story, and it's an amazing story. You are amazing. — Elle Aycart

Let it be said ... that it was our generation that truly made a difference and that it was our guiding lights of love, peace and kindness that helped us. — Timothy Pina

The sun rose and set in a land of dreams whether the clocks where right or wrong. — Patrick Kavanagh

There's no better way to become a disintegrated character than to be your own authority. — Henry Cloud

I'd like someone tall, dark and nice. Independent and confident. Not a macho man. Perhaps a little bit girly, in a way. The key for me is if we can cry with laughter. — Miranda Hart

Where film is infinitely superior to any other medium is emotion and story and character. — Peter Jackson

The man realized that what counted was not where a person lived, but how a person lived. — Spencer Johnson

I have a small tattered clipping that I sometimes carry with meand pull out for purposes of privateamusement. It's a weather forecast from theWestern Daily Mail and it says, in toto: 'Outlook: Dry and warm, but cooler with some rain. — Bill Bryson