Lievard Quotes & Sayings

It is not possible to understand the NT concept of the church if we overlook the numerous metaphors used to portray it. The church is Christ's body, a temple, a family, a royal priesthood, twelve tribes, the chosen race, Abraham's children, the new creation, the bride of Christ, and so on. Bible readers should be careful not to construct their theology of the church on a single metaphor. — David Ewert

Pronouncement of experts to the effect that something cannot be done has always irritated me. — Leo Szilard

Apart from pleasure, beauty also kindles imagination, hope and encouragement. If beauty ceased to exist, we would, in a very real sense, cease to exist
for we would be no longer who we are. — Stephen R. Lawhead

What if someone hurts you with a weapon? Wait. Think it over. You probably feel angry. That's normal. But wasn't it the stick striking your body that hurt you? Can you be angry at the stick? Of course not. Should you be angry at the wielder of the stick? Wouldn't it make more sense to be angry at the hatred in the mind of the stick wielder? If you think about it, isn't the end of hatred in the world what you want most of all? Why, then, would you add to it by giving energy to your anger? After all, it will pass on its own if left alone, especially if you respond to it with compassion. — Sylvia Boorstein

Men mistakenly expect women to think, communicate, and react the way men do; women mistakenly expect men to feel, communicate, and respond the way women do. — John Gray

So few people recognize me, I can do what anyone does. — Thierry Henry

Time is merely the passing of awareness — Andy Holman

A zebra does not change its spots. — Al Gore

God forgives man the time spent looking at airplane photos. — Barrett Tillman

Failure is usually boring. It is the credible but unrealized threat of failure that is interesting. — Robin D. Laws

The vast majority of our imports come from outside the country. — George W. Bush