Neles Ball Quotes & Sayings

The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women. — Queen Elizabeth II

That's part of Jesus' point, that we all have sin in us. But he was also saying that sin begins and ends with the heart. Actually, that idea runs throughout the entire Bible. As a man 'thinks in his heart, so is he.' 'Out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.' In other words, what is in us is going to come out of us. And 'above all else, guard your heart.' Do you hear that, Zach? Out of everything we do, protecting our hearts is the most important thing.
We've got to guard them especially from anything that could come in and set up a lie about our God. Anything. I mean, even doing my work - and I'm a pastor - could convince me that God needs me in some way. That would be the perfect way for the enemy to set me up to wear myself out and shut myself down. And it would all start with a lie. The devil will try to convince us of anything - he's the father of lies, remember. And that is why we have to guard our hearts so carefully. — Denise Hildreth Jones

That power is in vain which is never in use. — Benjamin Whichcote

It wasn't the life I'd wanted, but it was the life I had, and I was finally starting to accept that. — Robyn Schneider

But above all, above respect and esteem, there was a motive within her of goodwill which could not be overlooked. It was gratitude; gratitude, not merely for having once loved her, but for loving her still well enough to forgive all the petulance and acrimony of her manner in rejecting him, and all the unjust accusations accompanying her rejection. He — Jane Austen

People go on marrying because they can't resist natural forces, although many of them may know perfectly well that they are possibly buying a month's pleasure with a life's discomfort. — Thomas Hardy

I think the tax cut is ridiculous but so am I. — Randy Newman

I'm decrepit but I don't want to give up, and I love my work. — Helen Thomas

I'm just doing a favor for my brother. (Fury)
That's what I told myself, too. But the problem with family, they get you into shit and then abandon you to it. Or worse, get themselves killed off. (Sasha) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

He'd stop trying to bring her back. — Rainbow Rowell

An old farmer once asked my husband and me how long we'd been in the country. "Five years," we answered. "Well, then," he said, "you've seen rain. — Kathleen Norris

I've never met a woman who thinks they've got a good enough figure - however perfect they look - which is sad, because no one else can see these perceived flaws; they're entirely internal. — L'Wren Scott

Play is the most natural method of self-healing that childhood affords. — Erik Erikson

This job will drive me to drink, and for that reason, I will be eternally grateful. — W.C. Fields