Old Rugged Cross Quotes & Sayings

The cousin was one of those bodies, one of those deaths Gareth tried to keep faceless. The torture of Narvel dying in his arms had been enough. A tired, bitter huff slipped from his lips. "So the lieutenant didn't punish his cousin and now all the colony suffers. When is everyone going to understand that one man's sacrifice is enough?" "They barely accepted one man's sacrifice in Galilee on an old rugged cross. How could they ever weigh the good that can come from realizing no person was more important than the rest? — Vanessa Riley

They say the Universe started with a big bang. I hope everybody stood well back. — Eddie Izzard

They don't pay you a million dollars for two-hand chest passes. — Pete Maravich

I call for greater measures to involve more women at higher levels in mine action. Governments should do more to address gender in their mine action programmes and through their implementation of the Anti-personnel Mine Ban Convention. — Ban Ki-moon

Because you don't notice the light without a bit of shadow. Everything has both dark and light. You have to play with it till you get it exactly right. — Libba Bray

Laws and machines are shaped to fit the classes. — Rod McKuen

If a man lives, then he believes in something. If he didn't believe that one must live for something, then he wouldn't live. If he doesn't see and doesn't understand the illusoriness of the finite, he believes in the infinite; if he does understand the illusoriness of the finite, he must believe in the infinite without which one cannot live. — Leo Tolstoy

Christ is sufficient. We do not need "support groups" for each and every separate tribulation. The most widely divergent sorrows may all be taken to the foot of the same old rugged cross and find there cleansing, peace, and joy. — Elisabeth Elliot

So I'll cherish the old rugged cross,
Till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it some day for a crown. — George Bennard

The traditional Confucian structure that invoked ideals of perfect human virtue for harmony must incorporate the rule of law for the modern era. — Patrick Mendis

The lawyer said he couldn't take my case, even though I assured him it was stuffed with money. — Jarod Kintz

In fact, the Gospel shows us change comes from the bottom rather than the top, from an old rugged cross rather than a gold royal throne. — Shane Claiborne

Some days are for living. Others are for getting through. — Malcolm Forbes

What human beings consciously wish is often quite at variance with the results their reflex patterns automatically create for them. — Timothy Leary

We ring the bells and we raise the strain
We hang up garlands everywhere
And bid the tapers twinkle fair,
And feast and frolic - and then we go
Back to the same old lives again. — Sarah Chauncey Woolsey

Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion. — Mahatma Gandhi

Everyone wants to fall in love. But I think more people are in love with the theory of love. If you're looking in from the outside, it looks so beautiful. On the inside, it's scary because it can take over your life. It's the strongest emotion but also the darkest. It can put you on a high for days, but it can wrap an anchor around your feet and drown you in less than a minute. If everyone knew the truth no one would really ask for love. But when it drops into your life, you can only hope that you have enough strength to hang on. — Calia Read

Because we're guys. — Bella Jeanisse

Your biggest challenge as an entrepreneur is not concealing your idea from others or keeping your idea a secret, it is actually convincing people that you're not crazy and that you can pull this off. — Sean Parker