Paraded Means Quotes & Sayings

Would Christ feel comfortable in an environment where men and women are consuming alcoholic beverages, gambling away their money, and engaging in conversation that is often filled with the baser things of life? It is a relevant question. As a Christian, Christ lives in you and you carry Him wherever you go. The Bible tells us to "come out from them and be separate" [2 Corinthians 6:17 NIV]. — Billy Graham

The great commandment is that we preach the gospel to every creature, but neither God nor the Bible says anything about forcing it down people's throats. — Louis Zamperini

I think this [Gnomeo & Juliet] is the closest I ought to get to Shakespeare to be honest. — Matt Lucas

There seems to be no end to the satisfaction one gets in having one's opinions confirmed. — Sarah Vowell

Mother, I am young. Mother, I am just eighteen. I am strong. I will work hard, Mother. But I do not want this child to grow up just to work hard. What must I do, mother, what must I do to make a different world for her? How do I start?"
"The secret lies in the reading and the writing. You are able to read. Every day you must read one page from some good book to your child. Every day this must be until the child learns to read. Then she must read every day, I know this is the secret — Betty Smith

I've written for the waste basket so often that we've become friends. He writes too, but it's mostly garbage. — Ryan Lilly

I'll make you mine, lovers said in old books. They never said, I'll make you me. — Margaret Atwood

I just lucked into this weird, little obscure cameoesque film career. I just love being a part of film history. — Flea

Each man had come to know the other's caricature as a lie. — Chris Matthews

Others are ahead of me. I am continually challenged. My focus is forward. The atmosphere is affirming. I am often out of my comfort zone. I wake up excited. Failure is not my enemy. Others are growing. People desire change. Growth is modeled and expected. — John C. Maxwell

A small, light object landed on my head. I looked around. Another small something hit me. I looked up. After a third thing hit me, I untangled a couple of deer droppings from my hair. It was spotted deer poop. I must be one of the only kids on the planet to recognise the sultana-like pellets of hares and deer and the boulders left by elephant and rhino. I heard a cackle behind me and turned to receive a handful of deer pellets full in the face. — Jane Wilson-Howarth

The predominant idea behind globalization, in its most virulent form, is an unpleasant kind of social Darwinism - that the world is for winners not losers, that only the successful count, that money is considerably more important than votes. — Anita Roddick