Quotes & Sayings About Positivity In The Bible

There ought to be a law against necessity. — E.Y. Harburg

--In his themes and techniques, Conrad was a liberator:he eloquently questioned what other people took for granted. — Cedric Watts

I don't consider myself a starlet or a Hollywood person. — Mia Wasikowska

Murders came with smiles, shooting people was no big deal for us Goodfellas. — Henry Hill

God gave you two hands one belongs to you and the other to your fellow man. — Auliq Ice

When you are invited to drink, and this does occur now and then in New Orleans - and you say, 'What, again? - no, I've had enough;' the other party says, 'But just this one time more - this is for lagniappe.' When the beau perceives that he is stacking his compliments a trifle too high, and sees by the young lady's countenance that the edifice would have been better with the top compliment left off, he puts his 'I beg pardon - no harm intended,' into the briefer form of 'Oh, that's for lagniappe.' If the waiter in the restaurant stumbles and spills a gill of coffee down the back of your neck, he says 'For lagniappe, sah,' and gets you another cup without extra charge. — Mark Twain

When human beings try to become more than human, they quickly become less than human. — Jonathan Sacks

Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning. — Vera Farmiga

Stop!' I cried imploringly to my god-like mind. — John Kennedy Toole

The painter who feels obligated to depict his subjects as uniformly beautiful or handsome and without flaws will fall short of making art. — Joyce Maynard

While the culture is constantly focused on fluff and positivity, God's Word offers not just a competing worldview but a contrary one. The Bible is not some retouched photo of the human condition, sanitized to save everyone the heartache of reality. The Bible brings far more than a smiley preacher with platitudes that fade before sunset. The Scriptures bring stark reality, the depravity of the human heart apart from God. His Word declares the dangers of sin using the lives of men and women who needed a front-row seat to learn that all sin brings suffering. These real people are not presented to us as perfect but as those whom God was working on. — James MacDonald

He who sees the truth, let him proclaim it, without asking who is for it or who is against it. — Henry George

Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make. — Eckhart Tolle

You mean on YouTube?" "No, I mean I was watching the game when you got laid out. Hardest hit I've ever seen. I don't know how you survived it, Amos, I really don't." "Why'd — David Baldacci

Jesus Christ," Jimmy breathed, meeting the future by turning to the ancient past. — Mary Doria Russell

Goals justify the effort they demand at the outset, but later it is the effort that justifies the goal. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi