Pratney Winkie Quotes & Sayings

The Islamic Revolution, as it turned out, did more damage to Islam by using it as an instrument of oppression than any alien ever could have done. — Azar Nafisi

I swear I will never trust Edward again. This is not kingly, this is not as Arthur of Camelot. This is behaviour as base as an archer's bastard and I cannot meet his eyes when I see him stuffing his mouth at King Louis' table and pocketing the gold forks. — Philippa Gregory

Come one, come all! Prepare to be amazed by the one, the only - Mairelon the Magician! — Patricia C. Wrede

People tell me being a perfectionist is a fault, but I find that's what drives me. — Paula Garces

Faith is a record of great risks taken. — Winkie Pratney

Don't waste your most important resource - your life. — Elizabeth George

A clear conscience is absolutely essential for distinguishing between the voice of God and the voice of the enemy. Unconfessed sin is a prime reason why many do not know God's will. — Winkie Pratney

Justice is based on values. And those change every generation. — Eiichiro Oda

Our problem with limited resources is not primarily overpopulation; it is greed. Our problem with pollution is not the invention of fluorocarbons or mass transport; it is irresponsibility. The loss of an acre of forest every second, the mass slaughter of elephants for their ivory, the extinction of entire species of plants, insects and animals all over the world is not something that "just happens" because there are more of us human beings. It happens because the race of ruling beings put in charge has almost wholly lost its sense of stewardship. We have turned away from God. — Winkie Pratney

Many say they can't get God's guidance, when they really mean they wish He would show them an easier way. — Winkie Pratney

The high was over. Kat jerked back, two thoughts pounding her mind, screaming, I kissed Hale. But i was the second thought made her panic: Hale didn't kiss me back. Sorry. I ... — Ally Carter

In all my work, I try to say - 'You may be given a load of sour lemons, why not try to make a dozen lemon meringue pies?' — Maya Angelou

God has guarded His Word so that only the pure in heart can see its secrets. All other efforts will fail. — Winkie Pratney

Many do not recognize the call of God simply because they have never taken the time to really talk with Him long enough to know what He is like. — Winkie Pratney

Heaven is angered by my arrogance; my proof [of the four-color theorem] is also defective. — Hermann Minkowski

Went to church and fasted all day. — George Washington

No matter how high the powers of reason, no matter how deep the intellect, no one can discover God's secret messages without paying the cost of true discipleship. — Winkie Pratney

Revival brings back a holy shock to apathy and carelessness. — Winkie Pratney

Almost all heroism is designed to make you inert by placing it in a context that you can't possibly act on. — Stefan Molyneux

God does not guide those who want to run their own life. He only guides those who admit their need of His direction and rely on His wisdom. — Winkie Pratney

God is looking for willing hearts ... God has no favorites. You do not have to be special, but you have to be available. — Winkie Pratney

God can use the jawbone of an ass! — Winkie Pratney

Those that God used in the past were just ordinary people with an extraordinary Master. They were not all champions of great faith, but little people who saw their own need, and put their small faith in a great God. — Winkie Pratney

When you meditate you have to try to quiet and calm the mind. There should be no thought within the mind. Right now you feel that if you can cherish twenty ideas at a time, then you are the wisest man on earth. The more thoughts that enter into our minds, the more clever we feel we are. But in the spiritual life it is not like that. If consciously we can make the mind calm and quiet, we feel that a new creation dawns inside us. — Sri Chinmoy

All the best days start with a latte and a time trip. — P.K. Hrezo