Razes Quotes & Sayings

The zeal of friends it is that razes me, And not the hate of enemies. — Friedrich Schiller

This father, indeed, is what the various fathers of the biblical story - from Noah to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to David - never quite managed to be with their own families. He does what they rarely managed to do with their own power: use it for ever-increasing abundance and blessing. He is an icon of the true image. Indeed, in the holy hilarity of his greeting, the lavishness of his feast, and the eagerness of his pleading, we glimpse not just an image bearer but the very One "from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name" (Ephesians 3:15), whose image is meant to be refracted in his sons and daughters. Like him, we are meant to pour out our power fearlessly, spend our privilege recklessly, and leave our status in the dust of our headlong pursuit of love. — Andy Crouch

God razes us before he raises us. — Jared C. Wilson

Great friendships are like cell phones, you do not know why they work but are so glad that they do. — Hester Browne

The rose is often found near the nettle. — Ovid

He destroys that he might build; for when He is about to rear His sacred temple in us, He first totally razes that vain and pompous edifice, which human art and power had erected, and from its horrible ruins a new structure is formed, by His power only. — Jeanne Marie Bouvier De La Motte Guyon

Baseball was my refuge. When I came on the field, I did my job, and did the best I could and focused on that. Then I went home and I was miserable. That was pretty much my routine every day.? — Joey Votto

(Alexander Pope: "A little learning is a dangerous thing; / Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.") — Paul Kalanithi

Awake. Reach out. Press onward. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Walk a mile in my shoes is good advice. Our children will learn to respect others if they are used to imagining themselves in another's place. — Neil Kurshan

Wrap me in the weathers of the earth, I will be hard and hard. My face will turn rain like the stones. — Cormac McCarthy

She was wrong. She was not strong. Her heart was breaking, she could feel it ...
-Sky — Melissa De La Cruz