Smh Asx Quotes & Sayings

Materialism wars against our souls in a twofold manner. First, it makes us discontent and envious of others. Second, it leads us to pamper and indulge our bodies so that we become soft and lazy. As we become soft and lazy in our bodies, we tend to become soft and lazy spiritually. When Paul talked about making his body his slave, so that after having preached to others he himself would not be disqualified, he was not thinking about physical disqualification, but spiritual. He knew well that physical softness inevitably leads to spiritual softness. When the body is pampered and indulged, the instincts and passions of the body tend to get the upper hand and dominate our thoughts and actions. We tend to do not what we should do, but what we want to do, as we follow the cravings of our sinful nature. — Jerry Bridges

Maybe it's a terrible thing, to keep a war to yourself. But maybe that's the way it has to be. — Benjamin Alire Saenz

Worry about right and wrong wasn't a concept he embraced. Right and wrong were ephemerals; they changed from every angle, from hour to hour, depending on which side of any of a thousand borders a soldier was born. — Nevada Barr

The choices that you make with your family today will determine the quality of life in your family tree for generations to come. — Steve Farrar

Deep down we've never been who we think we once were, and we only remember what never happened. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Would you give me anything I asked?" in a tone laced with power.
White lines bracketed his lips. "I'll be no one's slave. — Nalini Singh

There weren't a lot of girl singers around. Paul McCartney and John Lennon were the guys I looked up to. — Rick Springfield

It's about building bridges with those who won't come to us on Sunday, not as a project but because Jesus loves them and told us to. It's a dangerous journey that requires honesty and vulnerability. — Jen Hatmaker

All energy given to us for the achievements of goals and self-actualization is instead spent on deriving acceptance from our surroundings and compliance with the requirements of the society — Sunday Adelaja

I don't consider the first-world concerns any less important than the third-world ones. — Susan Minot

More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result. — Damon Albarn