Tarrus Riley Parables Quotes & Sayings

While my body might say, "I'm small and vulnerable," my hair warns, "DON'T MESS WITH ME. — Lindsey Stirling

I cannot say Who Art in Heaven-If all my interests and pursuits are in earthly things. — Ken Blanchard

Only the gospel can do two seemingly contradictory things: destroy pride and increase courage. Destroy self-exaltation and increase confidence. Destroy the pushiness of self-assertion and deliver from the paralysis of self-doubt. — John Piper

Only work which is the product of inner compulsion can have spiritual meaning. — Walter Gropius

It was the evangelicals who led the fight against slavery, child labor, poor factory conditions, and the abuse of the poor and the insane. Much of what we value in modern social legislation, and perhaps take for granted, grew out of the ministry of Wesley and Whitefield and their successors. — Warren W. Wiersbe

We, on the other hand, are most certainly here, in this house, eating this very tasty bacon. And as long as there's bacon, shit just ain't that bad. — Donna Augustine

Now, you might think that because there are more poets than ever, there might be more opportunities for poets than ever. And you'd be correct. If your fondest wish is to become the next totally obscure minor poet on the block, well, you're probably already successful at that. This literary landscape has proven itself infinitely capable of absorbing countless interchangeable artists, all doing roughly the same thing in relative anonymity: just happily plucking away until death at the grindstone, making no great cultural headway, bouncing poems off their friends and an audience of about 40 people. A totally fine little life for an artist, to be sure. No grand expectations from the world to sit up and listen. One can live out one's days quite satisfied to create something enjoyed by a genial cult. But that's not why any of us are here tonight. We're here to conquer American Poetry and suck it dry of all glory and juice. — Jim Behrle