Wycliffe Bible Translators Quotes & Sayings

What we believe about ourselves and our purpose has a powerful impact on how we live, how we love, and what we learn. — Stephen R. Covey

[He] was an insect wandering in the cathedral his mind had become. — Vernor Vinge

The playmakers need to read the game and need to be on the same page as the defenders and the forwards ... — Guus Hiddink

It's brown." So maybe I had the teeniest, tiniest, most infinitesimal amount of auburn in my hair. I was still a brunette. "It's the lighting," I said.
"Yeah, maybe it's the lightbulbs." His smile brought up both sides of his mouth, and a dimple surfaced. — Becca Fitzpatrick

Heathcliff, make the world stop right here. Make everything stop and stand still and never move again. Make the moors never change and you and I never change. — Emily Bronte

In prayer one must hold fast and never let go, because the one who gives up loses all. If it seems that no one is listening to you, then cry out even louder. If you are driven out of one door, go back in by the other. — Jane Frances De Chantal

Couples should keep their love pure before it poisons the purest love of all - that between them and their children — Siddharth Katragadda

When you have mountains in the distance or even hills, you have space. — Robert M. Pirsig

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I joined a organisation called Wycliffe Bible Translators that had the objective of translating the Bible into all the languages of the world, and to do that you had to study linguistics, and so that was my initial exposure to linguistics. — Daniel Everett

My parents taught me: Do not rely on a man. Not rely on it that you get married and it pays for you. That's what I figured. I have always paid my own bills. — Bette Midler

Love someone because their soul inspires you, not because you're interested in the relief from loneliness and companionship they can provide. Anybody can do that. Not just anybody can show you to yourself. — Brianna Wiest

For every defeat, he has two victories in his favor. All believers know this. — Paulo Coelho

If anyone can be trusted, it's the Savior. He's always true, always faithful, loving, kind, right ... He never left me then, but stayed firm and strong, like a rock. I learned - even though it's tough sometimes - my Father knows best. — Ocieanna Fleiss

When you translate the American writers who are best with dialogue into German - someone like Elmore Leonard, or Tom Wolfe, who's also quite good with dialogue. It's very hard to translate them well. — Daniel Kehlmann

We can at least see that the question is asked, and asked on the basis of a clear recognition that there is no way of manipulating our environment that is without cost or consequence - and thus also of a recognition that we are inextricably bound up with the destiny of our world. There is no guarantee that the world we live in will 'tolerate' us indefinitely if we prove ourselves unable to live within its constraints. — Rowan Williams