Category Archives: Quotations

J. C. Ryle Quote

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Obedience . . . is faith visible, faith acting, and faith manifest.  It is the test of real discipleship among the Lord’s people.

From Deuteronomy 30:2-3:  “Return to the Lord your God, and you and your children obey Him with all your heart and with all your soul, just as I am commanding you today, then the Lord your God will return you from your captivity and have compassion on you, gathering you again from all the peoples among whom the Lord your God has scattered you.”

John Charles (J. C.) Ryle (1816-1900) was an Anglican bishop in the United Kingdom.

Annie Lennox Quotes

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I live in a world of possibility and opportunity.  You look for the light.

I think that you can only be true to yourself.  Nobody can live up to other people’s expectations.

Annie Lennox (born 1954) is a Scottish singer and songwriter..  

D. L. Moody Quote

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Real true faith is man’s weakness leaning on God’s strength.

From Psalm 18:2:  “The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.”

D. L. Moody (1837-1899), also known as Dwight Lyman Moody, was an American evangelist and Christian teacher.  He is frequently credited with inspiring modern mass revivalism.

William Stafford Quotes

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Even the upper end of the river believes in the ocean.

The greatest ownership of all is to glance around and understand.

William Stafford (1914-1993) was an American poet.

Michael Massimino Quotes

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You only have one life.  You have to spend it doing something that matters.

Because being the right person isn’t about being perfect; it’s about being able to handle whatever life throws at you.

Michael Massimino (born 1962) is a former American astronaut, and is currently a professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia University.  His experience with space travel includes two space shuttle flights in 2002 and 2009.

Oswald Chambers Quote

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There is nothing more difficult than to ask.  We will long and desire and crave and suffer, but not until we are at the extreme limit will we ask.

From Luke 11:10:  “For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.”

Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) was a Scottish evangelist and Christian teacher.  Following his death from an illness while in Egypt during World War I, his wife took on the task of transcribing the detailed notes she had written from his lectures and sermons.  Gertrude Hobbs Chambers’ efforts resulted in the publication in 1924 of MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST.  I frequently read from this devotional, and it has greatly deepened my faith and understanding of God’s Word.

Elmer L. Towns Quotes

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Gratitude is the least remembered of all virtues but is the acid test of character.

We choose our attitudes.  When we let little things annoy us, we even choose to be grumpy.

Elmer L. Towns (born 1932) is an American pastor and Christian writer.  Along with Jerry Falwell, he co-founded Liberty University in 1971.

Jackie Pullinger Quote

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God wants us to have soft hearts and hard feet.  The trouble with so many of us is that we have hard hearts and soft feet.

From Psalm 51:10-12:  “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.  Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your holy spirit from me.  Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain in me a willing spirit.”

Jackie Pullinger (born 1944) is a British missionary in Hong Kong.  Her efforts founded the St. Stephen’s Society in 1981, which provides a rehabilitation home for recovering drug addicts, prostitutes, and gang members.

Tim Tebow Quote

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The more you make the choice to live above your feelings, to trust God instead of what you may feel like doing, the stronger your faith becomes.

From Isaiah 41:10:  “Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God; I will strengthen you; I will help you; I will uphold you with My victorious right hand.”

Tim Tebow (born 1987) is an American Christian.  While his athletic accomplishments in football are well-documented, he continues to share his witness of faith through speaking and writing.

Socrates’ Quotes

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The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

Socrates (death in 399 B.C.) was a Greek philosopher from Athens.  He has often been credited with the founding of Western philosophy.