Christian Quotes
Elements of the heroic exist in almost every individual: it is only the felicitous development of them all in one that is rare.
A particular disappointment is seldom more than an excrescence upon the trunk of a general good--a shower that spoils the pleasure party, but refreshes and enriches the earth.
When we get tired of enjoying all the pleasures within our reach, we have still a resource in thinking of others that are not.
The loss of a beloved connection awakens an interest in Heaven before unfelt.
Woman's power is over the affections. A beautiful dominion is hers; but she risks its forfeiture when she seeks to extend it.
To death we owe our life; the passing of one generation opens a way for another.
Passion looks not beyond the moment of its existence. Better, it says, the kisses of love to day, than the felicities of heaven afar off.
It is with a company as it is with a punch, everything depends upon the ingredients of which it in composed.
He that shrinks from the grave with too great a dread, has an invisible fear behind him pushing him into it.
Constant companionship is not enjoyable, any more than constant eating. We sit too long at the table of friendship, when we outsit our appetites for each other's thoughts.
There is, indeed, no wild beast more to be dreaded than a communicative man having nothing to communicate.
Pleasure and pain spring not so much from the nature of things, as from our manner of considering them. Pleasure, especially, is never an invariable effect of particular circumstances.
In secluding himself too much from society, an author is in danger of losing that intimate acquaintance with life which is the only sure foundation of power in a writer.
To cultivate a garden is. . . to go hand in hand with Nature in some of her most beautiful processes.
Rejecting the miracles of Christ, we still have the miracle of Christ Himself.
It may almost be held that the hope of commercial gain has done nearly as much for the cause of truth as even the love of truth.
The light in the world comes principally from two sources,-the sun, and the student's lamp.
Hope is the best part of our riches. What sufficeth it that we have the wealth of the Indies in our pockets, if we have not the hope of heaven in our souls?
I'm hopeful because people are ready to step up and educate people, support peaceful protest, and make their voices heard. People are motivated to make a positive difference.
I can't say I've seen any formalized white supremacy grow. I was a selfish leader and never trained anybody to train over my group. It scattered when I left.
Kind of paradoxically, men are very open minded or very even handed with their votes of women.
Dudes have been making up stuff about themselves probably since there have been dudes.
Because the way love works in general, you don't need everybody to like you somewhat - you need one person to like you a lot.
Going to a site with more users seems obviously better to me, but at the same time, having a bland, middle of the road profile with bland, middle of the road pictures seems like a bad strategy to me.
Text is, in some ways, on the way out, unfortunately. There are dating sites now that are just pictures.
I know that shorter messages are better in terms of reply rate. The optimal length is something like 50 characters. Characters, not words.
Secret Services are everywhere. They are part of out daily life. We just don't really care. We are not concerned at all.
There are also people who lived in either side of Germany, but who never had or have any relationship with the other side whether it was former East or former West Germany.
Creating an environment musically that shows that we all belong together is what I'm interested in doing, and that happened really early on.
The trumpet is a very violent instrument - probably one of the most archaic of all the modern instruments. It's physically really demanding: you have to stay in pretty good shape.
The greatest art in life is to believe in Christ. That art is learned only in the Holy Spirit's school.
The whole of Christianity is comprised in three things--to believe, to love, and to obey Jesus. These are things, however, which we must be learning all our life.
We've been programmed to think meat is protein and you need meat. No, we are not cavemen. There are plenty other ways.
I have little weird things that aren't really specific but are just kind of odd. I write my 5's backwards, and I don't know if anyone would even care, at all.
'Twilight' has been a great opportunity, and it's been great fun. Hey, if I'm 50, and someone still wants an autograph for 'Twilight,' OK, cool.
I'd love to play someone who's insane or something, just so I can go flake out. I like a superhero. I know that's ironic. That's where we are, but seriously, it'd be really cool to play a superhero.
