These are quotes which stood out to me, possibly for use in a sermon someday. Their presence here does not mean I agree with them, it merely shows that I might want to reference them later. The default view is five random selections. Use the tag list on the right to view all quotes relevant to that theme.
Lack of will power has caused more failure than lack of intelligence or ability.
id: 335 | source: Flower A. Newhouse | tags: Discipline, Intelligence, Will
Try to understand the Trinity and you will lose your mind. Deny the Trinity and you will lose your soul.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over
public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled."
This is great literature and great religious literature,
this collection of ancient writings we call the Bible, and any
translator has a deep sense of responsibility as he undertakes
to transmit it to modern readers. He desires his transcript to
be faithful to the meaning of the original, so far as he can
reach that meaning, and also to do some justice to its literary
qualities. But he is well aware that his aim often exceeds his
grasp. Translation may be a fascinating task, yet no
discipline is more humbling. You may be translating oracles,
but soon you learn the risk and folly of posing as an oracle
yourself. If your readers are dissatisfied at any point, they
may be sure that the translator is still more dissatisfied, if
not there, then elsewhere -- all the more so, because, in the
nature of the case, he has always to appear dogmatic in print.
id: 1002 | source: James Moffatt (1870-1944) | tags: Bible, Inspiration Of Scripture
Many promising reconciliations have broken down because, while both parties came prepared to forgive, neither party came prepared to be forgiven.
id: 2732 | source: Charles Williams | tags: Forgiveness, Humility