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.
If you have so much business to attend to that you have no time to pray, depend upon it, you have more business on hand than God ever intended you should have.
id: 1 | source: D. L. Moody | tags: Prayer, Time Management
A knight and his men returned to their castle after a long hard day of
fighting.
"How are we faring?" asks the king.
"Sire," replies the knight, "I have been robbing and pillaging on your
behalf all day, burning the towns of your enemies in the west."
"What?!?" shrieks the king. "I don't have any enemies to the west!"
"Oh," says the knight. "Well, you do now."
Michelangelo was said to have taken forever to select the marble he would use in his sculpture of David. A friend asked why he was taking so long, and he replied that the material he used would determine so much about the final product that he needed to make the right choice.
God selects leaders the same way--based on what they're made of.
id: 1756 | source: Anonymous | tags: Character, Leadership
Envy must also be distinguished from general yearning. One sees people at great social ease and wishes to be more like them; or feels keenly how good it would be once more to be young; or longs to be wealthier; or pines to be taller, thinner, more muscular, less awkward, more beautiful generally. All this is yearning. Envy is never general, but always very particular--at least envy of the kind one feels strongly.