49 quotes found
Christian writer · American
American Christian writer
“The intellectual support for UNBELIEF is about as stable as the stock market.”
“Sometimes the idea of living as a hermit appeals to all of us. No demands, no needs, no pain, no disappointments. But that is because we have been hurt, are worn out.”
“A woman in her glory, a woman of beauty, is a woman who is not striving to become beautiful or worthy or enough.”
“Most of our addictions [shopping, food, bad relationships] as women flare up when we feel that we are not loved or sought after.”
“Now yes, yes, creation sometimes screams a confusing messagefear, pain, grief. Fire burns, rivers flood, winds go hurricane, the earth shudders so hard it levels cities. But you must rememberthis w...”
“You cannot force people to walk with God. You cannot force them to repent. All you can do is live with integrity and invite them to do so as well. Take things a step at a time. Give them consequenc...”
“The years have simply reconciled us to the fact that we are all here for the transformation.”
“We are, all of us, utterly committed and deeply devoted to our "style", our "way", our "approach to life." We have absolutely no intention of giving it up. Not even for love. So God creates an envi...”
“In the end, it doesnt matter how well we have performed or what we have accomplisheda life without heart is not worth living.”
“We describe a person without compassion as heartless, and we urge him or her to have a heart. Our deepest hurts we call heartaches. Jilted lovers are brokenhearted. Courageous soldiers are bravehea...”
“For what shall we do when we wake one day to find we have lost touch with our heart and with it the very refuge where Gods presence resides? a”
“Sartre felt that Hell is other people, but precisely the opposite is true. Hell is being left alone forever with no other reality than your own consciousness of yourself. It is being locked in a ca...”
“There is no greater place for damage (than marriage) because there is no greater place for glory.”
“Most men wait to move until victory is guaranteed.”
“It takes great courage to be vulnerable. It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.”
“Just like sunshine affects others, when the life of Jesus invades your life, you become a loving person. The effect on others is amazing.”
“There are a lot of good men out there who just need a little direction and leadership in order for them to offer what they have to young men and boys.”
“Where a man's strength and courage is tested most is in the way that he treats women - the way that he loves.”
“Men want a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue. That is what is written in their hearts. That is what little boys play at. That is what men's movies are about. You just se...”
“We don't live in the Garden. We live far from Eden. Every life is full of heartaches. Every life, frankly, is unspeakably sad.”
