143 quotes found
“As I indicated in an earlier chapter, it is so important to pause and think through some of these basic issues while you are young, before the pressures of job and family become distracting. Everyo...”
“Better a little with God than a whole lot without Him. Better to have fewer houses, cars, appliances, clothes, toys, and bills than to have the whole world and lose your soul. Better something paid...”
“You release the pain of the past and press on. It's a new day, and God is doing a new thing. He wants to take you to a new place, to transform you into a new person.”
“Perfectionism is a disease. Procrastination is a disease. ACTION is the cure.”
“Selling is a sacred trust between buyer and seller.”
“Now I dont know how many people like to drive a Beetle at that kind of speed (on purpose) but I know Id rather go down Brickmakers Kloof on a bicycle with no brakes! Driving any car at that speed i...”
“2. Overcommitment and time pressure are the greatest destroyers of marriages. It takes time to develop any friendship...whether with a loved one or with God Himself.”
“Jesus Christ is the sourcethe only sourceof meaning in life. He provides the only satisfactory explanation for why were here and where were going. Because of this good news, the final heartbeat for...”
“18. Your life is before you. Be careful of the choices you make now that you could regret later. This regret is the subject of an old poem whose author has been forgotten. I hope youll never have r...”
“Abraham Lincoln quoted the Scriptures in an 1858 speech to the Illinois Republican Convention. He said, A house divided against itself cannot stand. That, I fear, is where diversity leads. If by t...”
“Timaset didnt need a ship especially not a flying museum piece! And as far as he knew, a dodgy plasma injector could drop you smack into a wormhole ending somewhere on the other side of the univer...”
“Being captain of such a vessel was not a stressful job, despite the sheer size of the thing. Everything was automated, and this meant that this behemoth could be efficiently handled by a far less s...”
“There's plenty of money out there. They print more every day. But this ticket, there's only five of them in the whole world, and that's all there's ever going to be. Only a dummy would give this up...”
“Sex joins two people spiritually and emotionally as well as physically. This is its purpose-to bond a couple together. Sex connects and fuses people together.”
“Young people today are deeply passionate and crave authentic life based on truth. They're hungry to make a difference. They're willing to take a stand for whatever they believe, even to die for a c...”
“Extreme measures bring extreme results. If you want a normal life, do what normal people do. If you want to know God intimately, walk with Him daily, and please Him in every way, you're going to ha...”
“34. Sexual contact between a boy and a girl is a progressive thing. In other words, the amount of touching and caressing and kissing that occurs in the early days tends to increase as they become m...”
“21. Take in a great breath of air and then blow it out. Contained in that single breath were at least three nitrogen atoms that were breathed by every human being who ever lived, including Jesus Ch...”
“His famous, soul-stirring "I have a dream" speech will still give you chills and break your heart today. Decades later, long after his life on earth tragically ended, the legacy of his burden lives...”
“26. Dont marry someone with intolerable characteristics in the hopes of changing him or her. If you cant live with someone who drinks or someone who isnt a Christian or someone who isnt clean, then...”
