Charlotte Mary Yonge Quotes

Refinement is the delicate aroma of Christianity.

Charlotte Mary Yonge

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• The sin of fallen man is this: Man seeks the benefits of God while at the same time fleeing from God Himself.

  

  R. C. Sproul
  • Time
  • God
  • Man

• Touching His human nature, Jesus is no longer present with us. Touching his Divine nature, He is never absent from us.

  

  R. C. Sproul
  • Nature
  • Present
  • Jesus

• If God did not act first, no one would be saved.

  

  R. C. Sproul
  • God
  • First
  • Saved

• We had two long drives there that we didn't finish well in the second half, our guys felt like defensively, ... We gave up four big plays, which resulted in a lot of yardage there.

  

  Joe Gibbs
  • Up
  • Long
  • Game

• The real test of a saint is not one's willingness to preach the gospel, but one's willingness to do something like washing the disciples' feet - that is, being willing to do those things that seem unimportant in human estimation but count as everything to God.

  

  Oswald Chambers
  • God
  • Real
  • Saint

• I think you are putting the cart before the horse.

  

  Olympia Snowe
  • Horse
  • Cart

• I love arguing with you, Claire. You always surprise me. And occasionally, you even make sense.

  

  Rachel Caine
  • Sense
  • Surprise
  • Arguing

• I'm not a ice cream, i'm a human being

  

  Louise Rennison
  • Humans
  • Ice
  • Ice Cream

• To become successful you must be a person of action. Merely to "know" is not sufficient. It is necessary both to know and do.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Action
  • Successful
  • Sufficient

• Donald Trump's promised the moon. Now he has power. He's going to fail to deliver. He's not going to be able to bring a bunch of coal jobs back and a bunch of factory jobs back in this global economy. Period. Because you can't. It's not going to happen.

  

  Van Jones
  • Power
  • Period
  • Trump

• The Church exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing that, all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible itself, are simply a waste of time. God became Man for no other purpose.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Time
  • God
  • Men

• The camera lies all the time -- lies 24 times/second.

  

  Brian De Palma
  • Time
  • Lies
  • Camera

• I think I will tell her to come here, and if her house is damaged, I can go back with her and help with the cleanup. I'm just glad she's not in the Superdome.

  

  Ann Miller
  • House
  • Glad
  • Damaged

• Great and frequent reverses can crush and mar our bliss both by the pain they cause and by the hindrance they offer to many activities. Yet nevertheless even in adversity nobility shines through, when a man endures repeated and severe misfortune with patience, not owing to insensibility but from generosity and greatness of soul.

  

  Aristotle
  • Soul
  • Patience
  • Bliss

• Today's accomplishments were yesterday's impossibilities.

  

  Robert H. Schuller
  • Accomplishments
  • Impossibilities

• Mass civil disobedience was for the attainment of independence.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Attainment
  • Civil Disobedience
  • Independance

• Like a ship, a car should be named after a girl as it's sexy. My original car was called Kate. But then it got smashed at the opening race in Australia. So we called this one Kate's Dirty Sister because it is more aggressive and faster.

  

  Sebastian Vettel
  • Girl
  • Car
  • Sexy

• Last night, ah, yesternight, betwixt her lips and mine There fell thy shadow, Cynara! thy breath was shed Upon my soul between the kisses and the wine; And I was desolate and sick of an old passion, Yea, I was desolate and bowed my head: I have been faithful to thee, Cynara! in my fashion.

  

  Ernest Dowson
  • Soul
  • Fashion
  • Passion

• Refinement is the delicate aroma of Christianity.

  

  Charlotte Mary Yonge
  • Christianity
  • Refinement
  • Aroma