David Brainerd Quotes
The all-seeing eye of God beheld our deplorable state; infinite pity touched the heart of the Father of mercies; and infinite wisdom laid the plan of our recovery.
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I think shortly after I got signed, it just started to dawn on me that I had something to say and that Yahweh put something in my heart to share with the world.
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Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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Believe with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do. Never for an instant harbor a doubt of it.
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My mom cooked for us, and on the weekend, we always had Sunday dinner. My father liked to bake.
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I'd love to be a pop star - at heart.
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Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.
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Only a fortunate few seek the Beloved. Only a blessed few seek to enter the shrine of the heart.
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There's so many other things I want to do. I don't want to do them to be different or just for a challenge, but because my heart and soul tell me to.
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My father died in France, and my sisters and I went over with my mum to bring back his body. I remember going to the funeral parlour in France and being given a laminated menu of coffins, and thinking, surely there is an ice cream at the back of here!
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Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.
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The metaphor I've used is... somebody's going to push my family off a cliff pretty soon, and I won't be there to catch them. And that breaks my heart. But I have some time to sew some nets to cushion the fall. So, I can curl up in a ball and cry, or I can get to work on the nets.
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If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.
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For fitness, I've just bought a watch which keeps a track of how many calories I burn, what's my heart rate, which is very fascinating.
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Faith is not a sense, nor sight, nor reason, but taking God at His work.
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He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.
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God is not anything human. God is a force, God is chaos, God is unknown. God is terror and enlightenment at the same time.
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Prayer is commission. Out of the quietness with God, power is generated that turns the spiritual machinery of the world. When you pray, you begin to feel the sense of being sent, that the divine compulsion is upon you.
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Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers.
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The dotted line my father's ashplant made On Sandymount Strand Is something else the tide won't wash away.
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The Taiwanese are big on tea. I think it's nice to slow down a bit. It's very much a custom.
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It should be said that we are presently, and I believe unfairly, constrained from directly promoting cigarettes to the youth market...Realistically, if our Company is to survive and prosper, over the long term, we must get our share of the youth market. In my opinion, this will require new brands tailored to the youth market.
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We occasionally stumble over the truth but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
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There were many times that I took such a big hit that I was dazed; I'm not going to lie. I'd see black, but I'm still looking for the puck. Where's the play going? I'm going to keep going. Same thing in figure skating. If I take a hard fall, I'm going to get up, and I'm going to do the next jump.
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The all-seeing eye of God beheld our deplorable state; infinite pity touched the heart of the Father of mercies; and infinite wisdom laid the plan of our recovery.
