Jerry Bridges Quotes
Prayer assumes the sovereignty of God. If God is not sovereign, we have no assurance that He is able to answer our prayers. Our prayers would become nothing more than wishes. But while God's sovereignty, along with his wisdom and love, is the foundation of our trust in Him, prayer is the expression of that trust.
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Patience is the companion of wisdom.
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Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.
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Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.
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It's that preparation that goes into each week. We have a term: 'Trust your training, trust your teammate, and trust yourself.'
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Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
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I talk to God every single day. And I say, 'God, my life is in your hands, and I trust you with me.'
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It is important not to trust people too much.
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The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
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Our job as friends, mentors, parents, and writing coaches is not to write anyone's college essay. That's cheating. Plus, it sends a discouraging message to the teenager that he or she can't be trusted with this important assignment. Trust the student to write the essay, but verify that it gets done. Gentle editing and proofreading are allowed.
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Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.
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I trust people too much, and the other tragedy is I can't say no.
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Pakistanis can't trust. They've seen in history that people, particularly politicians, are corrupt. And they're misguided by people in the name of Islam. They're told: 'Malala is not a Muslim, she's not in purdah, she's working for America.'
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The best situation is where they cast you and then they trust you.
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On great teams - the kind where people trust each other, engage in open conflict, and then commit to decisions - team members have the courage and confidence to confront one another when they see something that isn't serving the team.
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From beginning to end I worried that Ang Lee wouldn't be satisfied with my work. So I worked as hard as I could to earn his trust, because you only get a chance like this once.
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The best thing that happens to us is when a great company gets into temporary trouble... We want to buy them when they're on the operating table. 'Homespun Wisdom from the 'Oracle of Omaha'' Businessweek (5 July 1999)
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In youth men are apt to write more wisely than they really know or feel; and the remainder of life may be not idly spent in realizing and convincing themselves of the wisdom which they uttered long ago.
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No great spiritual awakening has begun anywhere in the world apart from united prayer.
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If prayer is to leave the public schools, let the ridicule of prayer leave also.
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A conflict is to be characterized psychologically as a situation in which oppositely directed, simultaneously acting forces of approximately equal strength work upon the individual.
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I am one of four, so I have two sisters and a brother, and I'm the youngest.
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What makes a poem is the discipline inherent in making a poem: trying to fit feelings in the requisite number of syllables and lines, disciplining one's feelings.
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Prayer assumes the sovereignty of God. If God is not sovereign, we have no assurance that He is able to answer our prayers. Our prayers would become nothing more than wishes. But while God's sovereignty, along with his wisdom and love, is the foundation of our trust in Him, prayer is the expression of that trust.
