Jerry Bridges Quotes

Faith in Christ and a reliance on ourselves, even to the smallest degree, are mutually exclusive.

Jerry Bridges

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• Death has its revelations: the great sorrows which open the heart open the mind as well; light comes to us with our grief. As for me, I have faith; I believe in a future life. How could I do otherwise? My daughter was a soul; I saw this soul. I touched it, so to speak.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • Life
  • Great
  • Believe

• Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested.

  

  Oswald Chambers
  • Character
  • Jesus
  • Christ

• It was seldom that I attended any religious meetings, as my parents had not much faith in and were never so unfortunate as to unite themselves with any of the religious sects.

  

  Orson Pratt
  • Parents
  • Faith
  • Religious

• I am God's wheat, and I shall be ground by the teeth of beasts, that I may become the pure bread of Christ.

  

  Ignatius of Antioch
  • God
  • Christ
  • Pure Bread

• Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active.

  

  Edith Hamilton
  • Faith
  • Belief
  • Active

• Faith means intense, usually confident, belief that is not based on evidence sufficient to command assent from every reasonable person.

  

  Walter Kaufmann
  • Faith
  • Belief
  • Confident

• Stand straight, walk proud, have a little faith.

  

  Garth Brooks
  • Faith
  • Proud
  • Walk

• This too I know-and wise it wereIf each could know the same-That every prison that men buildIs built with bricks of shame,And bound with bars lest Christ should see How men their brothers maim.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Men
  • Christ
  • Prison

• And with my advice, faith I wish you'd take me.

  

  Samuel Lover
  • Faith
  • Wish
  • Advice

• Reality is not exhausted by knowledge. Inaccessible to research are the ultimate facts. All scientific conclusions are based on axioms, all reasoning depends ultimately upon faith. Faith is virgin thinking, preceding all transcendent knowledge. To believe is to abide at the extremities of spirit.

  

  Abraham Joshua Heschel
  • Believe
  • Thinking
  • Reality

• I learned early on the magic of life is having a vision, having faith, and then going for it.

  

  Elaine Welteroth
  • Life
  • Faith
  • Vision

• Faith makes all things possible... love makes all things easy.

  

  Dwight L. Moody
  • Faith

• We are distressed by the unilateral actions of those provinces that are clearly determined to redefine what our common faith was once.

  

  Peter Akinola
  • Faith

• Martyrs - those killed because of their Catholic faith - can be beatified even if they don't perform a miracle. However, all beatified individuals must stage a certifiable miracle before being made a saint.

  

  Charles Duhigg
  • Faith
  • Catholic
  • Miracle

• My faith guides my life.

  

  Kay Hagan
  • Life
  • Faith

• I'm a great mother because of my intentions on being a great mother; I'm a good friend because I'm loyal; I'm a good daughter because I've hopefully made my mother proud; I'm a great human being because I accept that there's a spiritual being underneath it all. I've always been a woman of faith.

  

  Lauren London
  • Good
  • Great
  • Mother

• Yes, we were looking for a Faith spin-off, but then Faith backed down. Eliza got a really wonderful offer over on Fox in a show, and, for reasons I didn't talk to her about, she decided to go there, and everyone respects that.

  

  James Marsters
  • She
  • Faith

• Although the Nasser revolution of 1952 was secular, the culture remained deeply religious - but it was a faith of moderation and tolerance. Women made up nearly half my class at university, and my senior academic adviser there was a woman. In Alexandria, my friends were Christians and Muslims.

  

  Ahmed Zewail
  • Up
  • Women
  • Friends

• People of India deserve to be complimented for making the 2014 elections a referendum on the misrule of the Congress-led UPA and demonstrating their faith in a proven new leadership.

  

  Piyush Goyal
  • People
  • Faith
  • Leadership

• I've always sought to get after something that's foundational in people. That comes through my faith, through my belief in life, through trying to hit something that's true every time. I think that's really where you move people, when you touch on something that's true, that's not based on fluff or based on a moment or a movement.

  

  Mat Kearney
  • People
  • Life
  • Time

• I wasn't personally that familiar with the Classic Rock bands. That is where Jorn Viggo came in: he played me tons of that stuff - Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, plus a lot of bands with cool songs, riffs, vocals, etc. We really listened to tons of music.

  

  Floor Jansen Nightwish
  • Music
  • Songs
  • Rock Bands

• As Americans, we should all convey our thanks to the brave men and women who have selflessly and courageously served our nation.

  

  Marcia Fudge
  • Men
  • Women
  • Brave

• Faith in Christ and a reliance on ourselves, even to the smallest degree, are mutually exclusive.

  

  Jerry Bridges
  • Faith
  • Christ
  • Reliance