Jerry Bridges Quotes
Faith in Christ and a reliance on ourselves, even to the smallest degree, are mutually exclusive.
Quotes to Explore
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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.
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Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested.
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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.
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I am God's wheat, and I shall be ground by the teeth of beasts, that I may become the pure bread of Christ.
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Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active.
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Faith means intense, usually confident, belief that is not based on evidence sufficient to command assent from every reasonable person.
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Stand straight, walk proud, have a little faith.
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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.
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And with my advice, faith I wish you'd take me.
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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.
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I learned early on the magic of life is having a vision, having faith, and then going for it.
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Faith makes all things possible... love makes all things easy.
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We are distressed by the unilateral actions of those provinces that are clearly determined to redefine what our common faith was once.
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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.
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My faith guides my life.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The only saving faith is that which casts itself on God for life or death.
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We live in a free world, so everyone can say whatever.
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I have a certain way of thinking where I see something, and I know that I want it and I make up my mind - and that's pretty much all there is to it. It was like, This is what I want to do, and I'm going, and everything's going to work out. I'm going to be an actress. There was no way around it.
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Faith in Christ and a reliance on ourselves, even to the smallest degree, are mutually exclusive.
