Jerry Bridges Quotes

God's guidance is almost always step-by-step; He does not show us our life's plan all at once. Sometimes our anxiousness to know the will of God comes from a desire to peer over God's shoulder to see what His plan is. What we need to do is learn to trust Him to guide us.

Jerry Bridges

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• Guidance
• Will Of God

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• I think Indians dress better than anyone, but I don't want to imitate more than a detail or two; I prefer my clothes humdrum and inconspicuous, and a cowboy hat just doesn't work for me.

  

  Ian Frazier
  • Work
  • Cowboy
  • Hat

• Science provides an understanding of a universal experience. Arts provide a universal understanding of a personal experience.

  

  Mae Jemison
  • Experience
  • Science
  • Understanding

• I feel like one thing that a lot of creative people go through is that they feel like they don't have the right to be creative or to put their stuff out there. I'm glad that blogging from a young age kind of got that out of the way for me.

  

  Tavi Gevinson
  • People
  • Way
  • Right

• Fashion's important to me, but beauty fades. All that stuff is fun while it lasts, but anything can happen tomorrow. You've got to have so much more about you than the way you look or your clothes.

  

  FKA twigs
  • Important
  • Fun
  • Fashion

• I just picked up golf, it was good, give me a chance to play golf.

  

  Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
  • Up
  • Good
  • Chance

• The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?

  

  Pablo Casals
  • Country
  • Love
  • Border

• Before I gave birth to Hope, I had a miscarriage. The pain was so enormous, I had to write myself out of it. I kept a diary and did not feel entirely complete until Hope was born.

  

  Rachel Joyce
  • Hope
  • Pain
  • Myself

• We do believe that freedom, the right to choose, the right to vote, respect and justice is the fundamental right of all people. All people must obtain these rights.

  

  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
  • People
  • Believe
  • Freedom

• Id rather have a fake smile than a nasty stare.

  

  Tamara Ecclestone
  • Smile
  • Fake
  • Nasty

• You might as well play at the show everyone else is playing at.

  

  J Mascis
  • You
  • Play
  • Everyone

• If I don't seem as depressed or morose as I should be, sorry to disappoint you.

  

  Randy Pausch
  • You
  • Sorry
  • Seem

• When there is conflict, it's good to step away, even for five minutes, because you could say terrible things that you can't take back, so it's best to walk away.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • Good
  • Best
  • Step

• What we have as artists is the immortalization opportunity that others don't have, because our work is lasting; it's there forever to view.

  

  Omari Hardwick
  • Work
  • Opportunity
  • Forever

• I just mean it's very difficult for me to watch my work, in some ways, because I am critical of what I didn't get across or I thought I was making one point.

  

  Tea Leoni
  • Work
  • Point
  • Critical

• Our people have proven their desire for continuing with reforms. We complete the march today with those who have an honest patriotic desire for more progress and reform.

  

  Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
  • People
  • Today
  • Desire

• I'm glad that our music motivates people to exercise. If I had to pick just one song to run to, it would be 'Violet' by Hole. It makes me want to run.

  

  Fergie The Black Eyed Peas
  • People
  • Music
  • Motivate

• When I get married it will be for keeps.

  

  Natalie Wood
  • Will
  • Married
  • Get Married

• The Guinness book is a very elitist organization. There's nothing scientific about what they do. They just have an office full of people who decide what is a record and what isn't.

  

  Jack White The White Stripes
  • People
  • Book
  • Organization

• I would have wanted to be a rock star, a lead singer, if I wasn't a model. I'd go touring in a bus with my band. In my next life, that's the plan.

  

  Kate Moss
  • Life
  • Band
  • Rock

• President Hinckley is not only a living prophet but also a living seer. He sees things that others do not see. He has the gift of discernment; he is an optimist and a realist. . . . Through President Hinckley's divine guidance, the Church has received many far-reaching blessings, many that are not obvious. I strongly encourage each of you to more closely follow his counsel and guidance, for truly 'a seer hath the Lord raised up unto his people' (Moses 6:36).

  

  David E. Sorensen
  • President
  • Blessing
  • Guidance

• Basketball players want contact to get a foul called. Slaps on the wrist and bumps on the shoulder are big time to them, and they don't like that. In football, you get that all the time. The whole mental makeup is different.

  

  Warren Moon
  • Time
  • Different
  • Football

• I like the Dodgers because my dad does - wait, no, not the Dodgers. Strike me down! The Yankees. I like the Yankees.

  

  Mamie Gummer
  • Me
  • Dad
  • Down

• The month of Ramadan is the world's most widespread fast and yet its teachings are minimised, neglected and even betrayed (through literal application of rules that overlooks their ultimate objective).

  

  Tariq Ramadan
  • World
  • Rules
  • Month

• God's guidance is almost always step-by-step; He does not show us our life's plan all at once. Sometimes our anxiousness to know the will of God comes from a desire to peer over God's shoulder to see what His plan is. What we need to do is learn to trust Him to guide us.

  

  Jerry Bridges
  • Plan
  • Guidance
  • Will Of God