Jerry Bridges Quotes
Trials always change our relationship with God. Either they drive us to Him, or they drive us away from Him. The extent of our fear of Him and our awareness of His love for us determine in which direction we will move.Jerry Bridges
Quotes to Explore
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I voted for Barack Obama.
LaDainian Tomlinson -
I didn't even know I could sing or write songs. I didn't have that education. But people shouldn't think they can look down on someone like me, because I've had the same success as others, sold the same amount of records, if not more. They shouldn't think that because I'm just from 'The X Factor,' I'm not credible or respected as much.
Olly Murs -
Chinese consumption, particularly high-end consumption, is booming.
Wang Jianlin -
One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you.
Larry Gelbart -
Why pay a fee for Internet content when a million free sites are just a click away? There's no incentive until people are too addicted to the Net to turn off their computers, yet are bored with what's available.
Nathan Myhrvold -
You cannot survive if you do not know the past.
Oriana Fallaci
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I want to be the defensive player to break the MVP barrier. I want to break barriers. I want to do things when people tell me I can't.
J. J. Watt -
My host at Richmond, yesterday morning, could not sufficiently express his surprise that I intended to venture to walk as far as Oxford, and still farther. He however was so kind as to send his son, a clever little boy, to show me the road leading to Windsor.
Karl Philipp Moritz -
Friends are not made, but recognized.
Carl Rakosi -
In many ways, Scotland will benefit more than other parts of the UK when Universal Credit comes in. A larger percentage of people will see an increase in their income through moving into work or taking on more hours.
Iain Duncan Smith -
A women knows how to keep quiet when she is in the right, whereas a man, when he is in the right, will keep on talking.
Malcolm de Chazal -
Every city has a Donald Trump; ours is just the Trumpiest.
Padma Lakshmi
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I like Louis C.K., Chris Rock. Old schools like Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy.
Adam DeVine -
I love riding, even if it's just my Vespa. You just zip and do your thing. I find there's a different awareness when I ride; it connects me to my senses and to God.
Queen Latifah -
I am very grateful for the opportunities I've had and feel I have a duty to repay my good fortune through philanthropic endeavors that expand the reach of human possibility and compassion.
Hansjorg Wyss -
I felt the pressure of imagination against the doors of my mind was so great that they were going to burst.
J. G. Ballard -
I feel like comedy had a boys'-club label when we were starting.
Abbi Jacobson -
Why movies are so powerful is because you are right in there and you stay in there until they want you to come out, and then you've really gone somewhere.
Rachel Griffiths
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My parents were extreme left so everything was against the system. I was walking barefoot in the streets of Paris when I was eight. When I started to DJ they hated it, because for them, nightclubs, and all of this life, was terrible and fake.
David Guetta -
The forehands or backhands don't mean much after three hours.
Maria Sharapova -
Almost everybody's happy to be a fool for love.
Jack Nicholson -
People respond to political characters in archetypal ways. A fun game is to think of a politician and ask, "Which god is that? Are they like Aries? Are they like Athena?"
Zephyr Teachout -
Sometimes it is hard not to say, 'God forgive God.' Sometimes it is hard to say so much. But if our faith is true, He didn't. He crucified Him.
C. S. Lewis -
Trials always change our relationship with God. Either they drive us to Him, or they drive us away from Him. The extent of our fear of Him and our awareness of His love for us determine in which direction we will move.
Jerry Bridges