Jerry Bridges Quotes
So often we try to develop Christian character and conduct without taking the time to develop God-centered devotion. We try to please God without taking the time to walk with Him and develop a relationship with Him. This is impossible to do.
Quotes to Explore
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When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.
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What I do miss that I don't get anymore? You're going to think I'm crazy, but you want the truth, so here it is. The lights! I miss the spotlights. I don't mean it figuratively. I mean it literally. I love the feeling of lights.
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To me, a cat is an easy pet, they don't need any spoiling or looking after.
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There has been no persecution I have not tasted, no oppression I have not suffered. I neither care for Paradise nor fear Hell. If I see my nation's belief secured, I will not even care about burning in Hell, for while my body is burning, my heart will be as if in a rose garden.
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I take pride in taking care of all the housework so that my wife, who works as a designer for Martha Stewart, won't need to sacrifice any of her leisure time when she gets home.
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I've got to confess I'm a pragmatic optimist myself.
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I don't actually think there has ever been too much emphasis on what I am wearing.
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Women, by their nature, are not exceptional chess players: they are not great fighters.
Garry Kasparov -
Endorphins are a very powerful thing.
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I ain't going to sit here like, 'My neighborhood was hard, and I had to get out there and grind.' We made it hard for ourselves. We chose to stay on the streets.
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I've always wanted to write movies - I always used to tell my mom that I wanted to be a director.
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I savored my time on top of the podium by watching the American flag rise up out of the crowd as the anthem played, thinking about how every single second of training I've done was for this minute and how many people played a role in my achievement.
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I will not hear a word against him. I love my Bieber!
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I am such a political person.
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I have a pit bull. He's a rescue. He's adorable.
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Did satisfy myself mighty fair in the truth of the saying that the world do not grow old at all, but is in as good condition in all respects as ever it was.
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We do not want a religion that deceives us for our own good.
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Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with a chain - at least in a poor country like Russia - and his vanity begins to swell out like his tires. In America it takes an automobile to produce this effect.
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I have nothing left but my integrity.
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I have a very good sense of my body and where it's at. Although I don't feel the ground in the same way that somebody else would, I'm very aware... I can feel pressure, and I know exactly where my toes are and exactly where my heel is.
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The cost of campaigning is growing tremendously. If we are in a contentious primary, the primary could easily run $5 million to $6 million, maybe more. We feel it's best to start early rather than wait to get engaged.
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Take up the weapons of the glorious army for the salvation of many thousands.
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HERO is a combination of my personal feeling and the commercialism.
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So often we try to develop Christian character and conduct without taking the time to develop God-centered devotion. We try to please God without taking the time to walk with Him and develop a relationship with Him. This is impossible to do.
