Jerry Bridges Quotes
Sometimes the end God has in mind is to exercise our faith, so He brings us into straitened circumstances so that we might look up to Him and see His deliverance.
Quotes to Explore
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I found my first dinosaur bone when I was 6, growing up in Montana. Ever since then I've been interested in dinosaurs.
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For me, the lean times were a wonderful, beautiful time of my life, struggling for many years in regional theater all over the country for not much money.
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Drink lots of water and stay hydrated.
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The amazing thing about being a dad is to be able to look at your child and realize that the universe is so much bigger than you.
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The army should go back to their assigned duties, and police should take the responsibility of fighting the cartels.
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I grew up on 'Lost.' I was 17 when I started, and I did it for four or five years, on and off.
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Boys are so much less mature than girls as it is.
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Put variety into your mental bill of fare as well as into your physical. It will pay you rich returns.
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After five years in Ferrari, being second all the time, I think it was enough for me.
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How can I wage political battle against a widow who does not mean anyone any harm except only the president himself?
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Most of the most important experiences that truly educate cannot be arranged ahead of time with any precision.
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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
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I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
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Donatella Versace has been a renegade. Just an incredible, artistic person.
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I'm tired of being considered some kind of criminal or dangerous throwback for no other reason than that I value, exercise, and defend my rights under the first ten Amendments to the United States Constitution.
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If I don't like someone and I start reading their stuff, it seems like my brain will just automatically start criticizing everything that's there. It's really hard to read a book without having all this outside information telling you what to think about it.
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The next time you experience a blackout, take some solace by looking at the sky. You will not recognize it.
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I had a small-town life - I worked at the local McDonald's for three years. I'm not sure why they kept me: I am something of a daydreamer and a dawdler, so they would only let me be the 'friendly voice' that greeted you when you entered the restaurant.
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It's true I don't tolerate fools but then they don't tolerate me, so I am spiky. Maybe that's why I'm quite good at playing spiky elderly ladies.
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It cannot be too often repeated that it is not helps, but obstacles, not facilities, but difficulties that make men.
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'Suttree' is a fat one, a book with rude, startling power and a flood of talk. Much of it takes place on the Tennessee River, and Cormac McCarthy, who has written 'The Orchard Keeper' and other novels, gives us a sense of river life that reads like a doomed 'Huckleberry Finn.'
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I like playing sport, and I like doing physical stuff. I like hiking and I like climbing and I like playing sport. I do a lot. But I don't like the term 'exercising.' I feel like with sport, you're playing games. But with exercise, you're literally just trying to stop yourself from dying too young. It's weird.
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Faith is nothing else than reason grown courageous - reason raised to its highest power, expanded to its widest vision.
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Sometimes the end God has in mind is to exercise our faith, so He brings us into straitened circumstances so that we might look up to Him and see His deliverance.
