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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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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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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What Miss Moore’s best poetry does, I can say best in her words: it 'comes into and steadies the soul,' so that the reader feels himself 'a life prisoner, but reconciled.'
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In arguing too, the parson owned his skill,For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still;While words of learned length, and thundering soundAmazed the gazing rustics ranged around;And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew,That one small head could carry all he knew.
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Music should humbly seek to please; within these limits great beauty may perhaps be found. Extreme complication is contrary to art. Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part.
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You don't have to be smart to act - look at the outgoing president of the United States.
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I did all my heavy partying before I turned sixteen.
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The Amish like to live a very plain lifestyle, the way they think God intended. It sort of brings you back to, like, 'Little House on the Prairie' days or something.
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If a tiny spark of God's love already burns within you, do not expose it to the wind, for it may get blown out.... Stay quiet with God. Do not spend your time in useless chatter.... Do not give yourself to others so completely that you have nothing left for yourself.
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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.
