Jim Elliot Quotes
Lord, make my way prosperous, not that I achieve high station, but that my life may be an exhibit to the value of knowing God.
Quotes to Explore
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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I guess, for better or for worse, I am an American composer, and I've had a wonderful life being exactly that.
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I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.
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Things are never perfect, so I never get too high about things, or get too down about things anymore.
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I believe we are created in the image of God for a particular purpose, and I believe that with all my heart.
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
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When your life is as precious as all our lives are, then it needs to be kept precious and looked after and treated well. And that is not something we should be sharing with a wider audience.
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When you write and direct your own film, you basically know exactly what you want. Or you hope to. For the studio, it actually can make life a little easier, because if you have a bunch of questions, they only need to call one person.
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I'd always loved strings. When I was in high school and saw strings playing on stage, an orchestra or a symphony, all those bows moving at the same time... wow.
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All my life, people have asked me what I was so mad about. 'Why you so mad?' And I was never mad. I'm not mad, I just look mad.
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I'm not particularly interested in painting, per se. I'm interested in a painting that has that mysterious life to it. Anything that doesn't partake of that magic is halfway dead - it returns to its physical elements, it's just paint and canvas.
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My mom is in the navy and my dad works for the army, but I never called them 'sir' or 'ma'am' or anything like that, and we never really moved around a lot because both my parents were stationed in D.C.
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God wants you well. God wants you prosperous. God wants you a whole person.
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My parents landed in Calgary in December 1974, straight from Nairobi. They were immigrants, like many people coming to build a better life. My mom was five months pregnant with me when they landed.
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The true value of having Florida Virtual School in this mix is that it creates a gold standard for all providers to meet if they hope to compete for Florida students. This program raises the bar for everybody, even the traditional public schools. And that benefits all our children.
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When you work with Ray Charles, Billy Eckstine and Frank Sinatra, and you tell them to jump without a net, you better know what you're talking about. Thank God I was ready for it.
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If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?
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Centuries-old habitats such as coral gardens are destroyed in an instant by bottom trawls, pulverized by weighted nets into barren plains. And global carbon dioxide emissions from human activity affect the ocean, changing the pH balance of the waters in a phenomenon known as ocean acidification.
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It doesn't matter if you work with an Oscar winner or if you work with an unknown actor. There is always a collaboration between the director and the actors, and you always have to listen as the actors have to listen to you as a director.
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I know what it takes, and you have to fight for yourself and what you believe in.
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Challenge is good for any relationship.
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I've built a solid career there, but America's ten times the size. Now that we're onto the third record, I feel like the stars have aligned and American audiences are embracing my music even more.
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Lord, make my way prosperous, not that I achieve high station, but that my life may be an exhibit to the value of knowing God.
