John Ortberg Quotes
Jesus' life as a foot-washing servant would eventually lead to the adoption of humility as a widely admired virtue.
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I kind of lost interest in school. I was never really that interested anyway. I was never academic. I didn't really go to school as much as I should have.
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In terms of Rogers, I can't comment on how other fighters in the UFC would fare with Brett Rogers because that's just speculation.
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In my industry, it's important to have people I look to for different things: guidance, inspiration and motivation.
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Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.
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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?
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I train for whatever happens. I'm prepared for wherever the fight goes.
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We need to fight to prove to people that it is possible to form an E.U. migration policy that is in line with the Hungarian national interest.
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I've learned to be more accepting of myself. I'm 37, not 18, and I've got the lines to prove it. I try to remind myself that a girl can have it all, just not all at once.
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Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.
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Homecourt is everything in the NBA.
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I believe that it's better to have a conviction, believe strongly in something, and then the convictions create a style that reflects your mentality.
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It all begins with the initial tone coming from the cabinet, but EQ at the board is very important.
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There's always going to be someone with a bigger toy than yours.
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I think there's a time to be private and a time to be public, and I think that companies like Facebook and Groupon are basically transformational companies. You don't come across them very often, and I'm pretty sure that they can continue to grow for a long time even being public.
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When anyone tells me I can't do anything... I'm just not listening any more.
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A man never apologizes for the fact that he has to work. He might say, 'Hey, I am so sorry my hours were long today,' but he'd never feel he has to explain the very fact that he has a career. Once I stopped apologizing, I noticed both my kids also stopped complaining and asking me 'why' I worked.
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He is lost who is possessed by carnal desire.
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It was just two energies between two people, you can't prescribe that.
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The cat, it is well to remember, remains the friend of man because it pleases him to do so and not because he must.
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Is it going to be the people of Kentucky who decides who their senator's going to be, or is it going to be Mitch McConnell saying, 'This is my protege Trey; this is who your next senator's going to be.'?
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You can either be a host to God, or a hostage to your ego. It's your call.
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How can God stoop lower than to come and dwell with a poor humble soul? Which is more than if he had said, such a one should dwell with him; for a beggar to live at court is not so much as the king to dwell with him in his cottage.
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Jesus' life as a foot-washing servant would eventually lead to the adoption of humility as a widely admired virtue.
