Eugene H. Peterson Quotes
One of the reasons that Christians read Scripture repeatedly and carefully is to find out just how God works in Jesus Christ so that we can work in the name of Jesus Christ.
Quotes to Explore
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No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.
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Of course, we are all egoists. Egoism is so much a part of our humanity.
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Well I think in all the thirty years I've been doing this now and being gone from home and all that stuff it's really, it's not about what I've achieved and if I've become a better player, or played better ten years ago than I do today.
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Saw your face, My hand you took Just like in a story book, And you got me Yeah, you‘ve got me
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Certainly nobody under 21 should have an AR-15.
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It's impossible to see the face of Jesus without seeking that face in some concentrated way, in the practice of the faith, through prayer and action.
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The coalition is a model that has no place in a presidential regime such as in Mexico. It fits in parliamentary models, but Mexico has a presidential regime.
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The real difference between a man's scientific judgments about himself and the judgment of others about him is he has added sources of knowledge.
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He didn't repudiate what he said (in 1985), ... What he did say is that he has changed since that time over 20 years, and of course the court rulings have also been issued that established the precedent and reaffirmed Roe.
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They're ( police ) trying to flex their muscles and say the law's still vibrant.
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He described to me how crocodiles kill more people than sharks. There are just a lot of things in Australia that can kill you.
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Let's remember that our leadership is defined not just by our defence against threats, but by the enormous opportunities to do good and promote understanding.
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What I like about houses like Givenchy. It's easy to pull from. With Givenchy you can accessorize to build anything, any look.
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The proper way to create friends is to have a warm heart, not simply money or power. The friend of power and the friend of money are something different.
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Invulnerable to time, dedicated to the messianic happiness of thinking for us, knowing that we knew that he would not take any decision for us that did not have our measure, for he had not survived everything because of his inconceivable courage or his infinite prudence but because he was the only one among us who knew the real size of our destiny.
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There is not a thought that is being thought in the West or the East that is not active in some Indian mind
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Whereas the law is passionless, passion must ever sway the heart of man.
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Place a substantial meal before a tired man and he will eat with effort and be little better for it at first. Give him a glass of wine or brandy, and immediately he feels better: you see him come to life again before you.
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The era of 'anything goes' is gone for ever.
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Why can't the Arabs and Jews resolve their disagreements at the conference table like good Christians?
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Two great virtues . . . give a man power with the heavens - integrity and purity of character. Let a man possess these, let his heart be true and unflinching, let his life be pure, and, if we add to these humility, he is protected against a multitude of weaknesses and can resist a host of temptations. We all have our weaknesses; God has permitted them that we might be taught humility in ourselves and charity towards others.
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One of the reasons that Christians read Scripture repeatedly and carefully is to find out just how God works in Jesus Christ so that we can work in the name of Jesus Christ.
