Eugene H. Peterson Quotes

One way to define spiritual life is getting so tired and fed up with yourself you go on to something better, which is following Jesus.

Eugene H. Peterson

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• I'd probably put myself in the top 1% in knowledge of blight in the city of Detroit.

  

  Dan Gilbert
  • Knowledge
  • City
  • Myself

• I have been portrayed by actors in three television documentaries, two plays, one musical and a film. It's no fun watching yourself being traduced and imitated by an actor.

  

  Felix Dennis
  • Fun
  • Yourself
  • Television

• The white man's dollar is his god, and to stop this will be to stop outrages in many localities.

  

  Ida B. Wells
  • God
  • Man
  • Stop

• But when you have bad governance, of course, these resources are destroyed: The forests are deforested, there is illegal logging, there is soil erosion. I got pulled deeper and deeper and saw how these issues become linked to governance, to corruption, to dictatorship.

  

  Wangari Maathai
  • Bad
  • Corruption
  • Dictatorship

• It can be tough when you're on the road, but I think food is meant to be enjoyed, so whenever we go to a new place, we look for the specialty item there.

  

  Hannah Kearney
  • Food
  • Road
  • Tough

• Jellicle Cats come out tonight, Jellicle Cats come one come all: The Jellicle Moon is shining bright - Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball.

  

  T. S. Eliot
  • Moon

• I have an enormous family because I'm from Montreal and my family's Catholic, so my dad has eight siblings and they all have kids and we all grew up in the same property on weekends and summers.

  

  Jessica Pare
  • Up
  • Family
  • Kids

• I've never felt that I was less of an athlete or not accomplished athletically because I didn't win an Olympic medal. It's definitely something I would have liked to have added to my resume, but at the same time I think I can look back at my athletic career and feel that I was one of the best.

  

  Mary Decker
  • Time
  • Career
  • Athlete

• The countries with the greatest problems have the kindest people.

  

  Amanda Lindhout
  • People

• Thinking about the future is fundamentally important to dealing with the challenges of today.

  

  Jamais Cascio
  • Thinking
  • Important
  • Future

• I would have liked the old days.

  

  David Wells

• I really believe that women run the art world.

  

  Marilyn Minter
  • World
  • Believe
  • Women

• I listen like mad to any conversation taking place next to me just trying to hear why this is funny. Women's restrooms are especially great. I wash my hands twice waiting for people to come in and start talking.

  

  Lynda Barry
  • People
  • Great
  • Women

• I'm not the best auditioner.

  

  Kaya Scodelario

• I'm a Londoner, so I'm a bit feisty.

  

  Kaya Scodelario

• There's a lot more to success than just singing.

  

  Shawn Mendes
  • Success
  • Singing

• I do a lot of writing on planes, actually. It's my time that I can just relax and have absolutely no distractions.

  

  Jessica Lowndes
  • Time
  • Writing
  • Relax

• This is our fucking city! And nobody is gonna dictate our freedom. Stay Strong! (After the Boston Marathon Bombings)

  

  David Ortiz
  • Strong
  • Freedom
  • City

• PLAYBOY: A Columbia coed was recently quoted in Newsweek as equating you and LSD. 'LSD doesn’t mean anything until you consume it,' she said. 'Likewise McLuhan.' Do you see any similarities?

  

  Marshall McLuhan
  • She

• In the last resort, a love of God without love of humanity is no love at all.

  

  Hans Kung
  • God
  • Humanity
  • Lasts

• Do you know what Margaret Thatcher did in her first Budget? Introduced VAT on yachts! It somewhat ruined my retirement.

  

  Edward Heath
  • Retirement

• Goodie Mob is my passion, the core of me, the fight, the struggle. I'm still as much of an underdog as I ever was, and my music is still as anti-establishment as it ever was. I want to satisfy that rebel side. It's not null and void. I'm a whole being, and I'm just coming back full circle.

  

  CeeLo Green
  • Music
  • Passion
  • Struggle

• I think that's the true litmus test for someone who has become closer to Jesus: their heart is more loving, accepting, childlike, less believing that they have all the answers and more believing in Him.

  

  Donald Miller
  • Heart
  • True
  • Jesus

• One way to define spiritual life is getting so tired and fed up with yourself you go on to something better, which is following Jesus.

  

  Eugene H. Peterson
  • Jesus
  • Fed
  • Spiritual Life