Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Women and girls are disproportionately affected by landmines. They have different needs when it comes to education about risks. And they may face greater challenges when a family member is killed or injured.
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Were the ironies of taxation any better: raising money for schools and hospitals and roads and bridges, and spending it on blowing up schools and hospitals and roads and bridges in self-defeating wars?
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The sin of fallen man is this: Man seeks the benefits of God while at the same time fleeing from God Himself.
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If God did not act first, no one would be saved.
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We had two long drives there that we didn't finish well in the second half, our guys felt like defensively, ... We gave up four big plays, which resulted in a lot of yardage there.
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The real test of a saint is not one's willingness to preach the gospel, but one's willingness to do something like washing the disciples' feet - that is, being willing to do those things that seem unimportant in human estimation but count as everything to God.
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I think you are putting the cart before the horse.
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I love arguing with you, Claire. You always surprise me. And occasionally, you even make sense.
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To become successful you must be a person of action. Merely to "know" is not sufficient. It is necessary both to know and do.
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Donald Trump's promised the moon. Now he has power. He's going to fail to deliver. He's not going to be able to bring a bunch of coal jobs back and a bunch of factory jobs back in this global economy. Period. Because you can't. It's not going to happen.
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The Church exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing that, all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible itself, are simply a waste of time. God became Man for no other purpose.
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The camera lies all the time -- lies 24 times/second.
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Great and frequent reverses can crush and mar our bliss both by the pain they cause and by the hindrance they offer to many activities. Yet nevertheless even in adversity nobility shines through, when a man endures repeated and severe misfortune with patience, not owing to insensibility but from generosity and greatness of soul.
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Today's accomplishments were yesterday's impossibilities.
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It is the privilege of true genius, And especially genius who opens up a new path, To make great mistakes with impunity.
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Christianity has kept itself going for centuries on hope alone, and has perpetrated all manner of naughtiness in the meantime.
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Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity.
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Christians make enlightened decisions, for they talk with God.
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I'm a fan of Bill Hicks. He did things that no other stand up did at the time. He was making fun of religion, at that time it was a lot harder to say those things in the States than it was here. To slag off Christianity and fundamentalist Christians, and to be pro drugs and anti gun in the deep south, that's a big ask. And he did that and made it funny. Bill Hicks was able to say things that he really thought, and he managed to make those thoughts funny without a care if it antagonised people.
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Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
