Vance Havner Quotes
We can often do more by doing less. God is not particularly interested in quantity production. That is an American standard, not a Bible standard.
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The yogi offers his labyrinthine human longings to a monotheistic bonfire dedicated to the unparalleled God. This is indeed the true yogic fire ceremony, in which all past and present desires are fuel consumed by love divine.
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God's not thinking about your mistakes, failures or shortcomings. No, His thoughts toward you are good.
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Forgiveness is a big part of - especially post-civil rights movement - is a big part of African-American Christianity, and I wasn't raised within the Christian church; I wasn't raised within any church.
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Never met Levinson. Ever. He directed those American Express spots for us for Seinfeld, and I was off on some guest spot that I didn't even want to do... and I got talked into doing it.
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If you are attempting to study American history, and you don't understand the force of white supremacy, you fundamentally misunderstand America.
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It's the Law of God that gave the stability to Christian civilization.
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The death of chief justice Rehnquist and the president's nomination of John Roberts raises the stakes for the court and the American people exponentially.
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The genius of the American Founders was to create an intricate system of balanced powers both within the state and between state and society - a system that has fostered unprecedented political, social, and intellectual freedom.
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As a grandson of farmers in downstate Illinois, I have long admired the dedication of farmers to their work and have written about the role of agriculture in American innovation.
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I'm honored and blessed by God to be in the sport I love, and I want to accomplish all the goals I set in the sport of boxing - to be successful and make history.
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By the '40s, Sam Goldwyn is a very serious man. By the '50s, he's the dean of American producers. To the end, he was Hollywood's gray eminence.
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God is not anything human. God is a force, God is chaos, God is unknown. God is terror and enlightenment at the same time.
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'Economics for Everybody' begins with understanding God's principles for organizing His creation and what that means for us as creatures and stewards.
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I feel like the American years were my apprenticeship for doing a Bond movie.
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I got some news for you. One, there is no Jesus. Two, there is no God. Three, mind your own business and everything works out.
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If there is a God, then he was particularly harsh to me.
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I do not belong to any religion. Everything is between God and myself.
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Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers.
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Now both my films have been number one at the Australian box office and it took about two years just to get the finance for this film, so if it's hard for me then God help everyone else.
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How many crossroads are you allowed to have in life? I seem to have a lot of crossroads. I think maybe I crossed back across the same road too often.
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Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the seat of the memory.
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A fit of anger is as fatal to dignity as a dose of arsenic is to life.
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I like working with an actor who doesn't do the oneupmanship. One who has no trick and gives a true, honest performance.
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We can often do more by doing less. God is not particularly interested in quantity production. That is an American standard, not a Bible standard.
