Thomas Hobbes Quotes
Faith is a gift of God, which man can neither give nor take away by promise of rewards or menace of torture.
Quotes to Explore
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Thank God there is a such thing as hiatus. We got the first 'Dr. Horrible' done in six days, we banged it out.
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It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.
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Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it.
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I don't care for the music when they're talking bad about women because I think women are God's greatest gift to the planet - I just like music.
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If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce.
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We're immersed in the spirit of God all the time. We just don't notice.
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Religion is man's attempt to bind himself back to a relationship with God.
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I had a father and mother, who were devout and feared God. Our Lord also helped me with His grace. All this would have been enough to make me good, if I had not been so wicked.
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The only thing God didn't do to Job was give him a computer.
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The great thing is that whether we have faith or not, we are by and large very tolerant of people, whatever their particular view.
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Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with Him who we know loves us. The important thing is not to think much but to love much and so do that which best stirs you to love. Love is not great delight but desire to please God in everything.
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Our brand of democracy is hard. But I can promise that a year from now, when I no longer hold this office, I'll be right there with you as a citizen - inspired by those voices of fairness and vision, of grit and good humor and kindness that have helped America travel so far.
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Attributing to anything or anyone more good than God has attributed to them is not a positive move, nor does it mean that you have done them any good. A single grain of truth is preferable to a bumper harvest of false imaginings.
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As often as you fail, get up and try again. God will never let you down, so long as you don't let Him down, and so long as you make the effort.
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The power that religion has is that you think nothing is random: If there's a tragedy in my life, that's God testing me or sending me a message.
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I think what turned me off of Christianity as a kid, and what I think turns other people off, is the thought that you have to sacrifice being cool to believe in God.
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By concentrating on what is good in people, by appealing to their idealism and their sense of justice, and by asking them to put their faith in the future, socialists put themselves at a severe disadvantage.
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God will open any doors he wants to open, and if He closes doors, that's fine, too.
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I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.
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I developed a mania for Fitzgerald - by the time I'd graduated from high school I'd read everything he'd written. I started with 'The Great Gatsby' and moved on to 'Tender Is the Night,' which just swept me away. Then I read 'This Side of Paradise,' his novel about Princeton - I literally slept with that book under my pillow for two years.
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I gave everything I had to basketball. The passion is still there but the desire to play is not. It was a great ride.
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Faith is a gift of God, which man can neither give nor take away by promise of rewards or menace of torture.
