Charles Grandison Finney Quotes

You hear the word, and believe it in theory, while you deny it in practice. I say to you, that 'you deceive yourselves'.

Charles Grandison Finney

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• The universal practice of closing the eyes of the dead may be thought to have originated in the desire that he might be prevented from seeing his way.

  

  Sabine Baring-Gould
  • May
  • Desire
  • Eyes

• I feel totally French – I don't feel half-French because of my dual nationality. For me, dual nationality just means I don't deny my roots.

  

  Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
  • Me
  • Feel
  • Deny

• Whoever has not begun the practice of prayer, I beg for the love of the Lord not to go without so great a good. There is nothing here to fear but only something to desire.

  

  Saint Teresa of Avila
  • Good
  • Great
  • Love

• If philosophy is practice, a demand to know the manner in which its history is to be studied is entailed: a theoretical attitude toward it becomes real only in the living appropriation of its contents from the texts.

  

  Karl Jaspers
  • Real
  • History
  • Practice

• Real practice means working on stuff you're not good at. Real practice is about butting your head against the wall repeatedly until you get it right.

  

  Damien Chazelle
  • Good
  • Real
  • Practice

• When I diced vegetables, it was painstaking work to make sure that every single piece looked the same: 1/4-inch cubed for small, 3/4-inch cubed for large. It's a matter of practice and precision.

  

  Gail Simmons
  • Work
  • Small
  • Single

• The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual.

  

  Walt Whitman
  • Single
  • Universe
  • Theory

• I think some people have a rare ability to focus. As a player, Earl Thomas has it. When he was at practice or in a game, he was always on; he was right there.

  

  Dan Quinn
  • People
  • Game
  • Focus

• Unless the issue of the empowerment of women is addressed, the practice of women being unfairly treated will remain unresolved.

  

  Kapil Sibal
  • Women
  • Practice
  • Empowerment

• I'm a bit of a romantic. In theory!

  

  Olga Kurylenko
  • Romantic
  • Theory
  • Bit

• I don't deny my life-style is occasionally pretty wild.

  

  Sam Kinison
  • Life
  • Pretty
  • Style

• I was pretty lucky to get into Berklee at all. I never really had any theory or music-reading capabilities; I was completely by ear.

  

  Madi Diaz
  • Music
  • Pretty
  • Reading

• I consider the guitar a tool for the most part. I do pick up the acoustic now and then, I certainly don't have any routine. Usually the only time I practice is when the band gets together. Hendrix has always been one of my favorite players, but I was a sucker for Nugent in the late 1970's.

  

  Ian MacKaye
  • Up
  • Time
  • Together

• I liked Michael Jackson and used to practice his steps. I enjoy dancing!

  

  Vijay
  • Practice
  • Enjoy
  • Dancing

• Even though NASA tries to simulate launch, and we practice in simulators, it's not the same - it's not even close to the same.

  

  Sally Ride
  • Practice
  • Same
  • NASA

• Religious tolerance is something we should all practice; however, there have been more persecution and atrocities committed in the name of religion and religious freedom than anything else.

  

  Walter Koenig
  • Freedom
  • Religious
  • Practice

• As soon as the generals and the politicos can predict the motions of your mind, lose it. Leave it as a sign to mark the false trail, the way you didn't go. Be like the fox who makes more tracks than necessary, some in the wrong direction. Practice resurrection.

  

  Wendell Berry
  • Mind
  • Practice

• Practice. I used to sit on the edge of my bed with a six-pack of Schlitz Malt talls. My brother would go out at 7pm to party and get laid, and when he'd come back at 3am, I would still be sitting in the same place, playing guitar. I did that for years - I still do that.

  

  Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
  • Party
  • Practice
  • Brother

• Knowledge of birth control is essentially moral. Its general, though prudent, practice must lead to a higher individuality and ultimately to a cleaner race.

  

  Margaret Sanger
  • Knowledge
  • Control
  • Practice

• I've leaned on God for so long. "Hey, God, you just gave me this gift, and I'm just going to go out there and sing." But I'm realizing how much larger and how expansive my gift becomes when I actually pay attention to it and try to practice and try to perfect it.

  

  Lauryn Hill Fugees
  • God
  • Long
  • Attention

• My guiltiest pleasure is reading a novel with a glass of wine. I love to read voraciously. I always have. And I love to lose myself in a good book.

  

  Kasi Lemmons
  • Reading
  • Wine
  • Voraciously

• Adversity not only draws people together, but brings forth that beautiful inward friendship.

  

  Soren Kierkegaard
  • Friendship
  • Adversity
  • Draws

• If you want to meet the needs of the poor in this world, there is no better place to start than by preaching the Gospel.

  

  K. P. Yohannan
  • World

• You hear the word, and believe it in theory, while you deny it in practice. I say to you, that 'you deceive yourselves'.

  

  Charles Grandison Finney
  • Practice
  • Theory
  • Deny