Charles H. Kraft Quotes
We contend that ideas and/or practices may be scriptural as long as they are not condemned by scripture.
Quotes to Explore
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The foundation of confidence in virtually every field is preparation.
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On the day long after childhood when I suddenly heard of his death, the sky grew dark above my head. I was walking on a Southern highway, and a friend driving in a pony carriage passed me, stopped and said, "Have you heard that Charles Dickens is dead?" It was as if I had been robbed of one of my dearest friends.
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The values my mother taught me were like, if you're going to do something, don't half-ass it. I remember her literally saying that to me. Like the first time I ever heard the term half-ass was coming from my mother's lips. I was probably 8 or 9. If you're going to do something, go ahead and throw 115 percent at it, and if you get 100 percent back, well, there you go - you're perfect.
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The fragrance of religious and spiritual life is much finer and subtler than that of the rose.
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There have always been people during periods of history that thought that we could get along with the enemy if only we would reach out. Peace in our time is a philosophy.
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Said we’d be forever, said it’d never die. How could you love me and leave me and never say goodbye?
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Every state protects the privileges of the powerful.
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Throwaways are OK. When a quarterback throws the ball away in our system, that's a plus. That's a plus decision. That's the way I've always graded it.
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I think about that "empty" space a lot. That emptiness is what allows for something to actually evolve in a natural way. I've had to learn that over the years - because one of the traps of being an artist is to always want to be creating, always wanting to produce.
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Man doesn't dictate what you do or how you do it. If you believe in God, believe in God; have your faith in him. That's where my faith lies.
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We are disappointed that the court has taken an unduly narrow view of its power and obligation to decide cases that come before it, ... Because the science is clear that global warming poses a real and inevitable environmental threat with grave human consequences, we will appeal this decision and continue to work on other fronts to demand action on this critical problem.
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I wrote a story for my kids. It's fiction. It's not systematic theology. It's not a new book of the Bible. It's flawed, I wrote it. All of that goes into the mix, but I love the controversy. It elevates the conversation.
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I don't want to be dragging myself on stage, year in year out, until someone else tells me it is time to go. There are certain birthdays that make you revalue your life
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Even when she calls me sometimes, I wish I had something to offer her to make a day go easier, to make a night go faster.
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At the end, one didn't remember life as a whole but as just a string of moments.
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Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.
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Every one of us ... knows better than he practices, and recognizes a better law than he obeys.
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The sin of worldliness is a preoccupation with the things of this temporal life. It's accepting and going along with the views and practices of society around us without discerning if they are biblical. I believe that the key to our tendencies toward worldliness lies primarily in the two words “going along”. We simply go along with the values and practices of society.
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When you grow up without it, you want to have it. It's funny, in America some people say, 'Why do you want to make money so much?' And I say, 'Well, I guess you didn't starve as a kid.'
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Growing up in the entertainment industry, I've had a lot of people tell me I'm not good enough.
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We contend that ideas and/or practices may be scriptural as long as they are not condemned by scripture.
