William Jenkyn Quotes

To forsake Christ for the world, is to leave a treasure for a trifle, eternity for a moment, reality for a shadow

William Jenkyn

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• There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives.

  

  Barbara Kruger
  • Music
  • Moments
  • Influence

• My favorite moments? Where it's all going swimmingly, the sun's out and I've got a fire going and a nice snake on the barbecue.

  

  Bear Grylls
  • Nice
  • Moments
  • Fire

• 'Forrest Gump' is filled full of moments where your heart just cheers.

  

  Sally Field
  • Heart
  • Moments
  • Cheers

• The greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow.

  

  Sam Snead
  • Shadow
  • Over
  • Fast

• When 'The Shadow of the Wind' became a success I had already been a working writer, I'd been through the ups and downs, I'd seen how it worked.

  

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon
  • Success
  • Wind
  • Shadow

• My dad had a Vincent Black Shadow, which was a quite particular thing: it was the fastest cycle of its era... It sparked a world for me; when I was old enough, I got a motorcycle.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • World
  • Black
  • Dad

• The - I don't want to say older, but the more experienced I get, I treasure and I honor what I've done much more.

  

  Nadia Comaneci
  • Done
  • Want
  • Honor

• As I try to get around with a guitar, a banjo and a suitcase of high heels and dresses, I treasure that little ukulele.

  

  Valerie June
  • High
  • Try
  • Guitar

• I could be a much better role model by sharing more openly with him my shadow side, my faults, my mistakes, asking him to be my teacher rather than being his.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Teacher
  • Model
  • Shadow

• In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.

  

  Aesop
  • Moments
  • Powerful

• A shadow will appear dark in proportion to the brilliancy of the light surrounding it and conversely it will be less conspicuous where it is seen against a darker background.

  

  Leonardo da Vinci
  • Light
  • Dark
  • Shadow

• There are moments we return to, now and always. Family is like water - it has a memory of what it once filled, always trying to get back to the original stream.

  

  Colum McCann
  • Trying
  • Family
  • Water

• I don't have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness - it's right in front of me if I'm paying attention and practicing gratitude.

  

  Brené Brown
  • Attention
  • Moments
  • Gratitude

• We live in a world where black people are targeted for death and destruction, and we should not be surprised when moments such as these occur - in fact, Charlottesville confirms the violence that black people endure every day.

  

  Patrisse Cullors
  • People
  • World
  • Live

• It was my duty to shoot the enemy, and I don't regret it. My regrets are for the people I couldn't save: Marines, soldiers, buddies. I'm not naive, and I don't romanticize war. The worst moments of my life have come as a SEAL. But I can stand before God with a clear conscience about doing my job.

  

  Chris Kyle
  • People
  • Life
  • God

• One of the greatest gifts we can give people is the hope that their death is nothing to fear - you know, not that it has no fear in it, but the promise of scripture is that God will lead us through the valley of the shadow of death.

  

  Max Lucado
  • People
  • God
  • Hope

• I just try to write what I think would really happen, and with grief and tragedy, there are these naturally occurring moments of levity and humor and absurdity. I think that's what life is really like. Sadness gets interrupted, and happiness gets interrupted.

  

  Kaui Hart Hemmings
  • Life
  • Moments
  • Grief

• I think that everybody has a right to their own thoughts, their own feelings and their own private moments, if they want them.

  

  Katherine Heigl
  • Moments
  • Thoughts

• It was so hot today I saw a robin dipping his worm in Nestea. It was so hot today I saw a pigeon walking in the shadow of Orson Welles. It was so hot today that Burger King was singing, 'if you want it your way, cook it yourself.'

  

  Johnny Carson
  • Today
  • Singing
  • King

• Nothing new is on the earth right now. Technology, the things that we're discovering, it's been sitting here just waiting for someone to brush it off and go, 'Oh, let me read that. Let me see how I can use this information.' And it doesn't matter if it's from a tech perspective or a philosophical perspective.

  

  Ali Shaheed Muhammad A Tribe Called Quest
  • Earth
  • Technology
  • Waiting

• I was once young and now I am old, but not once have I been witness to God's failure to supply my need when first I had given for the furtherance of His work. He has never failed in His promise, so I cannot fail in my service to Him.

  

  William Carey
  • Promise
  • Failing
  • Generosity

• In the weeks since I had made the decision to leave my father's house, I had grown up. And I had learned that not every battle can be fought by firing an arrow from a bow. But I would have to face whatever new challenges came my way as bravely as I had faced the Huns. I could not wallow in self-pity, thinking about what might have been. I had to do my duty. It was the only way to stay true to myself.

  

  Cameron Dokey
  • House
  • Decision
  • Leave

• To forsake Christ for the world, is to leave a treasure for a trifle, eternity for a moment, reality for a shadow

  

  William Jenkyn
  • Moments
  • Shadow
  • Treasure