Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
Amy Carmichael's great longing was to have a "single eye" for the glory of God. Whatever might blur the vision God had give her of His work, whatever could distract or deceive or tempt other to seek anything but the Lord Jesus Himself she tried to eliminate.
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I've always loved to help people, young people in particular.
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Homosexuals are not welcome in the Gambia.
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
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Humanity appreciates truth about as much as a squirrel appreciates silver.
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As a child, I loved story books and wanted to be in them so desperately and live the stories.
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'Moby-Dick' has a remarkable way of resonating with whatever is going on in the world at that particular moment.
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I'm more offended when someone's killed on television than when there's something that's sensuous or sexual. So what?
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As I began to take risks, leaving my very comfortable and secure job and taking this first leap into fashion, every subsequent risk became easier to take because I began to see the kind of opportunity and excitement that risk-taking offered.
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It wouldn't bother me at all not to play on my own album.
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That's what everybody remembers. They don't remember how many medals I won in my career. They remember the 10s.
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Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.
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I talk to myself out loud at times, and feel embarrassed when people overhear me.
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My main influence is Kool G Rap and Cam'ron, pretty much. If you were to mix those two people up, I wish that would be me... This is my voice. I sound like nobody; I sound like me.
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Consciousness is not wholly, nor even primarily a device for receiving sense-impressions. ...there is another outlook than the scientific one, because in practice a more transcendental outlook is almost universally admitted. ...who does not prize these moments that reveal to us the poetry of existence?
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Come ordine era dato, il tutto avvenne,Che 'l consiglio del mal va raro invano.
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The two questions I always ask myself are 'What if' and 'Why not?
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I think it's very hard in this day and age to raise little girls with morals, ethics and values, and them knowing that they are precious creations and that they are important.
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I think the funds that have been pledged at Euro Summit, combined with the outcome of the private sector involvement process should be sufficient in order to support financially the Greek Economy.
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Nobody thinks that they're evil or bad, they think that they're doing the right thing.
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I work out every day, and I challenge myself. I've got a couple of friends who do CrossFit; I'm not a huge CrossFit guy, but I love the challenge.
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Women do have an affinity for evil, for believing that no woman is to be trusted, but that some men are too innocent to protect themselves.
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As a director, I love being able to really be a contributing factor to the overall vision of a project.
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Amy Carmichael's great longing was to have a "single eye" for the glory of God. Whatever might blur the vision God had give her of His work, whatever could distract or deceive or tempt other to seek anything but the Lord Jesus Himself she tried to eliminate.
