Elisabeth Elliot Quotes
Where reasons are given, we don't need faith. Where only darkness surrounds us, we have no means for seeing except by faith.
Quotes to Explore
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I always say three things make a writer: inspiration, obviously; perspiration, doing the work. But the third is desperation. I'm not really fit for anything else, or to have a real job. That fear drives me. The pressure has always been self inflicted.
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Katie Holmes is really amazing.
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I think the biggest part of a good party is the host and then going around making sure nobody's left alone and knows enough about the people in the room to know who to introduce to whom.
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If there's one message I want people to take away is never compromise being your authentic self. Even if that means making others uncomfortable.
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I had experiences or exposure to music in church. I went to a church, it was very unique. It was a predominantly African American Catholic church. So they would have - one mass would be traditional church music, and then the other mass would be gospel music.
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Victory Over Violence is an organization that was created to help fund shelters for women and children.
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I'm a really good parent to myself sometimes, and I do things that make me learn and grow.
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Whoever comes to me finds me a mirror to whatever is in his heart. Thus, I try to help him to see qualities in himself that he needs to overcome.
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I grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors.
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I have an hourglass shape, and I think it's important to understand your body type and your personality type. Then make whatever is on trend and in fashion work for you.
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I wasn't making music consciously when I was younger. I was a musician, but that has its own stigmas. Anywhere on the planet, it's one of the more undervalued positions.
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In early Islam, it was an absolute tenet that the prophet was not to be worshipped. The prophet was a messenger. And one of the things that's happened in Islam is this cult of the prophet, which to my view is counter to the original tradition.
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Art should never try to be popular. The public should try to make itself artistic.
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Here's to the next insurrection of the negroes in the West Indies.
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'I’ve never seen a soft heart turn hard,' said Taleswapper. 'At least not without good reason.'
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And all at once I lost my breathAnd all at once was scared to deathFor all at once I owned the earth and sky.Now I've met Miss JonesWe'll keep on meeting till we die,Yes, Miss Jones and I.
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Fair stands the ancient Rectory, The Rectory of Croft, The sun shines bright upon it, The breezes whisper soft. From all the house and garden Its inhabitants come forth, And muster in the road without, And pace in twos and threes about, The children of the North.
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People often speak of God being even-handed. God is not even-handed. God is biased, in favor of the weak, of the despised.
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'...neither tolerance nor intolerance is grounded in science and reason, but they are themselves acts of faith grounded in social custom and the politics of expediency and power.'
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You will have no test of faith that will not fit you to be a blessing if you are obedient to the Lord. I never had a trial but when I got out of the deep river I found some poor pilgrim on the bank that I was able to help by that very experience.
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If we want to cultivate a true spirit of democracy we cannot afford to be intolerant. Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.
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The first important movie that I did, I shaved my head for the movie. When the hair grew back, I had white hair for the first time in my life.
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I post pictures that I want to post and say what I want to say. If that's three times a day or three times per month then whatever.
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Where reasons are given, we don't need faith. Where only darkness surrounds us, we have no means for seeing except by faith.
