Brian D. McLaren Quotes

What if the Christian faith is supposed to exist in a variety of forms rather than just one imperial one? What if it is both more stable and more agile—more responsive to the Holy Spirit—when it exists in these many forms? And what if, instead of arguing about which form is correct and legitimate, we were to honor, appreciate, and validate one another and see ourselves as servants of one grander mission, apostles of one greater message, seekers on one ultimate quest?

Brian D. McLaren

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• I'm an optimist about other people. I'm not an optimist about myself.

  

  Keinan Abdi Warsame
  • People
  • Myself
  • Optimist

• Sometimes, all the interviews, those are the toughest thing for me, but once you really start to do it a lot and start to get used to it, I can find some fun in those parts, too. Because playing golf is the easiest thing for me, and that's something I'm so used to; that's why it was always easy.

  

  Inbee Park
  • Why
  • Fun
  • Golf

• There are times when marriage is not such a comfortable place... But you find your way; you become a different person. You grow into it. And you have to work at marriage every day.

  

  Kajol
  • Work
  • Different
  • Day

• While only one day of the year is dedicated solely to honoring our veterans, Americans must never forget the sacrifices that many of our fellow countrymen have made to defend our country and protect our freedoms.

  

  Randy Neugebauer
  • Country
  • Day
  • Veterans

• We have an obligation to spread amateur baseball both at home and abroad. Building up the game at all levels - Little League, Babe Ruth Leagues, the colleges - is in our own self-interest. That's where the pool of talent is - and also of fans.

  

  A. Bartlett Giamatti
  • Up
  • Home
  • Game

• My whole philosophy is to broadcast the way a fan would broadcast.

  

  Harry Caray
  • Way
  • Philosophy
  • Fan

• I like to impress myself when I dress.

  

  Cameron Dallas
  • Myself
  • Like
  • Dress

• I've been working straight since 2003, so I might just want to take an improv or theater class. That excites me. I can't wait to do different characters - not necessarily the leading chick who gets the guy, but the weird, freaky cousin.

  

  Fergie The Black Eyed Peas
  • Working
  • Improv
  • Excite

• Everybody will make mistakes, and for some that mistake will rise to the level of being a crime.

  

  Kamala Harris
  • Mistake
  • Mistakes
  • Rise

• Change makes you find your calling, your legacy, and God's divine plan for your life. Don't run from it.

  

  Iman
  • Life
  • God
  • Change

• I don't want to run for governor, but I don't think anyone should put public service out of the question because that's not what a good citizen does.

  

  Warren Beatty
  • Good
  • Think
  • Question

• When I was playing Gandalf, I didn't think, 'Oh my dear, I'm playing a 7,000 year old wizard,' because I've never met one, and I don't know what they're like.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Think
  • Know
  • Year

• I had never dreamt I'd become an actress. It was destiny that put me in the right place at the right time and gave me the right opportunities.

  

  Madhuri Dixit
  • Time
  • Destiny
  • Opportunities

• When I was little, we used to have Atari.

  

  Rachel Dratch
  • Used
  • Little
  • Atari

• Genome-based treatment, based on wider and cheaper availability of genome data, will provide new ways to customize the therapeutic protocol and enhance our control over diseases and medical treatment.

  

  Nayef Al-Rodhan
  • Control
  • Medical
  • Data

• My father got a phone call to bring me in to meet with Spielberg for 'E.T.,' partially because they knew I was a physical kid, and I was known in the business somewhat as a stunt kid, and I could do all the bicycle riding.

  

  C. Thomas Howell
  • Business
  • Father
  • Bicycle

• Our country won't go on forever, if we stay soft as we are now. There won't be any America-because some foreign soldiery will invade us and take our women and breed a hardier race.

  

  Chesty Puller
  • Women
  • Country
  • America

• It's a big industry thing. It doesn't seem to have anything to do with the public. It seems like a pointless thing. It's an excuse for the record companies to get together and kiss each other's arses.

  

  Chris Wolstenholme Muse
  • Public
  • Record Companies
  • Indusrty

• And this is the mission of the church — not civilization, but salvation — not better laws, purer legislation, social elevation, human equality, and liberty, but FIRST, the " kingdom of God and His righteousness;" regenerated hearts, and all other things will follow.

  

  Abbott Eliot Kittredge
  • Church
  • Mission
  • Salvation

• My long-range mission is to be the first athlete to win the Nobel Prize.

  

  Ernie Banks
  • Win
  • Athlete
  • Mission

• There was always a piano in the house when I was growing up - my dad played, and I thought it was cool - and when I was eight, I begged my parents to let me have lessons. After a couple of weeks, I wanted to give up, but my parents were very focused and made me keep going, which I'm very pleased about now.

  

  Laura Mvula
  • Up
  • House
  • Parents

• Necessity may be mother of invention, but fun is the father.

  

  Alex Faickney Osborn
  • Fun
  • Invention
  • Necessity

• What if the Christian faith is supposed to exist in a variety of forms rather than just one imperial one? What if it is both more stable and more agile—more responsive to the Holy Spirit—when it exists in these many forms? And what if, instead of arguing about which form is correct and legitimate, we were to honor, appreciate, and validate one another and see ourselves as servants of one grander mission, apostles of one greater message, seekers on one ultimate quest?

  

  Brian D. McLaren
  • Message
  • Mission
  • Holy Spirit