George Arthur Buttrick Quotes

Intercession is more than specific: it is pondered: it requires us to bear on our heart the burden of those for whom we pray.

George Arthur Buttrick

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• Someone once said anyone can be great under rosy circumstances, but the true test of character is measured by how well a person makes decisions during difficult times.

  

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• The one-cylinder ward is one in which the bishop handles all the problems, makes all the decisions, follows through on all the assignments, and faces every challenge. Then, like any other overworked cylinder, he starts to sputter and behave erratically. Eventually, he burns out altogether.

  

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• I'm not interested in the ego trip of creating or not creating. I'm interested in selling a magazine. Rock-bottom, I sell magazines. I'm a thorough professional who does his job.

  

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• Our salvation comes to us so easily because it cost God so much.

  

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• Was that what it means to be an adult, to live with ugly ambiguities?

  

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• This is a strange pocket of the western world where it is still deemed utterly acceptable to take smart, successful women and reduce them to beauty pageant contestants.

  

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• I have so much respect for him. He really just does what his heart is telling him to do. He was amazing to work with and really just a brilliant guy.

  

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• Never write when you can talk. Never talk when you can nod. And never put anything in an e-mail.

  

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• It goes without saying that when you're the manager of a Premiership club, you go eight miles down the road and get beaten by a team two divisions below you, it's disappointing.

  

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• Is this really the church of Christ, or are we just calling it the church because of our traditions and history?

  

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• I really didn't like Batgirl. I was like, "No, if I'm not gonna be Batman, I'm not gonna play." Maybe they could write an evil female super villain who takes over Batman, and nobody knows.

  

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• Pray, for all men need the aid of the gods.

  

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• The world over - 50 million children start playing tennis, 5 million learn to play tennis, 500,000 learn professional tennis, 50,000 come to the circuit, 5000 reach the grand slam, 50 reach Wimbledon, 4 to semi final, 2 to the finals, when I was holding a cup I never asked GOD 'Why me?'. And today in pain I should not be asking GOD 'Why me?'

  

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• The image of God always abides in the soul, whether this image be obsolete and clouded over as to amount to almost nothing; or whether it be obscured or disfigured, as is the case with sinners; or whether it be clear and beautiful as is the case with the just.

  

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• Intercession is more than specific: it is pondered: it requires us to bear on our heart the burden of those for whom we pray.

  

  George Arthur Buttrick
  • Pray
  • Burden
  • Requires