Gerrit W. Gong Quotes
When we come to God’s great commandments to love Him and those around us by covenant, we do so not as stranger or guest but as His child at home.
Quotes to Explore
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I loved theatre and film when I was growing up in Harpenden, Hertfordshire. My mum's a reflexologist and my dad's a corporate financier.
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If you expect the blessings of God, be kind to His people.
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I don't really consider myself an impressionist.
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Nothing recedes like progress.
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Gossip is easy, politics is hard.
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Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
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The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
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I first started going to shows when I was about 16 - seeing local bands. I mean, I loved music before that, and I played a bit of guitar when I was younger and thought maybe I'd become a guitar teacher or something, but when I saw other kids doing it, I was like, 'Whoa, these are great bands! I can do it, too.'
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The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind.
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The house that is built upon the sand will crumble at the first sign of a windstorm.
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I was still 15 when I met John Lennon at a village fete in Woolton, in Liverpool.
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There will be no peace among the nations without peace among the religions. There will be no peace among the religions without dialogue among the religions.
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That's the thing about marriage. It's a shell game we play with ourselves. We're the suckers and we have to lose, but we play anyway because we lie to ourselves that we can win.
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I think less is more when it comes to kissing in the movies.
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One must learn to read, just as one must learn to see and learn to live.
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I just have a vision of something, and it seems to go a long way. One thought goes a long way.
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History is philosophy teaching by experience.
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Leaving my house and getting on to a red carpet is always crazy for me, because you have to find a way to be comfortable in the most uncomfortable situation imaginable.
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I think every artist strives for a record that crosses all energy, lines, boundaries or languages or barriers.
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When the people of God abandoned the covenant of love and fidelity, drawn as we are by the appeal of shallow, empty pleasures, God removed every possible obstruction to the covenant by being faithful for us, by becoming like us and subjecting Himself to the very worst within us, loving us all the way to the cross and all the way out of the grave.
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The way to stay inspired and motivated is by doing what you like, doing what you love.
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When we come to God’s great commandments to love Him and those around us by covenant, we do so not as stranger or guest but as His child at home.
