J. I. Packer Quotes
What makes life worthwhile is having a big enough objective, something which catches our imagination and lays hold of our allegiance, and this the Christian has in a way that no other person has. For what higher, more exalted, and more compelling goal can there be than to know God?
Quotes to Explore
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At the cross God wrapped his heart in flesh and blood and let it be nailed to the cross for our redemption.
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I like to think of my customer and make sure that season after season she is getting what she wants. Ultimately, I suppose I have an image of myself. That is the person I am designing for - a woman who loves and appreciates fashion and luxury, and somebody who wants to feel empowered with the best version of themselves.
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Deficiency motivation doesn't work. It will lead to a life-long pursuit of try to fix me. Learn to appreciate what you have and where and who you are.
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When students leave college, they are like children who know nothing about the problems of life, and don't have a political stance.
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We need a NASA-like organization for ocean exploration, because we need to be exploring and protecting our life support systems here on Earth.
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I'm not out to preach. I just live my own life. I'm very happy if I can help somebody - that's wonderful. But it's up to them what they want to think about it or what they want to take away; it's their business, not mine.
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As a Christian, I view relationships and marriage as being between a man and a woman.
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We humans lack imagination, to the point of not even knowing what tomorrow's important things will look like.
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I've run my whole life - for more than exercise, for mental health.
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The Christian Coalition is still about Christianity, even if it's an idea of Christianity that many Christians might not go along with.
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The only thing God didn't do to Job was give him a computer.
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Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the expense of joy.
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Pastoral ministry is about an ongoing confrontation with the god of this world, with blindness, hardness of heart, remaining sin.
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Bitterness and unforgiveness block the flow of God's blessing in your life and actually hinder your prayers.
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The moment in between what you once were, and who you are now becoming, is where the dance of life really takes place.
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Religion unites man with God, or forms a communication between them; yet do they not say, 'God is infinite?' If God be infinite, no finite being can have communication or relation with him.
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I've never made any effort to hide what happened. I served my time, I've tried to learn and move on.
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Action set pieces are my absolute favorite thing to write. I'm pretty much always in the mood to do them, but music certainly helps the process. I usually brainstorm out the dynamics and choreography of a fight to music beforehand - it gives me the little sparks of imagination when I get to the gaps in my own creativity.
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I respond very well to well-written material and women who have had an effect on society, something tragic or monumental has happened to them.
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Modern science is fast-moving, and no laboratory can exist for long with a program based on old facilities. Innovation and renewal are required to keep a laboratory on the frontiers of science.
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Now, I look at where I am now and I know what I wanna to do. What I would like to be able to do is to spend whatever time I have left and to give, and maybe some hope to others.
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If I could climax as many times as a Derek Dingle routine I would be a happy man!
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Certainly, I've never wanted to live on past achievements.
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What makes life worthwhile is having a big enough objective, something which catches our imagination and lays hold of our allegiance, and this the Christian has in a way that no other person has. For what higher, more exalted, and more compelling goal can there be than to know God?
