John M. Perkins Quotes

#1. The poor need the motivation, the incentives, the skills, the education so they can help themselves.

John M. Perkins

#2. Yielding to God's will can be hard. And sometimes, it really hurts. But it always brings peace.

John M. Perkins

#3. You don't give people dignity. You affirm it.

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#4. At eighty-six years old, people tell you how much wisdom you have. I don't know about all of that, but I do know that God has done much in me and through me, and He's still working on me.

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#5. Education is not a luxury in modern American society-it is essential for survival.

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#6. There is no reconciliation until you recognize the dignity of the other, until you see their view- you have to enter into the pain of the people. You've got to feel their need.

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#7. Love Is The Final Fight

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#8. Justice goes across racial and economic barriers - like the good Samaritan.

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#9. Godly leadership is not about attaining recognition or glory; it's about serving others.

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#10. We live out our call most fully when we are a community of faith with arms wrapped about a community of pain.

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#11. Love. No matter where I start, I always end up here.

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#12. The big deal is we think the power is in us individuallythe power is in us collectively. It is in the church.

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