Clare De Graaf Quotes

#1. The goal of our lives should be nothing less that becoming so familiar with the "mind of Christ" that we could write Jesus' speeches.

Clare De Graaf

#2. One honest John Tompkins, a hedger & ditcher,
Although he was poor, did not want to be richer;
For all such vain wishes in him were prevented
By a fortunate habit of being contented.

Jane Taylor

#3. I like action movies! Action movies are awesome.

Mackenzie Foy

#4. Matches don't come any bigger than FA Cup quarter-finals

Neil Warnock

#5. My ideal of womanhood has always been the pioneer woman who fought and worked at her husband's side. She bore the children, kept the home fires burning; she was the hub of the family, the
planner and the dreamer.

Lucille Ball

#6. [The 10-Second Rule's] power is in its simplicity, and yet it gets straight to the heart of what it means to actually follow Jesus.

Clare De Graaf

#7. I can't remember any text of mine where I said that one should fight Hitler without violence; I'm not an idiot.

Adam Michnik

#8. Yeah. I'm amateurish. I can play enough to write a song, or strum on a little guitar to write out a song. But, I don't play well at all. I wouldn't even attempt for a second to play in public.

Ben E. King

#9. Profound commitment to a dream does not confine or constrain: it liberates.
Even a difficult, winding path can lead to your goal if you follow it to the end.

Paulo Coelho

#10. The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried. - G. K. CHESTERTON

Clare De Graaf

#11. [The Rule:] Just do the next thing you're reasonably certain Jesus wants you to do.

Clare De Graaf

#12. As I stood behind you, I sensed that God was telling me to pay for your groceries, so I did. Simple as that.

Clare De Graaf

#13. A closeness that felt sorry and cheap the minute she walked out of the room.

Don DeLillo

#14. Up until I was thirty years old I was your standard issue Christian- the kind christian schools and churches in our town pounded out year after year like spiritual Model-T's, mostly in one color-beige. We were covenant children, so we figured we came with a cradle-to-grave, salvational warrantee.

Clare De Graaf

#15. I came to consider the instinct as nothing more than the "motor aspect of pleasure."

Wilhelm Reich

#16. You know, sometimes you look at me with longing ...
... even though I'm here with you.

Craig Thompson

#17. For every 5 percent of saturated-fat calories that replaced carbohydrates in the diet, the risk of breast cancer decreased by 9 percent. This certainly argued against the hypothesis that excessive fat consumption caused breast cancer.

Gary Taubes