Congregational Quotes

#1. A number of girls of my acquaintance went to school to the nuns of the Congregational Nunnery, or Sisters of Charity, as they are sometimes called.

Maria Monk

#2. A dynamic praying church must be built from the inside out, employing all four levels of
prayer: the secret closet, the family altar, small group praying and finally, the
congregational setting.

Richard Burr

#3. In 1775, no fewer than nine colonies had established churches, ranging from Congregational establishments in New Hampshire, Connecticut and Massachusetts to Episcopal churches in the southern states from Maryland on down.

M. Stanton Evans

#4. Let me be clear: I am a Methodist. By that, I mean I think John Wesley was a recovery of Catholic Christianity through disciplined congregational life.

Stanley Hauerwas

#5. Just as the medieval church cut off the congregation from participating in the sung worship of the service, today many well-meaning Christian leaders have reconstructed a sung worship wherein congregational participation does not matter.

Douglas Bond

#6. One of the advantages of pure congregational singing is that you can join in the singing whether you have a voice or not. The disadvantage is that your neighbor can do the same.

Charles Dudley Warner

#7. Sadly, many of these churches will die by congregational suicide.

Mohler R.

#8. Lord, save the Church from desiring to have pews, choirs, organs, or instrumental music, and a congregational ministry, like other heathen Churches around them!

Peter Cartwright

#9. A congregational prayer is a means for establishing essential human unity though common worship.

Mahatma Gandhi

#10. Congregational life wherein each member has his opportunity to contribute to the life of the whole body, those gifts with which the Spirit endows him, is as much of the essence of the Church as are ministry and sacraments.

Lesslie Newbigin

#11. The Independent or Congregational theory includes two principles; first, that the governing and executive power in the Church is in the brotherhood; and secondly, that the Church organization is complete in each worshipping assembly, which is independent of every other.

Charles Hodge

#12. Fools drive, lovers enjoy the ride.

Richard Castle

#13. Those who do not wish to kill any one, wish they had the power.
[Lat., Et qui nolunt occidere quemquam
Posse volunt.]

Juvenal

#14. Souls were webs of light that contained the essence of a human's life. Memories and loves, children and families. Every moment of life, pressing in

Carolyn Turgeon

#15. When they told him this, Ransom at last understood why mythology was what it was
gleams of celestial strength and beauty falling on a jungle of filth and imbecility.

C.S. Lewis

#16. I'm not into weapons. I'm not into cars. I'm not into explosions. I'm scared of all of that.

Christoph Waltz

#17. My actions are my only true belongings.

Thich Nhat Hanh

#18. The only way to learn a language properly, in fact, is to marry a man of that nationality. You get what they call in Europe a 'sleeping dictionary.' Of course, I have only been married five times, and I speak seven languages. I'm still trying to remember where I picked up the other two.

Zsa Zsa Gabor

#19. Having two women - one who can't know about the other, and one who must be trusted not to destroy his life - is clearly difficult for him.

Jennifer Harrison

#20. Should doubt knock at your doorway, just say to those skeptical, disturbing, rebellious thoughts, I propose to stay with my faith, with the faith of my people.

Thomas S. Monson

#21. War, like children's fights, are meaningless, pitiless, and contemptible.

Rumi

#22. His cracked lips moved.
Beloved.
He couldn't say the word, but I knew it.
And so did his Fool.

Robin Hobb

#23. Sweet lovin' Lord. This place was like a Cabela's catalog on crack

Julie Ann Walker

#24. Tell me I'm a screwed up mess, that I never listen, listen. Tell me you don't want my kiss, that you need your distance, distance. Tell me anything but don't you say he's what you're missing baby. If he's the reason that you're leaving me tonight, spare me what you think and Tell Me a Lie.

One Direction

#25. I should have known right then that I was dreaming. But oh how we hang on to dreams even when we are gifted the largest of clues.

Jesse Giles Christiansen

#26. Whenever he closed his eyes, he still saw her flying, fighting with ferocious genius. He still remembered that kiss.

S.J. Kincaid