Top 100 In Light Of Quotes
#1. What I am getting at is that there is a point at which efficiency crosses over into lunacy, and the savings in money or resources cease to be worthwhile in light of the price paid in other ways.
Mary Roach
#2. Deep down in the heart of every person is a hidden desire to reinterpret Jesus in light of our own culture, political bent, or favorite theological belief.
Francis Chan
#3. In light of 50 years of bondage of Eastern Europe, [invading the Soviet Union in 1948 to prevent it from acquiring nuclear weapons] was probably a reasonable thing to do.
Condoleezza Rice
#4. Discipleship and spiritual formation are less about erecting an edifice of knowledge than they are a matter of developing a Christian know-how that intuitively understands the world in light of the Gospel.
James K.A. Smith
#5. Given the extent of the exposures of major banks around the world to A.I.G., and in light of the extreme fragility of the system, there was a significant risk that A.I.G.'s failure could have sparked a global banking panic.
Ben Bernanke
#6. For me this book was a very practical explanation of one man's experience of Enlightened awareness in in the face of or in light of dogma-oriented wisdom.
Janwillem Van De Wetering
#7. I make up my own mind in light of available facts, with my own experience and a sense of personal ethics.
Ian Anderson
#8. In light of the attacks on mass transit systems in other countries, shouldn't we be beefing up? ... Clearly more could be done.
Susan Collins
#9. Living simply means concentrating on what's important in light of eternity. And not taking the rest of life too seriously.
Annie Chapman
#10. Sometimes the things that make sense in light of eternity don't make sense while we're still walking it out here on earth. Yet we will trust him; yet we will praise him.
Melanie Shankle
#11. In light of the recent controversy surrounding foreign management of U.S. Ports, a thorough review of foreign management of U.S. airports needs to occur.
Jon Porter
#12. In light of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, critics are arguing that abuses of Iraqi prisoners are being produced by a climate of disregard for the laws of war.
John Yoo
#13. The next day I was put on paid leave from my new job at Louisiana State University. This is very painful to me, though once again I understand the circumstances in which my employers find themselves in light of these actions taken against me.
Steven Hatfill
#14. The question rather is how we should do science and theology in light of the impending collapse of Enlightenment rationalism and scientific naturalism. These ideologies are on the way out. They are on the way out.
William A. Dembski
#15. We have not found it difficult to deal with the Bush administration in light of the resemblance that it bears to the regimes in our countries, half of which are ruled by the military and the other half which are ruled by the sons of kings.
Osama Bin Laden
#16. Humility is honestly assessing ourselves in light of God's holiness and our sinfulness.
C.J. Mahaney
#17. If the insurance company failed to pay up - which seemed increasingly likely in light of the strategy that insurance companies had adopted in recent years, of merely advertising their services rather than actually providing them - Dirk
Douglas Adams
#18. I thought you'd forgotten," she said, legitimately surprised. it had never left her mind
especially in light of recent developments
but she'd thought it had slipped his.
"I don't forget anything," he teased. "Especially something like that. Wait for me, and we'll talk.
Richelle Mead
#19. I asked Joe Weixlmann why he would print a death threat like that in light of the fact that there are all of these armed ideological nuts wandering around loose. He said that for him, to "ice" someone means to reprimand them.
Ishmael Reed
#21. With God, all things are possible- including, dominating adulthood, swimming upstream for life, and living in light of eternity in a world that tells you all you can do is live for the moment.
Katie Kiesler
#22. We rarely read the Bible to discover truth; more often, we wish to harmonize it with our belief system and see its meaning in light of our preconceived theological system
Anonymous
#23. Leaders who insulate themselves from others and choose to bear their burdens single-handedly are destined for loneliness and burnout. Leaders, like everyone else, need friends and perhaps in light of the load they carry, even more so.
Richard Blackaby
#24. No doubt one can, in light of further study and life experience, come to repudiate past convictions.
Norman Finkelstein
#25. Not enough to be in the light, in order to see, but it should be in light of what you see.
Khaled Naili
#26. I have never been able to soothe myself with the sugary delusions of religion; for these things stand convicted of the utmost absurdity in light of modern scientific knowledge.
H.P. Lovecraft
#27. Every decision we make has to be evaluated in light of our life-changing commitment to being a servant of Christ and His kingdom.
David Jeremiah
#28. We must not define Jesus and his kingdom by fitting them within conventional understandings of kings and kingdoms. Rather, we must judge and deconstruct those conventional definitions in light of Jesus and his example.
Brian D. McLaren
#29. Today is important only in light of what we do for God.
David Jeremiah
#30. Great mentors don't just tell you what you want to hear, they share from personal experience what you need to hear in light of your current situation and future goals.
Steve Knox
#31. The nation-state became powerful in the wake of the French Revolution, whereas the nation-state has become powerless in light of globalization.
Grace Lee Boggs
#32. I was a product of a divorced family and I used humor as a weapon to combat sadness. I used comedy to make my mother laugh in light of the darkness that she faced, and to me it became a very powerful tool at a very young age, at six. I saw how therapeutic it could be.
Josh Gad
#33. Scripture is not inerrant; believers are called to interpret biblical texts in light of tradition and reason.
Jon Meacham
#34. Some said America took a step forward electing a black president. In light of the unconstitutiona l expansion of powers, lack of transparency and fueling the fires of unrest that clearly hasn't been the case. Vote based on merits, not to fill a racial quota.
Denzel Washington
#35. Reading and understanding the Bible involves lots and lots of interpretation. Not just in light of the world and culture around us, but in reference to other parts of the Bible.
John Piper
#36. In light of these facts Republicans have put forth a variety of proposals to make Social Security remain solvent for future generations. But up to this point, Democrats have chosen to oppose our good faith efforts and insist that indeed there is no problem.
John Doolittle
#37. The vocation and mission of the faithful can only be understood in light of a renewed awareness of the Church as sacrament or sign and instrument of intimate union with God, of the unity of the whole of mankind, and of the personal duty to adhere more closely to her.
Pope John Paul II
#38. He doesn't agree with the conventional wisdom that says, "The world changed on September 11." Hauerwas says, "No, the world changed in 33 A.D. The question is how to narrate what happened on September 11 in light of what happened in 33 A.D.
Jim Wallis
#39. In fact, during his life on earth, there were parts of God the Father's plan that Jesus himself did not know (Mark 13:32). As for us, God tells us what we need to know and instructs us to get on with living in light of what he does tell.
Christian Smith
#40. If moral values amount to nothing but subjective phenomena of the human mind without independent meaning and existence - a position held by a variety of naturalist, positivist, and pragmatist philosophers - one never can be found lacking in light of an objective standard of moral values.
Reinhard Hutter
#41. How easy it is first to leap to a false conclusion about someone and then to view everything he does in light of that conclusion.
Daniel Quinn
#42. Jesus always interpreted hardship in light of the end of the story, and at the end of the story we will be without shame.
Edward T. Welch
#43. They ask what I often refer to as the best question ever: In light of my past experience, and my future hopes and dreams, what's the wise thing to do?
Andy Stanley
#44. We add to the most ideal course of cancer treatment in light of the one of a kind qualities of a patient's case.
Cancercenter
#45. In light of the strong correlation between female education and demographic decline, a purely empirical perspective on Malala Yousafzai, the poster girl for global female education, may indicate that the Taliban's attempt to silence her was perfectly rational and scientifically justifiable.
Theodore Beale
#46. We opt to be seen as 'right' in the eyes of everyone else, rather than doing what's 'right' in light of the situation.
Craig D. Lounsbrough
#47. In light of all the gun violence in the USA, I'd prefer my democracy unleaded.
Jayseth Guberman
#48. When we come face-to-face with the tender, forgiving eye of our Redeemer, only then will we gain the power to forgive ourselves - and those who have used us. In light of the forgiveness Christ has offered us, how can we offer less to those who have hurt us?
Leslie Ludy
#49. Weakness' is weakness only in light of the aims man sets for himself, the instruments at his disposal and the laws he imposes.
Simone De Beauvoir
#50. Nothing that we despise in other men is inherently absent from ourselves. We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or don't do, and more in light of what they suffer.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
#51. With this information, in light of the increasing human demands on vegetation, it is my personal opinion that capping CO2 emissions or reducing them to some prior level would be akin to 'biting the hand that feeds us.
Keith E. Idso
#52. How precious a book is in light of the offering, in the light of the one who has the privilege of this offering. The library tells you of this offering.
Louis Kahn
#53. ...engaging with a work of ancient philosophy can be a two-way street; bringing it into a discussion can enrich that discussion, which also encouraging us to see the work in light of that discussion.
Julia Annas
#54. In light of this, I say that the definition of a cyclist needs a qualifier, and that it should be: (1) a person who rides a bicycle even when he or she doesn't have to; (2) a person who values the act of riding a bicycle over the tools one needs in order to do it.
BikeSnobNYC
#55. Who we truly are is who God created us to be. That's what's most important. Our true identity is seen in light of God. He determines the destiny of our life.
Louie Giglio
#56. The risk of racial prejudice infecting a capital sentencing proceeding is especially serious in light of the complete finality of the death sentence.
Byron White
#57. Greed is supported by an endless cast of what-ifs. Greedy people can never have enough to satisfy the need they feel in light of every conceivable eventuality.
Andy Stanley
#58. I knew I seemed a fairly unlikely candidate for an adventure into the unknown. And secretly I doubted that I had what it took, whatever it took, to head off alone to a country most people had never heard of. In light of this, my determination to go puzzled me.
Jamie Zeppa
#59. I did everything I could do and tried as hard as I could. In light of how I putted, I guess second place will do.
Cristie Kerr
#60. My mother seemed to undermine so much of what I did, subtly belittling my choices and my activities in light of her greater, more important ones.
Katharine Graham
#61. Today I wonder why it is God refers to Himself as 'Father' at all. This, to me, in light of the earthly representation of the role, seems a marketing mistake.
Donald Miller
#62. I respect the Governor's position to veto SB1062, especially in light of the concerns brought up over the past week. I understand the concerns of people of good faith on all sides of this issue.
Andy Tobin
#63. In light of the events on September 11, my country has told me that I should not cooperate with terrorists. I therefore am refusing to cooperate with members of Congress who are some of the most extreme terrorists in history.
Craig Rosebraugh
#64. The death of Jesus is the pivotal event of human history and everything needs to be understood in light of that.
Alistair Begg
#65. He had not escaped the guilt, nor forgotten it, but how pale it seemed in light of all he had suffered for love of his brother and his brother's wife in these past few years.
Leigh Bristol
#66. No matter how outlandishly audacious your prayers might sound in your own ears, they are nothing in light of God's willingness and ability to answer.
Leslie Ludy
#67. would those in the first century who first read Matthew 12:40; 27:52-53; Acts 2:25-27; Ephesians 4:8-10; 1 Peter 3:18-22; 4:5-6; and Revelation 1:18 not understood them in light of the Descensus?
Justin Bass
#68. In light of our current crisis, nothing could be more spiritual than saving our children from humanism, our economy from deprivation, and our liberty from extinction.
Marshall Foster
#69. Whenever we have excess, giving should be our natural response. It should be the automatic decision, the obvious thing to do in light of Scripture and human need.
Randy Alcorn
#70. A dream is a vision of the future, in light of the past, tainted by imagination.
Dana Lamon
#71. A mistake is not something to be determined after the fact, but in light of the information available until that point
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
#72. You need to follow your own heart in light of God's word and do what you feel is right and good for you.
Joel Osteen
#73. The difference between my beliefs and having a religious faith is that I am prepared to change my views in light of new evidence, but someone of a religious faith will just stick their fingers in the ears and say: 'I'm not listening, there's nothing you can say that will make me change my mind.
Jim Al-Khalili
#74. I do wish to emphasize that in light of the Alibaba deal, Youku Tudou management will remain independent, and we will continue to be open to opportunities for cooperation with other strategic partners going forward.
Victor Koo
#75. To have this opportunity, in light of my familys struggles, made me want to create something lasting and relevant.
Alek Wek
#76. Preach the gospel to yourself, because as you consider who you are in light of God's perfect goodness, holiness and peace, you must soften toward others.
Thomas Brooks
#77. In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.
Teresa Of Avila
#78. I want to live in light of eternity. I want to do now what I'll be glad I did then.
Johnny Hunt
#79. God will judge people on the basis of what they did in light of what they knew.
Pat Robertson
#80. Everything having to do with human training and education has to be re-examined in light of neuroplasticity.
Norman Doidge
#81. Now, whenever you read any historical document, you always evaluate it in light of the historical context.
Josh McDowell
#82. As our faith grows and we come to know more about the attributes of God and his role in our lives and our obedience, we learn to see our weakness in light of these words, "For is it God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure" (Phil. 2:13).
Hayley DiMarco
#83. I don't aspire to have high approval ratings. I aspire, in light of my two predecessors, to be the most honest governor I can be. I'd rather focus on honesty than popularity.
Pat Quinn
#84. Historically, religious groups have been most effective when they have stood apart from government and critiqued the performance of government in light of their ethical traditions. When churches become cozy with the state, they lose the capacity and the will to criticize unjust policies.
Edd Doerr
#85. The lived experiences which could not find adequate scientific expression in the substance doctrine of rational psychology were now validated in light of new and better methods.
Wilhelm Dilthey
#86. People don't have a good intuitive sense of how to weigh new information in light of what they already know. They tend to overrate it.
Nate Silver
#87. The most valuable thing we can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of room, not try to be or do anything whatever.
May Sarton
#88. Even as wisdom often comes from the mouths of babes, so does it often come from the mouths of old people. The golden rule is to test everything in the light of reason and experience, no matter from where it comes.
Mahatma Gandhi
#89. All photographs are about light. The great majority of photographs record light as a way of describing objects in space. A few photographs are less about objects and more about the space that contains them. Still fewer photographs are about light itself.
John Paul Caponigro
#90. How many colours are there in a field of grass to the crawling baby unaware of 'green'? How many rainbows can light create for the untutored eye?
Stan Brakhage
#91. A little light in the dark night
A faint voice is calling you
This way! This way!
This flickering, wavering little voice
Like dew, like a bonfire
The voice of insects
the sound of the water
You can never lose them
once you've heard them ...
Natsumi Mukai
#92. Every child of Heavenly Father born in the world is given at birth, as a free gift, the Light of Christ.
Henry B. Eyring
#93. There are black men who are madly in love with white women. God bless them, if that's what works for them. I just hope that we can strike a balance that portrays black folks and the black family in a light that's not extreme. Those are the types of characters that I find myself attracted to.
Nia Long
#94. And light is mingled with the gloom, And joy with grief; Divinest compensations come, Through thorns of judgment mercies bloom In sweet relief.
John Greenleaf Whittier
#95. Just as a painter needs light in order to put the finishing touches to his picture, so I need an inner light, which I feel I never have enough of in the autumn.
Leo Tolstoy
#96. I may juggle the composition, as the strength of a picture is in the composition. Or I may play with the light. But I never interfere with the subject. The subject has to fall into place on its own and, if I don't like it, I don't have to print it
George Rodger
#97. In times of tragedies, our duty is to lend a helping hand to those in grief and thus light lamps of kindness and compassion.
Mata Amritanandamayi
#98. The light of his plural pronoun was sufficiently reflected in his companion's face as he again met it; and he completed his demonstration.
Henry James
#99. We must not think, "Well, we have all the truth, we understand the main pillars of our faith, and we may rest on this knowledge." The truth is an advancing truth, and we must walk in the increasing light.
Ellen G. White
#100. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the realms of men.
George R R Martin
