Jeremias Quotes

#1. For where belief dwells, the spider may not stir, neither by day nor by night.

Jeremias Gotthelf

#2. Jesus did not ask us to believe that his death was a blood sacrifice, that he was going to die for our sins.

Robert W. Funk

#3. It's very brave going from a position of authority to one where you are an apprentice.

Eleanor Catton

#4. We have a long tradition in this state of caring for our neighbors - it is truly an Iowa value.

Thomas Vilsack

#5. A short story is a shard, a sliver, a vignette. It's a biopsy on the human condition but it doesn't have this capacity to think autonomously for itself.

Will Self

#6. My hearts desired divine twins,
My guardian angels,
Jeremias-Jean Joachim Akita
Lia-Lachelle Lisette Akita

Lailah Gifty Akita

#7. With Taiwan, it took about 40 years to go from an authoritarian to a democratic society.

Ma Ying-jeou

#8. I feel like there's a witch hunt by some film sites and people that immediately disregard something if it shows any sort of influence.

Max Winkler

#9. Fear kills swifter than bullets.

Elizabeth Norris

#10. The have influence, but no power."
"In my experience, influence is power.

Orson Scott Card

#11. His heart was racing, and he wanted her to hear it. And he wanted her to know that from here on out, it beat solely for her.

Priscilla Glenn

#12. But when we commend Christ as the one who satisfies our soul forever - even when there is no health, wealth, and prosperity - then Christ is magnified as more precious than all those gifts.

John Piper

#13. Jeremias, my soul mate, I will forever love you.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#14. Christine always wanted to know what was afoot, and any matter on which she was prevented from giving her opinion she took to be going badly.

Jeremias Gotthelf

#15. Hard by the church stood the public house; so often the two are closely conjoined, honorably sharing both joys and sorrows.

Jeremias Gotthelf

#16. Then the green man's face grew even blacker, the red beard so red it seemed to crackle and sparkle like fir twigs on the fire; the mouth contracted to an arrow-like point before it opened to inquire in the sweetest, gentlest tones.

Jeremias Gotthelf

#17. Just being alive - even if you're only on the planet for a few years - is struggle enough. You've earned the right to be remembered.

Paul Acampora

#18. There won't be any miracles. We never promised any. But as we have said before, when things are done properly, the results come in.

Mariano Rajoy

#19. Jesus says, "A tidal wave is approaching and you are lollygagging on the patio having a party." Or as Joachim Jeremias puts it, "You are feasting and dancing - on the volcano which may erupt at any moment."3

Brennan Manning

#20. Usually the knights would build their castles above a road, just as inns are now built beside the road, the better to plunder the people going past, though admittedly in different ways.

Jeremias Gotthelf

#21. Indeed, there were times when it was quite worrying that after hitting a certain age, you wouldn't hear from a lot of actresses anymore. But that's when women hit their stride and get a lot more interesting. You see that in roles for males but it's slowly getting better for women too.

Christine Bottomley