John Baillie Quotes

#1. The Indians had only the two alternatives of war or civilization; in other words, they must either have destroyed the Europeans or become their equals.

Alexis De Tocqueville

#2. It is a sort of great Victorian truth that actually, trying to do the right thing is pretty good for you and pretty good for business as well, by and large.

Chris Patten

#3. I thank Thee, O Lord, that Thou hast so set eternity within my heart that no earthly thing can ever satisfy me wholly.

John Baillie

#4. Cast down, O Lord, all the forces of cruelty and wrong. Defeat all selfish and worldly-minded schemes, and prosper all that is conceived among us in the spirit of Christ and carried out to the honour of His blessed name. Amen.

John Baillie

#5. Forbid that I should walk through Thy beautiful world with unseeing eyes.

John Baillie

#6. I still remember going to a smart restaurant in Los Angeles, and the maitre d' knew my name and showed me straight to a table even though we hadn't booked. I get stopped for autographs by people from Sweden on the tops of mountains.

Kevin Whately

#7. The evidence for Christian truth is not exhaustive, but it is sufficient. Too often, Christianity has not been tried and found wanting - it has been found demanding, and not tried.

John Baillie

#8. If you spend too much time wondering what you're going to feel like in year five, you're not going to feel anything in year one.

Emilia Clarke

#9. He asks too much to whom God is not sufficient.

John Baillie

#10. Faith is the proper name of religious experience.

John Baillie

#11. I think I kind of want to get to a point of being as successful as possible in a way that's unique to me.

Conor Maynard

#12. We have garlic days, and onion days. You know what they're cooking.

Leslie White

#13. My heart an altar, and Thy love the flame.

John Baillie

#14. Time past, present, and to come, as also depth and height, near and afar off, are all one in God, one comprehensibility.

Jakob Bohme

#15. I like to work from home. I do most of my writing in bed, late at night after everyone has gone to sleep. I need to be alone with my thoughts, and late at night is about the only time that can actually happen.

Donald Driver

#16. The very fact that a man is thankful implies someone to be thankful to.

John Baillie

#17. You are dreaming your thirst when the water you want is inside the big vein on your neck.

Rumi

#18. I'm a very sensitive person by nature. Things move me very easily, like music or videos on Facebook, and I feel for people.

Sarah Hay

#19. Give me a stout heart to bear my own burdens. Give me a willing heart to bear the burdens of others. Give me a believing heart to cast all burdens upon Thee, O Lord.

John Baillie

#20. Speak Thou in my words today, think in my thoughts, and work in all my deeds ...

John Baillie

#21. I can grow a pair.

Madeline Downs

#22. Have I today done anything to fulfill the purpose for which Thou didst cause me to be born?

John Baillie

#23. If you never did you should. These things are fun and fun is good.

Dr. Seuss