Kelly Minter Quotes

#1. Too often we profess God but look to everything else to function as him. Even perfectly good things. Things that in and of themselves are pure and right and gifts from God but have become a problem simply because of the placement they have in our lives.

Kelly Minter

#2. She made no other moves, but there was tension in her that said she was a lioness that could strike at any moment.
You know, remarks Magnus conversationally, lionesses do all the work while lions sit around.

Richelle Mead

#3. What a person has is of no consequence, whether much or little, when it comes to the deep satisfaction of the soul. Apart from Christ, the rich and beautiful, and the poor and unlovely, will all end up in precisely the same misery.

Kelly Minter

#4. Satan will often tell us what is true, but will never tell us the truth.

Kelly Minter

#5. We all claimed God as our God, but we had been serving lesser things.

Kelly Minter

#6. Are you sure you're a girl?"
I shrugged, "Most of the time.

Gwen Hayes

#7. We do not turn from our false gods to become God's children. We turn from them because we are.

Kelly Minter

#8. Even the most powerful human being has a limited sphere of strength. Draw him outside of that sphere and into your own, and his strength will dissipate.

Morihei Ueshiba

#9. If we aren't careful, our children will come down with 'affluenza,' a disease that causes them to confuse wants and needs. We need to teach our children what my grandmother taught me: Think twice about spending money you don't have on things you don't need to impress people you don't like anyway.

Michelle Singletary

#10. Carrying the need to bow down and seek solace at the altar of nature, he had launched the canoe in the darkness. Tonight, his altar was the Alapaha River.

Brenda Sutton Rose

#11. God Himself met my needs, which freed me up from looking for "life" from people. I was free to serve, pray, and give in my relationships.

Kelly Minter

#12. The harsh reality is that my flesh must die not so much because of what it does, but because of what it is.

Kelly Minter

#13. For students who have not been required to confess that it is easier to learn theology then live it, it is tempting to think maturity is more a matter of knowing in a matter of living

Paul David Tripp

#14. If you are loved less, he is the Great Provider. If you are loved more but are still hungry, he is the only One who can suffice.

Kelly Minter

#15. I just started training with the best fighters in the world trying to get better. I was a pretty good athlete so I did pretty well with the team and that gave me confidence that I would be able to compete with people.

Robbie Lawler

#16. Legalism is when we try to obtain the result of obedience by our own means and strength. It is self-righteousness, as opposed to God's righteousness covering us, and the two are as different as spirit and flesh.

Kelly Minter

#17. I think we would do much better as a whole if we focused more compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience than on how all the non-Christians are ruining society with their bad behavior and politics.

Kelly Minter

#18. Asinine is a word that sounds like you shouldn't say it, so when you do say it, people often gasp. This makes it a delicious way of saying 'not very smart,' which is all it means.

Lemony Snicket

#19. I was created by the all powerful God to fill the universe with my masterpieces.

El Greco

#20. Sometimes I shield myself from finding out what's really going on with people for fear I'll be held responsible. Because with information often comes responsibility; if we know, we might be required to do something

Kelly Minter

#21. I will be unneeded, and gladly so, when you realize that the vitality and reinforcement and joy are your own, and rise from the fountain of your own beings; when you realize that you do not need me for protection, for there is nothing you need protect yourself against.

Jane Roberts

#22. It's much easier to blow our moral police horns on all those transgressors running around than it is to live penetrating lives of holiness.

Kelly Minter