Nicene Quotes

#1. The Holy Spirit does not 'proceed from the Father and the Son', as the Western church's Nicene Creed maintains. The Spirit proceeds from the Father, rests on the Son, and from the Son radiates into the world.

Jurgen Moltmann

#2. Christians affirm the communion of saints in the Nicene Creed, but I think there should be an equal belief in the "communion of sinners.

Richard Rohr

#3. To believe is not intellectual assent: "Yes, I believe in Jesus. I will sign my name to the Nicene Creed. I believe it all" - which you could do, [but] it would have no effect on who you were or what you did. It is, rather, to give your heart.

Frederick Buechner

#4. Well, I affirm orthodox Christian faith. I affirm the Nicene Creed. I don't think I'm doing anything terribly new.

Rob Bell

#5. Always remember that in order for shine the spotlight on you, someone came along before you and paid the light bill....

The1Essence

#6. Habit can overcome anything but instinct, and can greatly modify even that.

Horace Mann

#7. Many times happiness is just around the corner, on that corner that we never dare to turn.

Mabel Katz

#8. A poem is an instant of lucidity in which
the entire organism participates.

Charles Simic

#9. You accused me of murder. Do you make a habit of bringing schoolgirls into an interview room with murder suspects?'
He waved his hand. 'Oh, I was only joking about that. I don't really think you murdered someone. Unless you did, in which case I reserve the right to say I knew it all along.

Derek Landy

#10. The highest heaven is not in the sky, it is in the human mind.

Abhijit Naskar

#11. Don't avoid something you hate,
who knows,
That hate can be your passion.

Ariel Aguinaga

#12. For it can never be that war shall preserve life, and peace destroy it.

Thomas Hobbes

#13. Maintain your post: That's all the fame you need; For 'tis impossible you should proceed.

John Dryden

#14. I'm just going to say that I met somebody last year, I fell in love, I had my first love, and it was something so incredible and indescribable.

Katie Holmes

#15. All revered spiritual leaders, political leaders, and diplomats, captains of industry, intellectuals, and winning generals exhibit genuine humility that empowers them to act with integrity and courage under the most distressing circumstances.

Kilroy J. Oldster

#16. We're at war against the ultimate evil in the world, and We're going to win.

Johnny Isakson

#17. Each time I'm starting to work on a film, even if I love to settle the plot in the real world, I start to think about the plot as a fairy tale, or a dream, or a nightmare ... As if it was the best way to tell the truth about characters or narration, instead of realism.

Arnaud Desplechin

#18. You ask for such simple things, I can't deny you.

Kiera Cass

#19. Love is the occupation of the idle man, the amusement of a busy one, and the shipwreck of a sovereign.

Napoleon Bonaparte