Quotes About Persecuted Church

#1. Would not a rational society spend more on understanding and preventing, than on preparing for, the next war?

Carl Sagan

#2. I am not the President. Instead, I hold an even higher office, that of citizen of the United States.

Martin Sheen

#3. FIGURE 7: 'PAUSE, PROMPT, PRAISE' HOME-TUTORING PROCEDURES

Matthew R. Sanders

#4. The way we judge ourselves is the worst judge that ever existed. If we make a mistake in front of people, we try to deny the mistake and cover it up. But as soon as we are alone, the Judge becomes so strong, the guilt is so strong, and we feel so stupid, or so bad, or so unworthy.

Miguel Ruiz

#5. From the steady opposition which faithful Friends in early times made to wrong things then approved, they were hated and persecuted by men living in the spirit of this world, and suffering with firmness, they were made a blessing to the Church, and the work prospered.

John Woolman

#6. Over time, if you want rights, you have to also show that you can use them responsibly and that you can build a positive world in the online space, and that's also very important.

Rebecca MacKinnon

#7. The apple tree in the background, just barely visible, was stretching a single limb out to her, as if wanting to be in the photo with her.

Sarah Addison Allen

#8. More than any of us, she had written her own story; yet she could not wash it out with all her tears, return to her victims what she had torn from them, and by so doing, save herself ...

Sandra Worth

#9. A church is disaffected when it is persecuted, quiet when it is tolerated, and actively loyal when it is favored and cherished.

Thomas B. Macaulay

#10. I have found truly jubilant Christians only in the Bible, in the Underground Church and in prison.

Richard Wurmbrand

#11. God is like the ocean and we're like that glass of water. We try to sustain life and do all that the source tells us that we are capable of doing, but if we do it alone, we wither away and collapse instead.

Wayne Dyer

#12. I was very much in favor of the Iraq invasion.

P. J. O'Rourke

#13. We're in an era where you learn about techniques, but you don't experience anything crucial in yourself about a piece of work from an artist that you love.

Rob Nilsson

#14. Your marriage moves toward a state of isolation. Unless you lovingly and energetically nurture your marriage, you will begin to drift away from your mate.

Dennis Rainey

#15. God is punishing America for the way they have persecuted us at Westboro Baptist Church, and worse and more of is coming and this evil sodomite nation is doomed.

Fred Phelps

#16. Most great books have been about striving in some sense. In a sense, money is the great topic of the novel. You couldn't necessarily say that about poetry.

Chad Harbach

#17. Love is not dumb. The heart speaks many ways.

Jean Racine