Washington Gladden Quotes

#1. One of the reasons I love the online world is that although that exists in abundance you can choose absolutely which part of the online world you want to live in. You can make your own kingdom in that sense.

Stephen Fry

#2. The substance of all realities is in this religion of Jesus Christ; but it can be real only to those who will do His will.

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#3. Whatever may be guru - he may be a lunatic or a common person. Once you have accepted him, he is the lord of lords.

Neem Karoli Baba

#4. I may have no idea what I'm talking about," I said, a little ticked off now. "But we're all a part of a minority waiting for a majority to pull their heads out of their asses.

Chris Colfer

#5. Would you like me to spank you?" he asked. He was very polite and I wasn't sure what to say. I shrugged and took a breath. "If you like," I replied. "There's a good girl. Now, come here, take your knickers down and bend over my knee." And that's what I did.

Chloe Thurlow

#6. While in my late teens and in my 20s, I worked seven days a week, 20 hours a day. I worked my tail off.

John Catsimatidis

#7. It is better to say, "This one thing I do" than to say, "These forty things I dabble in."

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#8. You are not so good a Christian when you are neglecting a plain duty as when you are performing it. And joining the church is a plain duty for all who mean to be Christians.

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#9. The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action.

Denis Diderot

#10. It is by speech that many of our best gains are made. A large part of the good we receive comes to us in conversation.

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#11. The most important questions of life are, for the most part, really only problems of probability.

Heinz R. Pagels

#12. Slander, in the strict meaning of the term, comes under the head of lying; but it is a kind of lying which, like its antithesis flattery, ought to be set apart for special censure.

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#13. Christian discipleship does not involve the abandonment of any innocent enjoyment. Any diversion or amusement which we can use so as to receive pleasure and enjoyment to ourselves, and do no harm to others, we are perfectly free to use ...

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#14. But what an mortal man do to secure his own salvation? Mortal man can do just what God bids him do. Be can repent and believe. He can arise and follow Christ as Matthew did.

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#15. Will you tell Him frankly, that you cannot carry your load, and that you need help? Will you suffer Him to help you in His own way, and be glad and thankful if He will only take you under His care, and direct the whole course of your life for you?

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#16. In war, the chief incalculable is the human will.

B.H. Liddell Hart

#17. Gentle words, quiet words, are after all the most powerful words. They are more convincing, more compelling, more prevailing.

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#18. Domestic abusers and the abused need to develop healthy support systems...

Asa Don Brown

#19. There's talk he's become emotionally unhinged.

Dianne Harman

#20. Every one of us may know what is the ruling purpose of his life; and he who knows that his ruling purpose is to trust and follow Christ knows that he is a Christian.

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#21. When any duty is to be done, it is fortunate for you if you feel like doing it; but, if you do not feel like it, that is no reason for not doing it.

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