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“Grace means primarily the free, forgiving love of God in Christ to sinners and the operation of that love in the lives of Christians.”
― A.M. Hunter

“It is impossible to enslave, mentally or socially, a bible-reading people. The principles of the bible are the groundwork of human freedom.”
― Horace Greeley

“Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.”
― Norman Schwarzkopf

“It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.”
― Alfred Adler

“Unless there is within us that which is above us, we shall soon yield to that which is about us.”
― P.T. Forsyth

“Rudeness is the weak man’s imitation of strength.”
― Edmund Burke

“The will of God is not something you add to your life. It’s a course you choose. You either line yourself up with the Son of God…or you capitulate to the principle which governs the rest of the world.”
― Elisabeth Elliot

“Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.”
― Honore de Balzac

“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach”
― Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“I not only use all the brains that I have, but all I can borrow.”
― Woodrow Wilson

“Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning...”
― C.S. Lewis

“The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me. This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. It undermines both swaggering and sniveling. I cannot feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone. I do not think more of myself nor less of myself. Instead, I think of myself less.”
― Timothy Keller, The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism

“...the basic premise of religion—that if you live a good life, things will go well for you—is wrong. Jesus was the most morally upright person who ever lived, yet he had a life filled with the experience of poverty, rejection, injustice, and even torture.”
― Timothy Keller, The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism

“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.”
― Corrie ten Boom

“We’re all hungry for a map to joy, and when someone is courageous enough to draw it for us, we naturally follow.”
― Chris Voss, Never Split The Difference Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It. By Chris Voss Paperback 23 Mar 2017