Ramon Glez > Ramon's Quotes

“Does it make sense to pray for guidance about the future if we are not obeying in the thing that lies before us today? How many momentous events in Scripture depended on one person's seemingly small act of obedience! Rest assured: Do what God tells you to do now, and, depend upon it, you will be shown what to do next.”
― Elisabeth Elliot, Quest for Love: True Stories of Passion and Purity

“Waiting on God requires the willingness to bear uncertainty, to carry within oneself the unanswered question, lifting the heart to God about it whenever it intrudes upon one's thoughts.”
― Elizabeth Elliot

“Restlessness and impatience change nothing except our peace and joy. Peace does not dwell in outward things, but in the heart prepared to wait trustfully and quietly on Him who has all things safely in His hands.”
― Elisabeth Elliott

“Nothing could be more irrational than the idea that something comes from nothing.”
― R. C. Sproul

“La gente empieza viendo una cosa y acaba viendo la contraria. Empieza amando y acaba odiando, o sintiendo indiferencia y después adorando. Nunca logramos estar seguros de qué va a sernos vital ni de a quién vamos a dar importancia. Nuestras convicciones son pasajeras y endebles, hasta las que consideramos más fuertes.También nuestros sentimientos.”
― Javier Marías, Los enamoramientos

“When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.”
― Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes

“The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter.”
― Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die

“Certain things in life simply have to be experienced -and never explained. Love is such a thing.”
― Paulo Coelho, Maktub

“Mi felicidad consiste en que sé apreciar lo que tengo y no deseo en exceso lo que no tengo.”
― José Navajo, Lunes con mi viejo pastor

“Dios ama la comunión mucho más que la producción.”
― José Navajo, Lunes con mi viejo pastor

“Our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strengths.”
― C. H. Spurgeon

“By perseverance the snail reached the ark.”
― Charles Spurgeon

“A Bible that’s falling apart usually belongs to someone who isn’t.”
― Charles Spurgeon

“Visit many good books, but live in the Bible.”
― Charles Spurgeon

“Siempre fuiste mi espejo,
quiero decir que para verme tenía que mirarte.”
― Julio Cortázar

“...Y mirá que apenas nos conocíamos y ya la vida urdía lo necesario para desencontrarnos minuciosamente. Como no sabías disimular me di cuenta en seguida de que para verte como yo quería era necesario empezar por cerrar los ojos...”
― Julio Cortázar

“In quoting others, we cite ourselves.”
― Julio Cortázar, Around the Day in Eighty Worlds

“If you can't get a miracle, become one.”
― Nick Vujicic, Life Without Limits: Inspiration for a Ridiculously Good Life

“The challenges in our lives are there to STRENGTHEN our CONVICTIONS. They are NOT there to run us over.”
― Nick Vujicic

“... for every disability you have, you are blessed with more than enough abilities to overcome your challenges.”
― Nick Vujicic

“The greater the struggle the more glorious the triumph”
― Nick Vujicic

“It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“If you live gladly to make others glad in God, your life will be hard, your risks will be high, and your joy will be full.”
― John Piper, Don't Waste Your Life Study Guide

“Grace is the pleasure of God to magnify the worth of God by giving sinners the right and power to delight in God without obscuring the glory of God.”
― John Piper

“God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him”
― John Piper