Nathaniel Moore > Nathaniel 's Quotes

“Remember this fundamental fact: You are absolutely unique. There never was, is not now, nor ever can be anyone exactly like you. The proof lies in the vaults of your senses, where you have been storing your sense memories all your life. They have come cascading in through your senses, randomly and mostly unnoticed, sinking to the bottom. Learn to dive for them. When you recover one, when you rise with it to the surface and hold it aloft, you will not only surprise your onlookers, you will surprise yourself.”
― Pat Pattison, Writing Better Lyrics

“Virtuoso Teachers teach as the virtuoso player plays: with a heightened sense of awareness, with passion and energy, with profound involvement and genuine commitment. Virtuoso”
― Paul Harris, The Virtuoso Teacher

“We must never lose that desire for learning that identifies someone who has a real passion for life. We continually need to be exploring, experimenting and refining what we do and what we think. It’s living in a state of constant renewal”
― Paul Harris, The Virtuoso Teacher

“teaching is sharing that knowledge, expertise and experience.”
― Paul Harris, The Virtuoso Teacher

“We should exude humanity and integrity. Virtuoso Teachers are humble people.”
― Paul Harris, The Virtuoso Teacher

“exclaimed, "O foolish creatures that we are, for the sake of a little pleasure we have destroyed ourselves.”
― Aesop, Aesop's Fables

“Pray and pray again, seek and seek again for this gift to awaken inside of you.  And open your mouth! I am doing my best to keep this manual practical, but I will say that one way evil works is to shut the mouth of the prophets so that a people remain in poverty and famine. ”
― James Vincent, Moving With Heaven: The Prophetic Worshiper's Handbook

“As prophetic song leaders, we should be aware that we are gifted to dispel whatever darkness is coming against our worship through our prophetic declaration. ”
― James Vincent, Moving With Heaven: The Prophetic Worshiper's Handbook

“The remedy for evil is Jesus.  The remedy for death is Jesus.  The remedy for sin is Jesus.  When in doubt, Jesus. ”
― James Vincent, Moving With Heaven: The Prophetic Worshiper's Handbook

“Always ask yourself the golden question: If I could master one skill today, which skill would make the biggest difference in my playing?”
― David Dumais, Music Practice: The Musician's Guide To Practicing And Mastering Your Instrument Like A Professional

“Be patient and persevere and you will attain your goals.”
― David Dumais, Music Practice: The Musician's Guide To Practicing And Mastering Your Instrument Like A Professional

“in an individual sense, we are to be continual worshipers and praisers. Worship and praise is not something we decide to do for a few minutes a day or once a week, but it is who we are. Our attitude should always be that of a worshiper.”
― Ronald Sawka, Judah Goes First: The Power of Apostolic-Prophetic Praise

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“he breaks away as I did from the life he knows, and ventures forth into the wonderful mystic twilight land where lie the great adventures and the great rewards.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World

“Noah was a drunk, David was a murderer and an adulterer, Peter was a coward, Judas was a backstabber, Jacob was a liar, Samson was a womanizer, Rahab was a prostitute, Elijah was suicidal, Moses had low self-esteem, and the Samaritan woman had multiple husbands…so what’s your excuse?”
― Lynn R. Davis, Deliver Me From Negative Self-Talk: A Guide to Speaking Faith-Filled Words

“What you were in the past does not dictate what you are destined to become. The”
― Lynn R. Davis, Deliver Me From Negative Self-Talk: A Guide to Speaking Faith-Filled Words

“Conversation is a gentle art that requires a degree of kindness sometimes. If this seems difficult don’t forget that there are probably times when someone patiently and graciously let you ramble on about something that had no interest to them. Sometimes”
― Gary Allman, Conversation: The Gentle Art Of Hearing & Being Heard - HowTo "Small Talk", How To Connect, How To Talk To Anyone

“We have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our deeds have denied beliefs we thought were ours. --“The Crusade of Indignation,” in Nation (New York, 7 July 1956; repr. in The Price of the Ticket, 1985)     It”
― James Baldwin, Memorable Quotations: James Baldwin

“It is very nearly impossible to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.”
― James Baldwin

“The paradox of education is precisely this—that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated. --“The Negro Child—His Self-Image,” in Saturday Review (New York, 21 Dec. 1963; repr. in The Price of the Ticket as “A Talk to Teachers,” 1985)     Europe”
― James Baldwin, Memorable Quotations: James Baldwin

“Any honest examination of the national life proves how far we are from the standard of human freedom with which we began. The recovery of this standard demands of everyone who loves this country a hard look at himself, for the greatest achievements must begin somewhere, and they always begin with the person. If we are not capable of this examination, we may yet become one of the most distinguished and monumental failures in the history of nations. --“Nobody Knows My Name,” in Partisan Review”
― James Baldwin, Memorable Quotations: James Baldwin

“Words like “freedom,” “justice,” “democracy” are not common concepts; on the contrary, they are rare. People are not born knowing what these are. It takes enormous and, above all, individual effort to arrive at the respect for other people that these words imply. --“The Crusade of Indignation,” in Nation”
― James Baldwin, Memorable Quotations: James Baldwin