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God is not impressed with what PRECEDES your name, but how you PROCEED in His Name."


BJ Nelson

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LINUS TORVALDS In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
LEO TOLSTOY You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion.
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But what about your true n...
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He froze.
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In your case, ED is not a man's name.
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AMIT KALANTRI You're impressed with the outcome, but not impressed by what you saw up there.
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Crookedjaw?"
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The god of the dead.
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KIMTO OCHE EMMANUEL Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?
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MAYA ANGELOU We say the name of God, but that is only habit.
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BOBBY COX I can't explain how it feels with that many people chanting your name. It is such a great feeling.
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DON WADDELL We read about the name Jesus was given at his birth; Immanuel, meaning “God with us”. This God w...
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JACK GILCREST What is your name?"
Why?"
So I can mark your grave...
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ANGI FANGMAN People try all sorts of things, but without the Lord's Mercy, His Name is not obtained.
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NELSON MANDELA Leaders in all spheres who are living with HIV should be encouraged, not coerced, to lead by example...
NELSON MANDELA You know, you can only lead them from behind.
NELSON MANDELA Our daily deeds as ordinary South Africans must produce an actual South African reality that will re...
NELSON MANDELA There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the...
NELSON MANDELA Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.
NELSON MANDELA I cannot say for certain if there is such a thing as love at first sight, but I do know that the mom...
NELSON MANDELA I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstan...
NELSON MANDELA In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
NELSON MANDELA No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.
NELSON MANDELA We pledge ourselves to liberate all our people from the continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, ...
NELSON MANDELA If you are poor, you are not likely to live long.
NELSON MANDELA Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.
NELSON MANDELA I should tie myself to no particular system of society other than of socialism.
NELSON MANDELA There is no such thing as part freedom.
NELSON MANDELA Sometimes, I feel like one who is on the sidelines, who has missed life itself.
NELSON MANDELA Even if you have a terminal disease, you don't have to sit down and mope. Enjoy life and challen...
NELSON MANDELA It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.
NELSON MANDELA Any man or institution that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose.
NELSON MANDELA Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face. So it's ve...
NELSON MANDELA If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United State...
NELSON MANDELA I generally unwind by having dinner with close friends.
NELSON DEMILLE I believe that all roads lead to the same place - and that is wherever all roads lead to.
WILLIE NELSON If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Tw...
NELSON MANDELA There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident...
NELSON MANDELA Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.
NELSON MANDELA