Justification is withdrawn from works, not that no good works may be done, or that what is done may be denied to be good, but that we may not rely upon them, glory in them, or ascribe salvation to them.
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Related To be, or not to be, that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE To be or not to be. That's not really a question. JEAN-LUC GODARD Being by his faith replaced afresh in paradise and created anew, he (the believer)does not need work... MARTIN LUTHER Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ... FEREIDOON YAZDI To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be. GOLDA MEIR To be mad is worse than not to be if this is what it is. JOHNNY RICH Hamlet's Cat's Soliloquy "To go outside, and there perchance to stay Or to re... HENRY N. BEARD To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being. TOM ROBBINS Many people may be heartbroken, but not enough to take action. CRAIG GROESCHEL I know that David Tennant's Hamlet isn't till July. And lots of people are going to be doing Dr Who ... NEIL GAIMAN No man that ever lived, not John Calvin himself, ever asserted either original sin, or justification... JOHN WESLEY May both the layman and he who has left the world think that this is done by me; may they be subject... FRIEDRICH MAX MULLER We have not studied all of them. Many of them may be sound, while there may be others that merit ove... PAUL LARRABEE In the year ahead there may be periods of darkness or despair. May all the good you have done or tri... TONY BRADY Sheep don’t need the shepherd to be what they are. The shepherd needs sheep to be what he is. LJUPKA CVETANOVA I'm afraid that in the United States of America today the prevailing doctrine of justification is no... R.C. SPROUL To date or not to date that is the question. It's almost as important as Shakespeare's to be... AL GOLDSTEIN All good actors are very bright. You can't be stupid and a good actor. You may be inarticulate, ... RICHARD EYRE We'll give guys an opportunity. That may be the difference for them being here, or not. EDDIE OLCZYK Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Rather than being medicalized or romanticized, mental disorders, or mental dis-eases, should be unde... NEEL BURTON Our works, whatever they may be, derive from our incapacity to kill or to kill ourselves. EMILE M. CIORAN It may or may not be. It's a good initial step to do it (cut inventories). I commend them for taking... BILL SELTENHEIM Yes! Very funny this terrible thing is. A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls i... JOSEPH CONRAD There is nothing to opinions, they may be beautiful or ugly, smart or foolish, everyone can sup... HERMANN HESSE To not have them be the measuring stick, that would be downplaying how good they are, ... And we're ... JAKE PLUMMER But strangers and the poor may pluck for themselves the fruit from my tree: that causes less shame. ... FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE It is good for us to keep some account of our prayers, that we may not unsay them in our practice. MATTHEW HENRY There is a saying in Baltimore that crabs may be prepared in fifty ways and that all of them are goo... H. L. MENCKEN Some activities may look attractive, but you don’t have any business dating them, else they break ... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR One may preach a covenant of grace more clearly than another... But when they preach a covenant of w... ANNE HUTCHINSON ...remember that what has once been done may be done again. ALEXANDRE DUMAS Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue; it is built upon shame, a ... BERNARD MANDEVILLE Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue; it is built upon shame, a ... BERNARD DE MANDEVILLE I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix. DEYTH BANGER Anyway, I do not want you thinking that I or Addie or Joe or Skeezie feel sorry for ourselves. We do... JAMES HOWE It may be a cliche, but cliche or not, I fear the day when the only marsh harriers or peregrines I c... JOHN BURNSIDE Here God gives his people some taste, that they may not faint; and he gives them but a taste, that t... THOMAS BROOKS It may not be possible to get rare roast beef but if you're willing to settle for well done, ask the... MARIAN BURROS Many ordinary treasures may be denied the man who has God, or if he is allowed to have them, the enj... A. W. TOZER A totally nondenominational prayer: Insofar as I may be heard by anything, which may or may not care... ROGER ZELAZNY Diplomacy is, perhaps, one element of the U.S. government that should not be subject to the demands ... EVGENY MOROZOV We realize we need more rest, or activity, or that our diet is not as good as it could be. You may s... LAURIE SABOURIN Check your passions that you may not be punished by them. EPICTETUS What may be done at any time will be done at no time. SCOTTISH PROVERB What may be done at any time will be done at no time SCOTTISH PROVERB What may be done at any time will be done at no time. SCOTTISH PROVERB For it is important that awake people be awake,or a breaking line may discourage them back to sleep;... WILLIAM STAFFORD The mark of all good art is not that the thing done is done exactly or finely, for machinery may do ... OSCAR WILDE For prayer is request. The essence of request, as distinct from compulsion, is that it may or may no... C.S. LEWIS The first duty to children is to make them happy, If you have not made them so, you have wronged the... CHARLES BUXTON The first duty to children is to make them happy. If you have not made them so, you have wronged the... CHARLES BUXTON I think if we can get past Mount Vernon, we have a chance at Breese. I think we can cause them some ... KRIS KLEEMAN I do think it's a big mistake to assume that creating this new big department is the be-all and end-... BILL CLINTON While others allow failure to define them, others allow lack or abundance to define them. You c... D.S. MASHEGO While others allow failure to define them, others allow lack or abundance to define them. You c... D.S MASHEGO What a great way from them to be involves. They may not be on the roof with me, but they are here in... HANK CHARDOS Politics is the art of saying well that which may or may not be true. ORRIN WOODWARD If you explain to a patient what can be done and what might be the downsides, let the patient choose... JOHN GURDON Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430 Ye have enemies; for who can live on this earth... ST. AUGUSTINE What the market is saying is these are companies that are in a distressed state and ... may end up i... LORI PRICE It may be that there is no such thing as an equable motion, whereby time may be accurately measured.... ISAAC NEWTON It may not be possible to get rare roast beef but if you're willing to settle for well done, ask... MARIAN BURROS The possibility that he may not be recovered is there. We certainly hate that, but we've done everyt... GARY HARGROVE If I could trace my origins to Judas Maccabaeus or King David, that would not add one inch to my sta... ISAAC ASIMOV We are far from perfect but willing to be different. CRAIG GROESCHEL Good works will be recognized ultimately, but if you work for the recognizion alone, you may be in f... LORRAINE MONROE It is good to appreciate anothers good deeds, but let not your good deeds be known to others lest th... APURVA GAGLANI Never do a single thing in the anticipation to prove something to someone who has hurt you. If someo... C. JOYBELL C. It may be that EPO traces disappear gradually from urine, but it cannot be that no EPO should be in ... DICK POUND When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of ... WILLIAM J. CLINTON This is just an interesting observation that may or may not be true and the data are not convincing ... DR. FELIX RATJEN By not sending friends greeting cards, you may be telling them that you don't want them to remember ... LORRIN L. LEE Forget about likes and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be done. This may not... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW We implore the mercy of God, not that He may leave us at peace in our vices, but that He may deliver... BLAISE PASCAL We shouldn't have to be burdened with all the technicalities that come up from time to time with shr... DAN QUAYLE Think twice or more before you start doing something for someone, it may be a good thing what you wa... NISHI DE SILVA Some people may believe that their conscience is enough to guide them not to lie, be deceitful or do... LEE GREENWOOD We may claim to believe in God, but we don't want to believe so much that it makes us different. CRAIG GROESCHEL The quest of the Inner Ring will break your hearts unless you break it. But if you break it, a surpr... C.S. LEWIS I have friends in Iraq and I just want them to know that I may not be able to support them there, bu... JOSE AVILA You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. MAYA ANGELOU The two men had a conversation. Brief, cryptic, to the point. As though they had exchanged numbers a... ARUNDHATI ROY When children start putting together in their minds that Santa Claus may not be real, they'll ask qu... HELEN EGGER The point is not that I don't recognise bad people when I see them — I grant you I may quite well ... ENID BLYTON Your prayer for someone may or may not change them, but it always changes YOU. CRAIG GROESCHEL Tell them we may not be praying with them," Father told the Vicar, "but we are at least not actively... ALAN BRADLEY You may be a person I admire, but you can't be a person that everyone admires. You are not everyone'... MICHAEL BASSEY JOHNSON Be assertive but not aggressive. You may think that being aggressive gets you what you want. However... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA I have been telling them to secure against non-structural damage ... This may not be necessary for t... BILL PHILLIPS If you were to ask everyone what 'Hamlet' was about, they might say, "It's about a ... ORLANDO BLOOM May the Father be gracious according to your needs.Dear Father preserve their life,relieve them of p... SHELLEY E WILLIAMS That certainly does not parallel previous estimates. It may be that communities where blacks live te... DAVID FINKELHOR In practical matters the end is not mere speculative knowledge of what is to be done, but rather the... ARISTOTLE Every day may not be good, but there is something good in every day. BY ALEFLETCHER Not only that but a leadership role. He's someone who works hard every day. He may not be the best i... BRET BIELEMA It can be helpful simply to make a written or mental list of the things you do each day. Then give y... DAVID D. BURNS That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to
distribute, willing to communicate;
... BIBLE Most of them [service people in the portraits] will be from the Marshfield community but they may no... DONNA JOHNSON That doesn't mean emergency services won't be available, but demands on them may be so great that no... DAVE WOLIN
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