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JODI RELL We are insisting and we will continue to insist that this faith of the church must continue to be up... PETER AKINOLA We must confront this Zionist entity. All ties of all kinds must be severed with this plundering cri... MOHAMMED MORSI God created us in his image, male and female, with personhood and sexual passions, so that when he c... JOHN PIPER You must have faith to pray. You must have faith to ponder the word of God. You must have faith to d... HENRY B. EYRING We certainly love the Muslim people. But that is not the faith of this country. And that is not the ... FRANKLIN GRAHAM To receive all of the promised blessings, we must accept the gospel in faith and in full. However, t... JAMES E. FAUST Even though he was inside the house, I could still hear Vlad’s sardonic mutter of “Where’s a t... JEANIENE FROST Is it not by learning to read the book of nature with the eyes of faith that we come to recognize th... 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JANE GREY We are stronger because we recognize that government isn't the sole answer to the most important que... JEB BUSH The lesson is this: When the road gets dark and all hope seems lost, there's nothing to do but keep ... SARAH ARTHUR Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the foundation upon which sincere and meaningful repentance must b... EZRA TAFT BENSON When we speak of faith - the faith that can move mountains - we are not speaking of faith in general... RUSSELL M. NELSON To question reason is to trust it. MITCH STOKES We admit no faith to be justifying, which is not itself and in its own nature a spiritually vital pr... JOHN OWEN I am not better than you because of my religion, color, culture, education, status, wealth, etc. I a... NAJWA ZEBIAN Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress made in t... ULYSSES S. GRANT Hold fast to the Bible. . . . To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress mad... ULYSSES S. GRANT With the help of the Holy Ghost, we can watch over ourselves. We can pray to recognize and reject th... HENRY B. EYRING It is a mistake for anyone who is just in this stage to appear before a church as a teacher. He has ... HELMUT THIELICKE God and Destiny are not against us, rather they are for us, they are the ones who never forget the t... C. JOYBELL C. Feast of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1170 It was the experience of the disci... NICK EARLE We are stronger because we recognize that government isn't the sole answer to the most important... JEB BUSH Feast of English Saints & Martyrs of the Reformation We must not encourage in ourselves or others... C. S. LEWIS It is true that every day has its own evil, and its good too. But how difficult must life be, especi... VINCENT VAN GOGH How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... 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CRAIG GROESCHEL Lord grant me a humble spirit and a willing heart. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Ses’ach L’ru!” Came the slightly muffled chorus. This was Ruminarii for ‘Hail the Captain.�... CHRISTINA ENGELA Our failures in charity are chained to a narrowed vision of the world that makes too much of the dif... REBECCA GOLDSTEIN Is there some lesson on how to be friends? I think what it means is that central to living DAVID RAKOFF This is not remarkable, for, as we know, reality is not a function of the event as event, but of the... ROBERT PENN WARREN This is faith: a renouncing of everything we are apt to call our own and relying wholly upon the blo... JOHN NEWTON The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL We will not attain a state of perfection in this life, but we can and should press forward with fait... DAVID A. BEDNAR But when once Christ had called him, Peter had no alternative he must leave the ship and come to Him... DIETRICH BONHOEFFER Under Pope Francis, we have seen a change at the Vatican that is reflective of the church I know and... DONNA BRAZILE We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer an... SIR JOHN ELIOT We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer an... JOHN LUBBOCK You are worth more than you think you are SOTONYE ANGA All believers are members of the same body and should be viewed and treated that way. HENRY HON Preparation is good for success and it is a noble thing to prepare excellently for success, but in r... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH We enter parliament in order to supply ourselves, in the arsenal of democracy, with its own weapons.... PAUL JOSEPH GOEBBELS We enter parliament in order to supply ourselves, in the arsenal of democracy, with its own weapons.... JOSEPH PAUL GOEBBELS The earth is an arena of champions. We are all champions. 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Not to be in your comfort zone i... BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH In a world that holds books and babies and canyon trails, why should one condemn oneself to live day... RUTH BENEDICT Racism is an ism to which everyone in the world today is exposed; for or against, we must tak... RUTH BENEDICT No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs an... RUTH BENEDICT If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves... RUTH BENEDICT A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself active... RUTH BENEDICT We grow in time to trust the future for our answers. RUTH BENEDICT Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future. RUTH BENEDICT The crucial differences which distinguish human societies and human beings are not biological. They ... RUTH BENEDICT I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. ... BENEDICT SPINOZA We're living through a time where we are fighting wars fostered by politics, admittedly not on t... BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH I had a real yearning to make use of the opportunities I had at school. When I heard about the gap y... BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standa... RUTH BENEDICT I got live tweeted once by someone who was opposite my home in some rented accommodation. He was act... BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH People's hands fascinate me. It's tempting to look at a businessman's left hand and see ... BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. It is a matter of being joyous in the face of sorro... DIRK BENEDICT I wish my 15-year-old self had known about my allure to the opposite sex! BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH Culture is not a biologically transmitted complex. RUTH BENEDICT I'm a classic example of what can happen if you follow your inner voice. I was cursed with inter... DIRK BENEDICT Maybe it's because I was an only child, but I've always wanted kids. BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear. BENEDICT SPINOZA None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not. BENEDICT SPINOZA The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self. BENEDICT SPINOZA Except God no substance can be granted or conceived. .. Everything, I say, is in God, and all things... BENEDICT SPINOZA If facts conflict with a theory, either the theory must be changed or the facts. BENEDICT SPINOZA All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare. BENEDICT SPINOZA None are more taken in with flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not. BENEDICT SPINOZA Desire is the essence of a man. BENEDICT SPINOZA He is telling Merck that you have to be careful. You can't just give (Cox-2s) to everybody. BENEDICT LUCCHESI He is telling Merck that you have to be careful. You can't just give (Cox-2s) to everybody, BENEDICT LUCCHESI Merck has been extremely good to me over the years, BENEDICT LUCCHESI [The researcher was warning that] you can't just give this to anybody, ... You have to identify peop... BENEDICT LUCCHESI They don't mind killing patients, BENEDICT LUCCHESI They are trying to tell the leadership (about the risks) before they go out and launch this drug to ... BENEDICT LUCCHESI I don't know that I owe them an apology, BENEDICT LUCCHESI Based on the science, there's every reason to believe that a single dose, multiple doses, whatever, ... BENEDICT LUCCHESI When I first read that, I personally became enraged, BENEDICT LUCCHESI We have a wretched motley Crew, in the Fleet; the Marines the Refuse of every Regiment, and the Seam... BENEDICT ARNOLD Great numbers of Canadians... are determined to join us whenever we appear in the Country with any f... BENEDICT ARNOLD If your great umbrage would care to meet my high dudgeon at 12 paces, I would be happy to entertain ... BENEDICT ARNOLD Neglected by Congress below, distressed with the small-pox; want of Generals and discipline in our A... BENEDICT ARNOLD I think with any characterization there's a point where you empathize, no matter how much of a d... BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH Harrison Ford was pretty content as a carpenter who thought it would be nice to work on TV and ended... DIRK BENEDICT My mum and dad had worked incredibly hard to afford me an education. BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH 'Sherlock' fans are, by and large, an intelligent breed, so they've gone through my back... BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH