Fascination with the Occult - Al Mohler Quote

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"This fascination with the occult comes as America has been sliding into post-Christian secularism. While the courts remove all theistic references from America’s public square, the void is being filled with a pervasive fascination with evil, paganism, and new forms of occultism."

- Albert Mohler, "Christianity and the Dark Side -- What About Halloween?"

Gain Mastery - Michelangelo Quote

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"If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all."

- Michelangelo

Lordship Problem - Edward T Welch Quote

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“Drunkenness is a lordship problem. Who is your master, God or your desires? Do you desire God above all else, or do you desire something in creation more than you desire the creator?”

- Edward T. Welch

Toy for Rich Kids - Muriel Barbery Quote

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"Politics," she says. "A toy for little rich kids that they won't let anyone else play with."

- Manuela, The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery, p. 33

Though He Slay Me - Bible Quote

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"Though He slay me,
I will hope in Him."

- Job 13:15a, NASU

Hungry Heart - Ann Kiemel Anderson Quote

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"but I see in you a heart hungry for God, for all He wants to give you and to make of you, and who can ask more of any Christian?"

- Elisabeth Elliot quoted in I Gave God Time by Ann Kiemel Anderson. p. 61

Changing Yourself - Leo Tolstoy Quote

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"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself."

- Leo Tolstoy

Not Contrary to His Desires - Jonathan Edwards Quote

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"A man never, in any instance, wills anything contrary to his desires."

- Jonathan Edwards quoted in Idols of the Heart by Elyse Fitzpatrick, p. 144

Tragedy - John Piper Quote

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"Some of you will die in the service of Christ. That will not be a tragedy. Treasuring life above Christ is a tragedy."

- Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper, p. 10

Adjectives - Alvin Reid Quote

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"If you use Christian as an adjective make sure what it modifies looks like Christ, not the western 'Christian' subculture."

- Alvin Reid

March on in the Dark - Charles Spurgeon Quote

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"Any simpleton can follow the narrow path in the light: faith’s rare wisdom enables us to march on in the dark with infallible accuracy, since she places her hand in that of her Great Guide."

- Charles Spurgeon

Invest It - Stephen R. Covey Quote

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"The key is in not spending time, but in investing it."

- Stephen R. Covey

Quitter - Napoleon Hill Quote

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"No man is ever whipped until he quits in his own mind."

- Napoleon Hill

In the Church - Robert Webber Quote

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"To be in Christ means to be in the church."

- Ancient-Future Faith by Robert Webber, p. 63

Persistence, Not Power - James Watkins Quote

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"A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence."

- James Watkins

Universal Law - Immanuel Kant Quote

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"There is...only a single categorical imperative and it is this: Act only on that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law."

- Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant

Four Thousand Square Feet - Muriel Barbery Quote

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"And do you think it is normal for four people to live in four thousand square feet when tons of other people, perhaps some poètes maudits among them, don't even have a decent place to live and are crammed together fifteen or twenty in two hundred square feet?"

- The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery, p. 27

Open Wide - Bible Quote

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"The one who guards his mouth preserves his life; the one who opens wide his lips comes to ruin."

- Proverbs 13:3, NASU

Willing to be Little - Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote

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"A great man is always willing to be little."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Costly Grace - Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quote

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"cheap grace is grace we bestow upon ourselves--grace without discipleship. costly grace is the gospel that must be sought again and again....it is costly because it cost a man his life and it is grace because it gives a man the only true life."

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer quoted in I Gave God Time by Ann Kiemel Anderson, p. 26-27

Makes Men Crooked - Unknown Quote

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"Following the path of least resistance is what makes men and rivers crooked."

- Unknown

Serve Yourself - Elyse Fitzpatrick Quote

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"It doesn't take a great historian to see that aside from a few notable exceptions, man typically choose to serve himself."

- Idols of the Heart by Elyse Fitzpatrick, p. 143

Tragic Waste - John Piper Quote

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"What a tragic waste when people turn away from the Calvary road of love and suffering. All the riches of the glory of God in Christ are on that road. All the sweetest fellowship with Jesus is there. All the treasures of assurance. All the ecstasies of joy. All the clearest sightings of eternity. All the noblest camaraderie. All the humblest affections. All the most tender acts of forgiving kindness. All the deepest discoveries of God's Word. All the most earnest prayers. They are all on the Calvary road where Jesus walks with his people."

- Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper, p. 76

Never Regret - Jude Watson Quote

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"Never regret trusting someone. It proves you have a heart."

- Beyond the Grave by Jude Watson

Masters or Slaves - Winston Churchill Quote

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"We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out."

- Winston Churchill, quoted in Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares

Got Over Myself - Erin McCahan Quote

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"So I got over myself eventually, like most junior high girls do, some earlier than others and some not at all."

- I Now Pronounce You Someone Else by Erin McCahan, p. 81

Create a Need - Mary DeMuth Quote

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"I hate that I create a need folks don't even have. It's a lie, you know. That stuff can fill a heart."

- Thin Places by Mary DeMuth, p. 121

Make It Up - Ann Haywood Leal

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"If folks don't like the way you look, they almost never take the time to find anything out about you. They just make up their own stories."

- Also Known as Harper by Ann Haywood Leal, p. 146

Mightier Still - Lao Tzu Quote

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"He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still."

- Lao Tzu

Brain Over Party Loyalty - Harold Metts Quote

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"I'm all for party loyalty, but God gave me a brain and I use it."

- Harold Metts, Rhode Island state senator quoted in World, Aug 27, 2011

No Greater Value - Muriel Barbery Quote

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"...no one seems to have thought of the fact that if life is absurd, being a brilliant success has no greater value than being a failure."

- The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery, p. 24