Famous Quotes and Proverbs

«What is undeniable is that when comforts and convenience sap our energies and idealism, inactivity secretes sloth in to our minds like a poison in the blood.»

«[Some people are called to medicine; others are called to the priesthood. Still others, like Casey Sheehan, are called to put on a uniform, pick up a gun, and defend their country in times of war.] There is joy, ... in fulfilling a calling that fits who we are and, like the pillar of cloud and fire, goes ahead of our lives to lead us... Our gifts and destiny do not lie expressly in our parents' wishes, our boss's plans, our peer group's pressures, our generation's prospects, or our society's demands. Rather, we each need to know our own unique design, which is God's design for us.»

«Jesus called for nothing like this, and Pat Robertson sounded more like one of the radical imams.»

«Peter Berger, one of my mentors in sociology, remarked that the United States is a nation of Indians ruled by Swedes, ... By that he meant that the American people are as religious as the people of India-the most religious country in the world-but that American leadership is often as secular as Sweden, the most secular country in the world. And the tone deafness between these two groups causes a lot of national friction. The Trinity Forum was built upon Berger's remark-as well as upon the historical precedents set by William Wilberforce.»

«In the sorry ranks of the revisionists, the loss of anything identifiably Christian is now almost complete,»

«In the sorry ranks of the revisionists, the loss of anything identifiably Christian is now almost complete.»

«The aim is to truly reach the gatekeepers, those who are astride the doorways of influence and power,»

«Surrender to the spirit of the age,»

«At that point the creed becomes a way of saying what the infidel next door believes, too.»