Quotes by Promise The promise of change doesn't always mean something changes. John Travolta things-changemeanpromise Prosperity cannot be a proof of God's favor, since it is what the devil promises to those who worship him. (Matt. 4:9) John Piper devilfavorspromise Life is overwhelming. Life is not easy. Life is tough and you need something that really works and helps you actually, not promises to help you, then fail. John Travolta lifepromiseneeds Giving in a regular, disciplined, generous way-up to and beyond the tithe-is simply good sense in view of the promises of God. John Piper viewsgivingpromise Government has no wealth, and when a politician promises to give you something for nothing, he must first confiscate that wealth from you -- either by direct taxes, or by the cruelly indirect tax of inflation. John Wayne governmentgivingpromise If our society continues at its present rate to become less livable as it becomes more affluent, we promise all to end up in sumptuous misery. John W. Gardner miseryour-societypromise Sin is what you do when your heart is not satisfied with God. No one sins out of duty. We sin because it holds out some promise of happiness. John Piper sinheartpromise God bless our good and gracious King, Whose promise none relies on; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one. John Wilmot kingswisepromise The fact of our deriving constant pleasure from whatever is a type or semblance of divine attributes, and from nothing but that which is so, is the most glorious of all that can be demonstrated of human nature; it not only sets a great gulf of specific separation between us and the lower animals, but it seems a promise of a communion ultimately deep, close, and conscious, with the Being whose darkened manifestations we here feebly and unthinkingly delight in. John Ruskin delightanimalpromise That virtue therefore which is but a youngling in the contemplation of evil, and knows not the utmost that vice promises to her followers, and rejects it, is but a blank virtue, not a pure; her whiteness is but an excremental whiteness. John Milton vicesevilpromise I was pleased to see that Chief Justice [John] Roberts refused to prejudge issues or make promises in exchange for confirmation votes. We're all better off because of his principled stand. Jon Kyl issuesjusticepromise I'm intrigued by fanatics - people who are seduced by the promise, or the illusion, of the absolute. Jon Krakauer illusionpeoplepromise But perhaps the greatest attraction of Mormonism was the promise that each follower would be granted an extraordinarily intimate relationship with God. Joseph taught and encouraged his adherents to receive personal communiqués straight from the Lord. Divine revelation formed the bedrock of the religion. Jon Krakauer intimate-relationship-with-godintimate-relationshipspromise I think the greatest danger of the promise of space travel is that it can lead us to be cavalier about the world we live on, if we assume we can find or make more worlds. I think in our lifetimes we surely will not, probably in the lifetimes of our great-great-grand-descendants we will not. Jon Spaihts spacepromisethinking Muhammad brought the promise that anyone could find fulfillment and everlasting life through allegiance to the one true God. The Buddah held out hope that the suffering could be transcended. Jesus brought the message that even the last shall be first, that even the tax collectors and lepers - the outcasts - had cause for hope. And so that is the question I leave you with in this final: What is your cause for hope. John Green sufferingpromisejesus You really feel an obligation to someone when they're trusting you to do something, and you promise that you'll come through for them. Jonah Hill obligationfeelspromise It is a key fact about American policy in Vietnam that the withdrawel of American troops was built into it from the start. None of the presidents who waged war in Vietnam contemplated an open-ended campaign; all promised the public that American troops would be able to leave in the not-too-remote future. The promise of withdrawel precluded a policy of occupation of the traditional colonial sort, in which a great power simply imposes its will on a small one indefinitely. Jonathan Schell keyswarpromise If you promise you will get better instead of dying, I promise I will, too. Jordan Sonnenblick get-betterdyingpromise In South Carolina, Senator John Edwards won handily, fulfilling his promise to win every state he was born in. Jon Stewart south-carolinawinningpromise The right procedure: You begin at the wrong end if you first dispute about your election. Prove your conversion, and then never doubt your election. If you cannot yet prove it, set upon a present and thorough turning. Whatever purposes be, which are secret, I am sure His promises are plain. How desperately do rebels argue! "If I am elected I shall be saved, do what I will. If not, I shall be damned, do what I can." Perverse sinner, will you begin where you should end? Joseph Alleine secretdoubtpromise«3940414243444546474849»
