Richard Alleine famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Sin is the insurrection and rebellion of the heart against God; it turns from Him, and turns against Him; it takes up arms against God.
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The reason why we obtain no more in prayer is because we expect no more. God usually answers us according to our own hearts.
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The cross is not only imposed upon the saints as their burden, but bequeathed unto them as their legacy. It is given unto them as an honor and privilege.
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To sanctify God is to reverence Him in our hearts, and to represent Him in the glory of His holiness before men.
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There may be some tenderness in the conscience and yet the will be a very stone; and as long as the will stands out, there is no broken heart.
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He who knows what it is to enjoy God will dread His loss; he who has seen His face will fear to see His back.
-- Richard Alleine
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Sometimes,' said Pooh, 'the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.
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Ideas may drift into other minds, but they do not drift my way. I have to go and fetch them. I know no work manual or mental to equal the appalling heart-breaking anguish of fetching an idea from nowhere.
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A divided heart loses both worlds.
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I sought them far and found them, The sure, the straight, the brave, The hearts I lost my own to, The souls I could not save They braced their belts about them, They crossed in ships the sea, They sought and found six feet of ground, And there they died for me.
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He would not stay for me, and who can wonder? He would not stay for me to stand and gaze. I shook his hand, and tore my heart in sunder, And went with half my life about my ways.
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When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm, I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter. And that's when we did it. I think we did it.
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Do you ever just put your arms out and just spin and spin and spin? Well, that's what love is like; everything inside of you tells you to stop before you fall, but for some reason you just keep going.
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Yes, of course. But ... how?" Kat felt her crew around her: Hamish's arm hung around Simon's shoulders; Gabrielle's delicate hands draped through the arms of Angus and Nick. Kat's own hand found Hale's, then, fingers interlacing, palms pressing together so tightly that Kat knew nothing could come between them. Nothing. She looked at him. No one. "It's easy," Kat said, "when you don't have to do it alone.
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In trying to avoid one sin I've committed another.
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Love the offender, yet detest the offense.
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