William R. Bradford famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Listen to and sing the music of heaven.
-- William R. Bradford

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Of all influences that cause men to choose wrong, selfishness is undoubtedly the strongest. Where it is, the Spirit is not.
-- William R. Bradford

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Young people must learn that none of the exciting and entertaining fun things are worth it if they take you off the path that will lead you back home to your Heavenly Father.
-- William R. Bradford

#Fun #Father #Home
Be a companion with Christ, and he will draw near unto you and be your best friend. There is no better friend than Christ.
-- William R. Bradford

#Your Best Friend #Christ #Companion
Selfishness draws men into a spiritual vacuum where, absorbed in self service, they shut out all others.
-- William R. Bradford

#Spiritual #Men #Self
Within each of us there is an intense need to feel that we belong. This feeling of unity and togetherness comes through the warmth of a smile, a handshake, or a hug, through laughter and unspoken demonstrations of love. It comes in the quiet, reverent moments of soft conversation and in listening.
-- William R. Bradford

#Laughter #Feelings #Unity

So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.
Is there a meaning to music? Yes. Can you state in so many words what the meaning is? No.
There is something about music that keeps its distance even at the moment that it engulfs us. It is at the same time outside and away from us and inside and part of us. In one sense it dwarfs us, and in another we master it. We are led on and on, and yet in some strange way we never lose control.
I think that's what really a substantial work is, it's forever. It's the truth now and it was the truth then, and it will be the truth tomorrow.
If you don't have sex and you don't do drugs, your rock 'n' roll better be awfully good.
Water and air He for the Tenor chose, Earth made the Base, the Treble Fame arose, To th' active Moon a quick brisk stroke he gave, To Saturn's string a touch more sore and grave. The motions strait, and round, and swift, and slow, And short and long, were mixt and woven so, Did in such artful Figures smoothly fall, As made this decent measur'd dance of all. And this is Musick.
I asked my daughter when she was 16, What's the buzz on the street with the kids? She's going, to be honest, Dad, most of my friends aren't into Kiss. But they've all been told that it's the greatest show on Earth.
Earth and high heaven are fixed of old and founded strong.
The power to bind and loose to Truth is given: The mouth that speaks it is the mouth of Heaven, The power, which in a sense belongs to none, Thus understood belongs to every one.
An epiphany enables you to sense creation not as something completed, but as constantly becoming, evolving, ascending. This transports you from a place where there is nothing new to a place where there is nothing old, where everything renews itself, where heaven and earth rejoice as at the moment of creation.

William R. Bradford famous quotes

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