Theodore Austin-Sparks famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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You cannot go outside of A and Z in the realm of literature; likewise Christ Jesus is First and Last of God's new creation, and all that is in between; you cannot get outside of that.
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Christianity is not a doctrine, not truth as truth, but the knowledge of a Person; it is knowing the Lord Jesus. You cannot be educated into being a Christian.
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Now, the first preachers of the Christ evangel preached Christ. They did not, in the first place, preach salvation or sanctification or forgiveness, or judgment or heaven. That does not mean that they did not preach those things: they did; but not in the first place. They preached Christ, and all those things were included in the preaching of Christ.
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The mark of a life governed by the Holy Spirit is that such a life is continually and ever more and more occupied with Christ, that Christ becomes greater and greater as time goes on.
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Seek to have your life in God, not in things, not in people, not in places, not in circumstances, not in arguments, not in human intelligence, but in God.
-- Theodore Austin-Sparks
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Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.
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The evils of mortals are manifold; nowhere is trouble of the same wing seen.
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Whoever is new to power is always harsh.
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Startups often win because it's easier to see what comes next when you don't have to worry about maintaining what came last.
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As the Internet breaks down the last justifications for a professional class of politicians, it also builds up the tools for replacing them.
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This is my last Commonwealth Games. Five CWG and nine medals, it is enough for me.
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My paintings are the last paintings one can make.
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But what you realise after you've been in the business for a while is that people develop opinions about you that don't have anything to do with your music, they like or dislike you for a million reasons, they like or dislike you for your last record.
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When your last breath arrives, Grammar can do nothing.
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The receptivity of the masses is very limited, their intelligence is small, but their power of forgetting is enormous. In consequence of these facts, all effective propaganda must be limited to a very few points and must harp on these in slogans until the last member of the public understands what you want him to understand by your slogan.
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