"In the exercise of God's efficiency, the decree of God comes first. This manner of working is the most perfect of all and notably agrees with the divine nature."

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Source : William Ames (1968). “The marrow of theology”

William Ames

#Exercise Quotes #Perfect Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Everything is from God himself, both commandment and fulfillment. He alone commands; he alone fulfills.”
“I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that I who am not patient am patient.”
“Most of the suicide hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, a place not lacking in wealth. But due to rapid population growth, the wealth per capita has fallen by about half in a generation.”
“My music is just about story telling. I don't have much to say, and I'm not trying to change anyone's mind. I'm just singing through conviction about what I love and what I care about, starting with the very small.”
“It should be the highest ambition of every American to extend his views beyond himself, and to bear in mind that his conduct will not only affect himself, his country, and his immediate posterity; but that its influence may be co-extensive with the world, and stamp political happiness or misery on ages yet unborn.”
“To maintain a powerful life force, forget yourself, forget about living and dying, and bring your full attention into this moment.”
“I believe that music surpasses even language in its power to mirror the innermost recesses of the human soul”
“To be a colored man in America ... and enjoy it, you must be greatly daring, greatly stolid, greatly humorous and greatly sensitive. And at all times a philosopher.”

Source : Jessie Redmon Fauset, Cherene Sherrard-Johnson (1933). “Comedy, American Style”

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