"The person who understands the evil in his own heart is the only person who is useful, fruitful, and solid in his beliefs and obedience. Others only delude themselves and thus upset families, churches, and all other relationships. In their self-pride and judgment of others, they show great inconsistency."

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Source : John Owen, James M. Houston (2004). “Triumph Over Temptation: Pursuing a Life of Purity”, p.68, David C Cook

John Owen

#Heart Quotes #Pride Quotes #Self Quotes

“If you make enough bad decisions, every once in a while things work out for you.”
“Whenever and wherever you put yourself in touch with GOD, that is the state of meditation.”
“At the end of the day, we have to write music that makes us happy and the day that we stop loving what we doâ€¦weâ€™ll quit.”
“I don't care if they're licensed legal firearms, people who are not highly trained putting guns in their hands is a recipe for disaster. So I'll train our officers that there is a concealed carry law, but when somebody turns with a firearm in their hand the officer does not have an obligation to wait to get shot to return fire and we're going to have tragedies as a result of that. I'm telling you right up front.”
“Since I was in high school, I wanted to play professional football and professional baseball, be a two-sport star.”
“The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.”

Source : H. L. Mencken (1924). “Prejudices Fourth Series”
“Since 1972, I've been going around making speeches on the Everglades.”
“Peter Rabbit, for all its gentle tininess, loudly proclaims that no story is worth the writing, no picture worth the making, if it is not a work of imagination.”

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