Quotes
Authors
David Platt
"Do you realize the weight of the one who has invited us to follow him? He is worthy of more than church attendance and casual association; he is worthy of total abandonment and supreme adoration." --
Source : David Platt (2013). “Follow Me: A Call to Die. A Call to Live.”, p.38, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
David Platt
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“I have a collection of lucky pennies, and I like to carry some of them with me. So far, they seem to be working!”
“Modern diplomats approach every problem with an open mouth”
Source : "Affronts, Insults and Indignities". Book by Morris Mandel, 1975.
“My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well-known blues musicians.”
“You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.”
“The butcher with his bloody apron incites bloodshed, murder. Why not? From cutting the throat of a young calf to cutting the throats of our brothers and sisters is but a step. While we ourselves are living graves of murdered animals, how can we expect any ideal conditions on the earth?”
“I've chosen my wedding ring large and heavy to continue forever. But exactly because of that all the time that Dave and I have an argument I feel it like handcuffs, and on anger time I throw it in a basket. Poor Dave, he bought me three wedding rings already!”
“You know, son, I don't think there's such a thing as an easy life. There's always going to be hard work and there will always be misfortunes we can't control, lurking out at the edges - storms, sickness, wolves. But there is such a thing as a good life and I think that we have one here.”
Source : Jeanne DuPrau (2012). “The Books of Ember Omnibus”, p.625, Random House Books for Young Readers
“The value of our lives is not determined by what we do for ourselves. The value of our lives is determined by what we do for others.”
