Quotes
Authors
Bill Courtney
"No matter how many good deeds we preform, they aren’t the ticket to earning God’s favor. God graces us in spite of what we do in this life, not because of." --
Source : Bill Courtney (2014). “Against the Grain: A Coach's Wisdom on Character, Faith, Family, and Love”, p.187, Weinstein Publishing
Bill Courtney
#Grace Quotes
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“Fifty three per cent children in India face sexual abuse - both boys and girls - but we still feel uncomfortable talking about it. We are still hypocrites when it comes to issues like child abuse, sex or for that matter homosexuality. It is high time that we brought the issue from under the carpet.”
Source : "Rahul Bose: We are all hypocrites". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. September 26, 2009.
“As might be expected of creatures so heavenly in color, the disposition of bluebirds is particularly angelic. Gentleness and amiability are expressed in their soft musical voice. Tru-al-ly, tru-al-ly, they sweetly assert when we can scarcely believe that spring is here; tru-wee, tur-wee they softly call in autumn when they go roaming through the countryside in flocks of azure.”
“Even the loveliest dream bears like a blemish its difference from reality, the awareness that what it grants is mere illusion.”
“When your vision is a biblical vision, the people arguing with it are not arguing with you. They are arguing with God.”
“That is how you know you've left childhood behind-when you wish for time to go backward.”
“If you want to do it, you can do it.”
Source : "A conversation with recording artist and The Voice contestant Anthony Evans". Interview With Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.
“The point of life is happiness.”
“Ma, sooner or later there comes a point in a man's life when he's gotta face some facts. And one fact I've got to face is whateverit is women like, I ain't got it.”
