"From the day of Pentecost until the present time, it has been necessary to be of one accord in prayer before the Spirit of God will work with mighty converting power."

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Source : World Student Christian Federation, John Raleigh Mott (1898). “The World's Student Christian Federation: Origin, Objects and Significance of the Federation; the Convention at Northfield and Williamstown; Some Achievements of the First Two Years”

John Mott

#Prayer Quotes #Spirit Quotes #Pentecost Quotes

“The trick is this: keep your eye on the ball. Even when you can't see the ball.”
“It's difficult to find a movie that feels true to itself. You feel the hand of Hollywood, the moviemaking by committee, on everything.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Buonaparte is certainly writing, or rather dictating, his memoirs. He walks backwards and forwards with his hands behind him, and dictates so fast that two or three of his suite are obliged to be in attendance, that the one may take down one-half of a sentence, and another the rest; they then literally compare notes, and put the disjointed legs and wings and heads of periods together. This is writing a book as he fought a battle.”
“I would like to say, however, that a man might be walking around lucky and not know it unless he tries.”
“I went to a couple Academy Awards parties and I was definitely like, 'Whoa, no one will talk to me.”
“I think as an artist or a writer it's OK to want to control your own work.”
“There is a hill beside the silver Thames, Shady with birch and beech and odorous pine; And brilliant underfoot with thousand gems, Steeply the thickets to his floods decline.”

Source : Robert Bridges (1912). “Poetical Works Of Robert Brides Excluding The Eight Dramas”
“All that I say is, examine, inquire. Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against. Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.”

Source : Frances Wright (1829). “Course of popular lectures; with 3 addresses on various public occasions, and a reply to the charges against the French reformers of 1789”, p.45

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