"We must also remember some of the key lessons of Scripture. In our weakness he is strong. He can use suffering to strengthen our character. He can use evil to accomplish good (precisely the nature of the discussion in the book of Habakkuk). God's sovereignty is demonstrated in that whatever personal or nonpersonal agents do, God takes it and turns it to his purpose."

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Source : John H. Walton (2010). “The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate”, p.134, InterVarsity Press

John H. Walton

#Strong Quotes #Book Quotes #Character Quotes

“Other people's ideas of us are dependent largely on what they've hoped for.”
“To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.”
“Well, our friend Dirac, too, has a religion, and its guiding principle is: 'There is no God and Dirac is His prophet.'”

Source : "Physics and Beyond : Encounters and Conversations" by Werner Heisenberg, (p. 87), 1971.
“Baseball people think they can find athletes with good bodies and teach them to play baseball. What's wrong with giving someone who already knows how to play baseball a chance? I think I fall into that category.”
“Pay close attention to the particular thoughts you use to deprive yourself of happiness.”

Source : Twitter post from Jun 11, 2013
“I believe, in spite of all, in truth's victory. I believe in the momentous value, hereafter inviolable, of those few truly fraternal men in all the countries of the world, who, in the oscillation of national egoisms let loose, stand up and stand out, steadfast as the glorious statues of Right and Duty.”

Source : Henri Barbusse (1919). “Light”
“Reading is that fruitful miracle of a communication in the midst of solitude.”
“Hip-hop culture is deeply rooted in the wrong things. Hip-hop is about drugs right now. It's more so about drugs - about selling drugs, about using drugs - it's bad for kids.”

Source : Source: www.coupdemainmagazine.com

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