Quotes
Authors
Roger E. Olson

"Before you disagree make sure you understand. In other words, we must make sure that we can describe another's theological position as he would describe it before we criticize or condemn. Another guiding principle should be 'Do not impute to others beliefs you regard as logically entailed by their beliefs but that they explicitly deny'."

Source : Roger E. Olson (2009). “Arminian Theology: Myths and Realities”, p.41, InterVarsity Press

Roger E. Olson

#Guiding Principles Quotes #Belief Quotes #Deny Quotes

“to keep believing in life, until you're sure of death, it's the way a detective should be." - Kogoro Mouri, Detective Conan”
“I felt that I had to write. Even if I had never been published, I knew that I would go on writing, enjoying it and experiencing the challenge.”
“It is always easy enough to take up arms, but very difficult to lay them down; the commencement and the termination of war are notnecessarily in the same hands; even a coward may begin, but the end comes only when the victors are willing.”
“You are an uncut gemstone of priceless value. Cut and polish your potential with knowledge, skills and service and you will be in great demand throughout your life.”
“Ethiopia always has a special place in my imagination and the prospect of visiting Ethiopia attracted me more strongly than a trip to France, England, and America combined. I felt I would be visiting my own genesis, unearthing the roots of what made me an African.”
“My soul has grown over the years, and some of my views have changed. As long as I am alive, I will continue to try to understand more because the work of the heart is never done.”
“A higher rate of urgency does not imply ever-present panic, anxiety, or fear. It means a state in which complacency is virtually absent.”

Source : John P. Kotter (2013). “Leading Change, With a New Preface by the Author”, p.130, Harvard Business Press
“Diplomacy is to do and say, the nastiest thing in the nicest way.”

Source : The Reflex, Oct. 1927

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