"Like a baby learning language, we learn how to communicate with God by listening to His words first."

-- Timothy Keller

#Baby Quotes #Listening Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.”
“The bigger the budget, the more people that you have to coordinate and it's not easy to do that always because, not only do people have trouble communicating in that way, but often there are internal disagreements and everybody is not necessarily on the same page. Even in a big-budget movie with famous actors and directors, everybody could be on a completely different page. The director has to figure out a way of getting everybody on the same page, more or less, and keeping them there.”
“Would they call me a diva if I were a guy?”
“To deride the hope of progress is the ultimate fatuity, the last word in poverty of spirit and meanness of mind.”
“I don't know if you hear this often but I would say The Razor's Edge (loosely based on a great W. Somerset Maugham novel). This was Bill Murray's first dramatic role so everyone thought he stunk in this deep character but I thought he and the movie were great. The movie takes place over decades so you see Murray's character go from goofy playboy all the way to wiser, older person. It's basically a movie version of the journey I described.”
“I think all actors are supposed to be character actors.”
“Jesus didn't wait until we got better to die for us. He died when we were in our most unlovely state. The person who doesn't deserve love actually needs love more, not less. If you know someone unworthy of love, that's great! You now have a chance to emulate Christ, because the essence of His love is unconditional.”

Source : Tony Evans (2008). “Theology You Can Count On: Experiencing What the Bible Says About... God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, Angels, Salvation...”, p.202, Moody Publishers
“Peacemaking calls for courage, much more so than warfare.”

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