"The bending of men's hearts to believe and persevere are the supernatural fruits of God's eternal decree, and not the natural fruits of man's depraved and frail free will."

--

Source : "An Exposition Upon the Epistle of Jude: Delivered in Christ-Church, London".

William Jenkyn

#Believe Quotes #Heart Quotes #Men Quotes

“The entire vitality of art depends upon its being either full of truth, or full of use; and that, however pleasant, wonderful, or impressive it may be in itself, it must yet be of inferior kind, and tend to deeper inferiority, unless it has clearly one of these main objects, either to state a true thing, or to adorn a serviceable one.”
“The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it.”

Source : "This is Our World" by Louis Fisher, (p. 91), 1956.
“Prayer for worldly goods is worse than fruitless, but prayer for strength of soul is that passion of the soul which catches the gift it seeks.”
“Today's environment is beginning to threaten today's organizations, finding them seriously deficient in their nervous system design... The degree of coordination, perception, rational adaptation, etc., which will appear in the next generation of human organizations will drive our present organizational forms, with their clumsy nervous systems, into extinction.”
“We also know that the various faith-based institutions provide about 50 per cent of the health and education services in the poor communities; we also know that they have a large constituency including women and youth; they have outreach and networks and they are credible to their people. If we want to achieve the Millennium Development Foals by scaling up the responses of all the communities, do we ignore this large investment in people? Or do we engage in dialogue and in action?”
“The next time you make a snap judgment about a situation, take a few moments to understand an opposing viewpoint.”
“I wake up every single night wondering what I could have done differently. This is a pain that will stay with me the rest of my life.”
“You get in a smart crack, and everyone laughs and kikis because you've found a flaw and exaggerated it, then you've got a good read going.”

You may also like: