"Although the whole man partakes of this grace, it is first and most appropriately in the soul and later progresses to the body, inasmuch as the body of the man is capable of the same obedience to the will of God as the soul."

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Source : William Ames (1968). “The marrow of theology”

William Ames

#Men Quotes #Soul Quotes #Grace Quotes

“You cheated!â€ He looked at her, wide-eyed with feigned outrage. â€œI beg your pardon. If you were a man, I would call you out for that accusation.â€ â€œAnd I assure you, my lord, that I would ride forth victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness.â€ â€œAre you quoting the Bible to me?â€ â€œIndeed,â€ she said primly, the portrait of piousness. â€œWhile gambling.â€ â€œWhat better location to attempt to reform one such as you?”
“I think I've become a much better singer and a much better player. Years and years of playing a couple of hours every day will do that.”
“I tell the stories in front of audiences and wait for something to happen. It's similar to a standup comic doing his schtick for an audience.”

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“Politics is history in the present tense.”

Source : "John Avlon and Margaret Hoover, Political pundits". Landon Lecture, www.k-state.edu. April 15, 2016.
“At that comfortable tavern on Pontchartrain we had a bouillabaisse than which a better was never eaten at Marseilles; and not the least headache in the morning, I give you my word; on the contrary, you only wake with a sweet refreshing thirst for claret and water.”
“After having produced aquatic animals of all ranks and having caused extensive variations in them by the different environments provided by the waters, nature led them little by little to the habit of living in the air, first by the water's edge and afterwards on all the dry parts of the globe. These animals have in course of time been profoundly altered by such novel conditions; which so greatly influenced their habits and organs that the regular gradation which they should have exhibited in complexity of organisation is often scarcely recognisable.”
“You never want to give a man a present when he's feeling good. You want to do it when he's down.”
“Iâ€™m freakishly tall, so finding pants that fit is something Iâ€™ve struggled with my whole life,”

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