"Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat."
-Theodore Roosevelt
"May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God."
Ephesians 3:19
"I know men and I tell you, Jesus Christ is no mere man. Between him and every other person in the world there is no possible term of comparison. Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded his empire upon love; and at this hour, millions would die for him."
-Napoleon Bonaparte
"I have but one candle of life to burn, and I would rather burn it out in a land filled with darkness than a land flooded with light."
- John Keith Falconer
"Defend the Bible? I would as soon defend a lion! Unchain it and it will defend itself."
-Charles Spurgeon
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold."
-Helen Keller
"So I decided there is nothing better than to enjoy food and drink and to find satisfaction in work. Then I realized that these pleasures are from the hand of God. For who can eat or enjoy anything apart from Him?"
Ecclesiastes 2:24-25
"Some wish to live within the sound of church and chapel bell. I wish to run a rescue mission within a yard of hell."
-C.T. Studd
"I seek not a long life, but a full onelike yours, Lord Jesus."
-Jim Elliot
"We are not long here. Our time is but a breath. So we'd better breathe it."
-Brooke Fraser (C.S. Lewis Song)
"We can do no great things, only small things with great love."
-Mother Teresa
"It was Jesus who gave Himself on our behalf that He might redeem us (purchase our freedom) from all iniquity and purify for Himself a people [to be peculiarly His own, people who are] eager and enthusiastic about [living a life that is good and filledwith] beneficial deeds."
Titus 2:24
"I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details."
-Albert Einstein
"Once a devout Muslim, radical Muslims tried many tactics to convert Solihin back to Islam, even offering him a good job and $2,700. Solihin told them, "I don't need money or a good job. I only need Lord Jesus."
Voice of the Martyrs
"God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing."
-C.S. Lewis
"Our stomachs are so full of the small, there is no room for the great."
-John Piper
"Taste and see that the Lord is good.
Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in Him."
Psalm 34:8
"Christ is the son of God. He died to atone for men's sin and after three days rose again. This is the most important fact in the universe. I die because of my belief in Christ. "
-Watchman Nee
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