I'm not sure I'll ever fully understand why some Christians get mad when we say that the ultimate hero in the Bible… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
“Your frequency is what you frequently see. Pay attention to synchronicity as there are valuable lessons to be learned in the repetition… — Jennifer Sodini Copy Share Image
It was in the early 1960s that my late revered teacher, Professor Abraham Joshua Heschel, became the first major Jewish theologian in… — David Novak Copy Share Image
“Abraham came not to sacrifice, but to know once and for all whether this God was a god to be trusted and… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were gay, just for starters. They didn't have a name for it, but their primary affections and… — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
Managers thinking about accounting issues should never forget one of Abraham Lincoln's favorite riddles: How many legs does a dog have, if… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Abraham Lincoln was interested in, in saving the Union. Well, most negroes have been tricked into thinking that Lincoln was a negro… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I don't [even] know the number of books on Abraham Lincoln. Ten thousand, twelve thousand? I have seen various numbers. It seems… — Eric Foner Copy Share Image
“The marriage of Esau to the daughter of Ishmael reminds us that the promised offspring of Abraham was determined, not by the… — John H. Sailhamer Copy Share Image
More often than not, we want him to have fairy wings and spread fairy dust and shine like a precious little star,… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
“Abraham had eight sons--not one. All eight sons bring something to the table. Abraham loved all of his sons. He was a… — Michael Ben Zehabe Copy Share Image
Abraham is such a fascinating figure. Three world religions - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - all claim him as a patriarch. He… — Anne Graham Lotz Copy Share Image
“suddenly understood perfectly why Abraham had agreed to sacrifice Isaac, his son, when the Lord commanded him to do so. It was… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
“Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Here, the focus is not on the irrevocable covenantal promises so prominent in Genesis but rather on the… — Jon D. Levenson Copy Share Image
Give us a man of God's own mould Born to marshall his fellow-men; One whose fame is not bought and sold At… — Edmund Clarence Stedman Copy Share Image
Lyndon Johnson (with Abraham Lincoln close behind). Johnson was able to get things done, to read other people, and to adjust his… — Jeffrey Pfeffer Copy Share Image
Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan. They'd all fit more under the Libertarian label than the modern day Republican label. — Drew Carey Copy Share Image
In 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, a bill opening one half million square miles of territory in the western United… — Peter Agre Copy Share Image
A large stone presented by the archangel Gabriel to the patriarch Abraham, and preserved at Mecca. The patriarch had perhaps asked the… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
As we go from Abraham Lincoln to Theodore Roosevelt to Mitt Romney, I now understand why the Republicans don't believe in evolution. — Andy Borowitz Copy Share Image
Fire. God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, not of the philosophers and the scholars. I will not forget thy… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
“Most men have no purpose but to exist, Abraham; to pass quietly through history as minor characters upon a stage they cannot… — Seth Grahame-Smith Copy Share Image
Most historians agree that Abraham Lincoln was the most important man to ever occupy the White House because he abolished slavery and… — Kitty Kelley Copy Share Image
We have the promise of God's being our God, and of the blessing by Christ for ourselves, as we are Abraham's seed,… — Thomas Goodwin Copy Share Image
When I finally caught up with Abraham Trahearne, he was drinking beer with an alcoholic bulldog named Fireball Roberts in a ramshackle… — James Crumley Copy Share Image
Abraham is the shared ancestor of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He stands at the heart of these three faiths. And yet you… — Bruce Feiler Copy Share Image
For me [Patriarchs] exist. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob exist today. They are people that you see with white beards. I have no… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
The head of every family will be what Abraham was, the patriarch, the priest and the unlettered lord of his family, and… — Adam Weishaupt Copy Share Image
Abraham responds "Here I am" when God asks him to sacrifice his son, and he answers "Here I am" when his son… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“Abraham entered into what God was doing for him, and that was the turning point. He trusted God to set him right… — Eugene Peterson Copy Share Image
Abraham Lincoln was on the side of the social scientists when he said, "God must have loved the people of lower and… — Edwin Newman Copy Share Image
“Sarah made Abraham send Hagar and Ishmael away and thus created the problems in the Middle East. Yes, Lord, she would have… — Genevieve D. Woods Copy Share Image
The fact that Abraham Lincoln ever, ever became President is either a freak accident of history... or destiny; God's providence to America. — Bill Oberst Jr Copy Share Image
Every politician - FDR, Lyndon Johnson, Abraham Lincoln, Barack Obama - they're all conservative by nature. They are part of the big… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
We know in history that great individuals have totally changed everything, whether it be Jesus Christ or Abraham Lincoln or Winston Churchill… — Barbara Marx Hubbard Copy Share Image
Had there not been a Mary Todd, there would not have been an Abraham Lincoln. She found him when he was a… — Sally Field Copy Share Image
“for we see Abraham the readier to acknowledge himself but dust and ashes the nearer he approaches to behold the glory of… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
The father-son relationship is the strongest there is. It's been the basis of drama all the way back to the Bible. Notice,… — Lorne Greene Copy Share Image
“The menopause of Sarah became her menostart; this is feminine beauty! The death plot against Mordecai became his life spring; this is… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
How many kids are in the Graveyard?" "A bunch." "Who sends your supplies?" "George Washington. Or is it Abraham Lincoln? I forget."… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image