“If the prodigal son had never left home, the fattened calf would still be alive.” — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
The severe household has no fierce slaves, while it is the affectionate mother who has the prodigal son. — Han Fei Copy Share Image
“If the prodigal son had never left home, the fatted calf would still be alive.” — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
The Orpheus myth is my favorite myth, and the prodigal son is my favorite parable. — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
“Some of the most beautiful things worth having in your life come wrapped in a crown of thorns.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“If from the prodigal son, we learned how to repent, from the father, we learn how to forgive. Long before the offender… — Dami Olu Copy Share Image
“The fatted calf, the best Scotch, the hoedown could all have been his too, any time he asked for them except that… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
I never understood redemption when I was young. Even before I was an atheist, I always thought with the prodigal son, "well,… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
'Prodigal Son' actually came along a lot quicker than I was expecting my next job to come. I was prepared to take… — Tom Payne Copy Share Image
I don't see coming to Kerala as a commercial exercise; it's a human venture. Every film I make, I come here. I… — Vikram Copy Share Image
We all know the story of the prodigal son. Confident he knows what is best for him, he recklessly squanders his inheritance.… — Kayleigh McEnany Copy Share Image
Never cease loving a person, and never give up hope for him, for even the prodigal son who had fallen most low,… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
“The return to the “Father from whom all fatherhood takes its name” allows me to let my dad be no less than… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
In Prodigal Son, Christine Sutton has penned a tight, brutally honest portrait of a psychopath reminiscent of Theodore Sturgeon's 'Some of Your… — Joe Copy Share Image
“I thought of the parable of the prodigal son. We had made merry for the beloved child's return too - but what… — Caroline B. Cooney Copy Share Image
“By placing all our focus on receiving God's blessings and gifts, we behave just like the arrogant young man in the story… — Skye Jethani Copy Share Image
“Have you heard of the most evil things done by people in their lifetime? They have coveted men's wives, killed hundreds of… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Mwanampotevu dunia ilimfundisha ndiyo maana akarudi kwa baba yake akiwa amenyooka, hakuwa na maadili mema. Yusufu dunia ilimfundisha ndiyo maana akawa waziri… — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
We want to be saved from our misery, but not from our sin. We want to sin without misery, just as the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The parable of the prodigal son, the most beautiful fiction that ever was invented; our Saviour's speech to His disciples, with which… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
“He came to put a harlot above a Pharisee, a penitent robber above a High Priest, and a prodigal son above his… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
“There is a dreadful emptiness in the spiritual fatherhood. No power, no success, no popularity, no easy satisfaction. But that same dreadful… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“In his indispensable book The Return of the Prodigal Son, Henri Nouwen boldly invites us to imagine ourselves not just in the… — Andy Crouch Copy Share Image
“ The Prodigal Son They gave the deep end of their heart--a hue of crimson red, They whispered their desire and offered… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“You must picture me alone in that room in Magdalen, night after night, feeling, whenever my mind lifted even for a second… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Moving from teaching university students to living with mentally handicapped people was, for me at least, a step toward the platform where… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“The heroic quest typically highlights a seemingly average person (think Thomas Anderson before he becomes Neo) who embarks on a perilous undertaking,… — Sol Luckman Copy Share Image
“The Poles rode out from Warsaw against the German Tanks on horses. Rode knowing, in sunlight, with sabers, A magnitude of beauty… — Jack Gilbert Copy Share Image
My writing has developed drastically . The Return of the Prodigal Son is the most important thing I've done, and my most… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
In Italy, they have at least embraced me as Italian. I'm the prodigal son who came home. I wouldn't be surprised if… — Jack Savoretti Copy Share Image
It is for us to begin. If we take one step towards the Lord, he takes ten towards us -- he who… — Tito Colliander Copy Share Image
“If I ever find myself living a life that has already been lived, I am a prodigal son wasting away my inheritance.… — Scott Hippe Copy Share Image
![“By placing all our focus on receiving God's blessings and gifts, we behave just like the arrogant young man in the story [Parable of the Prodigal Son] - we value what God can do for us but not God himself. We seek a relationship with God as a utilitarian means to an end. And although we may praise…” quote by Skye Jethani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/daa/skye-jethani-56260_blessings_by-placing-all-our-focus-on-receiving-go_822085.jpg)
