Abraham Quotes
217 quotes by 174 authors
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Some communities don't permit open, honest inquiry about the things that matter most. Lots of people have voiced a concern, expressed a doubt, or raised…
— Rob Bell
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Most men have no purpose but to exist, Abraham; to pass quietly through history as minor characters upon a stage they cannot even see
— Seth Grahame-Smith
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Abraham Lincoln was asked by an aide about the church service he had attended. Lincoln responded that the minister was inspired, interesting, well-prepared, eloquent and…
— Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham," he said. "I'm pleased to see you alive, old friend." "And I to see you dead.
— Seth Grahame-Smith
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More often than not, we want him to have fairy wings and spread fairy dust and shine like a precious little star, dispensing nothing but…
— Matt Chandler
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How many kids are in the Graveyard?" "A bunch." "Who sends your supplies?" "George Washington. Or is it Abraham Lincoln? I forget." "How often do…
— Neal Shusterman
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Why does anyone do anything? Belief. A belief that they are right and just in their actions. Abraham was willing to sacrifice his son, Isaac,…
— Libba Bray
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I was ten,†I said. “Give me a little credit.†“To a boy with aspirations like that, I would extend my respect—but not credit. Or…
— Brandon Sanderson
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Our self (Soul) is maya (an illusion) where it is merely individual and finite, where it considers its separateness as absolute; it is satyam (truth)…
— Rabindranath Tagore
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Abraham is the shared ancestor of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He stands at the heart of these three faiths. And yet you know almost nothing…
— Bruce Feiler
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Abraham is such a fascinating figure. Three world religions - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - all claim him as a patriarch. He was raised in…
— Anne Graham Lotz
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Abraham, a simple farmer, at a word from the Invisible God, marched, with family and stock, through the terrible desert to a distant land to…
— Charles Studd
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Very exceeding wonderful is the history concerning Abraham, for the kingdom of Christ is therein wholly represented.
— Jakob Bohme
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In high school, I weighed 175 to 180. I looked like Abraham Lincoln. I was 6-foot-3, biggest thing in the class, but tall, not fat.
— Willard Scott
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I think John Coltrane is one of the great American heroes, like Abraham Lincoln and Emily Dickinson.
— Simon Van Booy
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Abraham Lincoln went through 12 generals before he got Ulysses S. Grant. He had never done a Civil War before.
— Marianne Williamson
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No country has ever fallen while it was truly honoring the god of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
— Louie Gohmert
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It was in the early 1960s that my late revered teacher, Professor Abraham Joshua Heschel, became the first major Jewish theologian in America to enter…
— David Novak
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George Washington sets the nation on its democratic path. Abraham Lincoln preserves it. Franklin Roosevelt sees the nation through depression and war.
— Robert Dallek
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Certainly in the Capitol you do get moments were you sort of take a deep breath and think of all the historic figures who have…
— Kevin Yoder
Who Wrote These Abraham Quotes
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