Altar Quotes

235 quotes by 184 authors

Poverty is not a mortgage on the labor of others-misfortu ne is not a mortgage on achievement-fai lure is not a mortgage on success-sufferi ng… — Ayn Rand
The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them. ... Love… — Thomas Jefferson
When you put your preferences on the altar of your life and say: THIS. THIS is what compels me. The real you emerges. — Danielle LaPorte
Peace is the altar of God, the condition in which happiness exists. — Paramahansa Yogananda
Presence is far more intricate and rewarding an art than productivity. Ours is a culture that measures our worth as human beings by our efficiency,… — Maria Popova
When you are before the altar where Christ reposes, you ought no longer to think that you are amongst men; but believe that there are… — Saint John Chrysostom
The Eucharist is a fire that inflames us, that, like lions breathing fire, we may retire from the altar being made terrible to the devil. — Saint John Chrysostom
In the far upper corner of my altar is a photo of Joan Crawford in her most fierce Mommy Dearest mode, just to remind me… — Alice Walker
Worthless is the charity of the man who bestows it unwillingly, because material charity is not his, but God's gift, while only the disposition of… — John of Kronstadt
Being come together in the same place, let there be one prayer, one supplication, one mind, one hope, in love and in joy undefiled. There… — Ignatius of Antioch
Sometimes you must sacrifice yourself on the altar of effort to be reminded of what and who you could become if you applied yourself. — Mark Twight
My attitude of love must not be sacrificed on the altar of activity. — Lysa TerKeurst
But only if I believe that my directing talents will improve the material I'd be working on. I want to make sure I don't sacrifice… — Andre Braugher
A seasoned woman is spicy. She has been marinated in life experiences. Like a complex wine, she can be alternately sweet, tart, sparkling, mellow. She… — Gail Sheehy
Love finds an altar for forbidden fires. — Alexander Pope
A dining room table with children's eager hungry faces around it, ceases to be a mere dining room table, and becomes an altar. — Simeon Strunsky
A revival almost always begins among the laity. The ecclesiastical leaders seldom welcome reformation. History repeats itself. The present leaders are too comfortably situated as… — Frank Bartleman
The womb is like an altar, it's the place where God continually comes into the world and does what only God can do...create. — Peter Kreeft
When science advances religion goes along with it; science builds the altar at which religion prays. — Joseph Parker
I do not know what has caused MacKinnon to become, and, more surprisingly, to remain, so obsessed with pornography, and so zealous for censorship. But… — Richard Posner

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