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Bears Quotes by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Must the Christian go around looking for a cross to bear, seeking to suffer? No, insisted Bonhoeffer. Opportunities for bearing crosses will occur along life's…
- ...Gratitude transforms the torment of memory of good things now gone into silent joy. One bears what was lovely in the past not as a…
- As Christ bore and received us as sinners so we in his fellowship may bear and receive sinners into the fellowship of Christ through the…
- Disciples will not be weakened by suffering, worn down, and embittered until they are broken. Instead, they bear suffering, by the power of him who…
- Jesus says that every Christian has his own cross waiting for him, a cross destined and appointed by God. Each must endure his allotted share…
- It is the fellowship of the Cross to experience the burden of the other. If one does not experience it, the fellowship he belongs to…
- Fruit is always the miraculous, the created; it is never the result of willing, but always a growth. The fruit of the Spirit is a…
More Bears Quotes
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
- Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions… — Saint Augustine
- Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear. — Marcus Aurelius
- We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears… — Marcus Aurelius
- Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but… — Marcus Aurelius
- What friends or kindred can be so close and intimate as the powers of our soul, which, whether we will or no,… — Teresa of Avila
- The devil put before me that I could not endure the trials of the religious life, because of my delicate nurture. I… — Teresa of Avila
- Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and… — Lord Acton
- There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development… — Lord Acton
- I watched 'The Muppet Movie' obsessively. I can still pretty much say a lot of the lines and do a pretty mean… — Amy Adams