Chief Quotes

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Prayer is the chief exercise of faith. — John Calvin
Remember the picture of the president in the classroom, being told of the attack by chief of staff Andy Card? The American people thought they… — Howard Fineman
It is not necessary for a preacher to express all his thoughts in one sermon. A preacher should have three principles: first, to make a… — Martin Luther
There is a wealth of unexpressed love in the world. It is one of the chief causes of sorrow evoked by death: what might have… — Arthur Hopkins
The major adventure is to claim your authentic, true being, which is not culturally given to you. The culture will not explain to you how… — Terence McKenna
Pride only, the chief of all iniquities, can make us treat gifts as if they were rightful attributes of our nature, and, while receiving benefits,… — Bernard of Clairvaux
Let us never forget that our chief danger is from within. The world and the devil combined, cannot do us as much harm as our… — J C Ryle
The chief end for which Christ lived and died: To provide eternal redemption for sinners. — J C Ryle
What is the cause of most backslidings? I believe, as a general rule, one of the chief causes is neglect of private prayer. — J C Ryle
Soul-winning is the chief business of the Christian minister; it should be the main pursuit of every true believer. — Charles Spurgeon
Let it be a settled principle in our minds that the first and chief business of the Church of Christ is to preach the Gospel. — J C Ryle
The chief requirement of the good life, is to live without any image of oneself. — Iris Murdoch
The chief reason people do not know God is not because He hides from them but because they hide from Him. — John Stott
Words are good, but there is something better. The best is not to be explained by words. The spirit in which we act is the… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Let no man's place, or dignity, or riches, puff him up; and let no man's low condition or poverty abase him. For the chief points… — Ignatius of Antioch
... we commemorate each of the saints with hymns and appropriate songs of praise, how much more should we celebrate the memory of Peter and… — Gregory Palamas
There is one antidote for evil passions: the purification of our souls which takes place through the mystery of godliness. The chief act of faith… — Gregory of Nyssa
If... God highly exalted Christ because He humbled Himself, suffered dishonour, was tempted and endured a shameful cross and death for our sake, how will… — Gregory Palamas
A too constant preoccupation with money may seem to indicate the lack of a proper sense of moral values, but [let] those who have always… — Moss Hart
The chief difference [between totalitarian and free countries] is that only the totalitarians appear clearly to know how they want to achieve that result, while… — Friedrich August von Hayek

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