Found Wanting Quotes

21 quotes by 18 authors

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The great ideals of the past failed not by being outlived (which must mean over-lived), but by not being lived enough. Mankind has not passed… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Christianity is not being weighed in the balance and found wanting.Â It's being tried, found difficult and rejected! — Leonard Ravenhill
Any experience deeply felt makes some men better and some men worse. When it has ended, they share nothing but the recollection of a commitment… — Murray Kempton
Modern Christians, especially those in the Western world, have generally been found wanting in the area of holiness of body. Gluttony and laziness, for example,… — Jerry Bridges
Conventional dogmas, even if endowed with the authority of an Aristotle - ancient or modern - must be tested vigorously. If they are found wanting,… — Norman Lamm
The evidence for Christian truth is not exhaustive, but it is sufficient. Too often, Christianity has not been tried and found wanting - it has… — John Baillie
This was sheer idleness to my fellow-townsmen, no doubt; but if the birds and flowers had tried me by their standard, I should not have… — Henry David Thoreau
I am a socialist not because I think it is a perfect system, but half a loaf is better than no bread. The other system… — Swami Vivekananda
Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460 The evidence for Christian truth is not exhaustive, but it is sufficient. Too often,… — Os Guinness
At the root of the shy temperament is a deep fear of social judgment, one so severe it can sometimes be crippling. Introverted people don't… — Jeffrey Kluger
Steve Jobs was notoriously blunt about products he found wanting, but his attack on Flash - Adobe's popular technology for playing multimedia content inside a… — Evgeny Morozov
In all the institutions I try to be present and accountable for all I do and leave undone. I know that eventually I shall have… — Maya Angelou
Mene mene tekel upsharin,' Jace said with a faint smile. 'You don't recognize it? It's from the Bible, vampire. The old one. That's your book,… — Cassandra Clare
Strange as my circumstances were, the terms of this debate are as old and commonplace as man; much the same inducements and alarms cast the… — Robert Louis Stevenson
It was the kiss by which all the others of his life would be judged and found wanting. — Stephen King
There is no such thing as privacy between a deity and his worshipper. There are no secrets, no glossed-over failures. Only promises kept and abandoned,… — Ilona Andrews
My days were not days of the week, bearing the stamp of any heathen deity, nor were they minced into hours and fretted by the… — Henry David Thoreau
The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Magic provides a way of still having room for possibilities, an unlimited sense of what the world offers. Magic is always there when science is… — Deborah Harkness

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