Our Own Efforts Quotes
18 quotes by 15 authors
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Though we are commanded to 'wash ourselves', to 'cleanse ourselves from sins', to 'purge ourselves from all our iniquities', yet to imagine that we can…
— John Owen
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There is no such thing as society, there is a living tapestry of men and women and the beauty of that tapestry, and the quality…
— Margaret Thatcher
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The Savior’s gift of grace to us is not necessarily limited in time to ‘after’ all we can do. We may receive his grace before,…
— Bruce C. Hafen
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The principle of self-reliance grows out of a fundamental doctrine of the Church, that of agency. Just as each individual is accountable for his choices…
— Marion G. Romney
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To say that we are able by our own efforts to think good thoughts or give God spiritual obedience before we are spiritually regenerate is…
— John Owen
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On what basis should our policy rest? It should rest on our own strength, and that means regeneration through one's own efforts. We are not…
— Mao Zedong
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We stand for self-reliance. We hope for foreign aid but cannot be dependent on it; we depend on our own efforts, on the creative power…
— Mao Zedong
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Blessings don’t come from outside, but from within. Whatever blessings we receive are the result of our own efforts and positive actions.
— Dalai Lama
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...when we abandon visible riches... it is strange goods and not our own that we are leaving. And this is so even if we boast…
— John Cassian
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Foresight is good when it is subject to the latter, but it becomes excessive when we are in a hurry to avoid something we fear.…
— Vincent de Paul
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Churches we build only by our own efforts and not in the strength of the Spirit will quickly collapse when we don't push and prod…
— Francis Chan
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Morality is a mountain which we cannot climb by our own efforts; and if we could we should only perish in the ice and unbreathable…
— C.S. Lewis
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Even if we never reach the stars by our own efforts, in the millions of years that lie ahead it is almost certain that the…
— Arthur C. Clarke
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Science can teach us, and I think our hearts can teach us, no longer to look around for imaginary supporters, no longer to invent allies…
— Bertrand Russell
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What we have not had to decipher, to elucidate by our own efforts, what was clear before we looked at it, is not ours. From…
— Marcel Proust
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The truth is, success often occurs for reasons we don't expect, under circumstances over which we have little control and sometimes unrelated to our own…
— Harvey Mackay
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We can't achieve righteousness just by our own efforts but only tru God's grace that is always sufficient.
— Innah Delos Angeles
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Science can teach us, and I think our own hearts can teach us, no longer to look around for imaginary supports, no longer to invent…
— Bertrand Russell
Who Wrote These Our Own Efforts Quotes
15 authors contributed a total of 18 Our Own Efforts Quotes as follows: