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Power Quotes by Timothy Keller
- Jesus does not divide the world into the moral "good guys" and the immoral "bad guys". He shows us that everyone is dedicated to a…
- Christianity teaches that, contra fatalism, suffering is overwhelming; contra Buddhism, suffering is real; contra karma, suffering is often unfair; but contra secularism, suffering is meaningful.…
- To stand in the presence of God, that is what the Gospel is. The Gospel is not primarily about forgiveness. It’s not primarily about good…
- Repentance out of mere fear is really sorrow for the consequences of sin, sorrow over the danger of sin — it bends the will away…
- Prayer-though it is often draining, even an agony-is in the long term the greatest source of power that is possible.
- The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
- We modern people think of miracles as the suspension of the natural order, but Jesus meant them to be the restoration of the natural order.…
- In Ephesians 5, Paul shows us that even on earth Jesus did not use his power to oppress us but sacrificed everything to bring us…
- All forms of love are necessary, and none are to be ignored, but all of us find some forms of love to be more emotionally…
- Marriage has the power to set the course of your life as a whole. If your marriage is strong, even if all the circumstances in…
- Every one of our sinful actions has a suicidal power on the faculties that put that action forth. When you sin with the mind, that…
- If you have money, power, and status today, it is due to the century and place in which you were born, to your talents and…
- Those who believe they have pleased God by the quality of their devotion and moral goodness naturally feel that they and their group deserve deference…
More Power Quotes
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can… — Hannah Arendt
- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going on in… — Alexis Arguello
- Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and… — Aristotle
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. — Aristotle