Professes Quotes
34 quotes by 32 authors
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Every Democrat on Capitol Hill professes to be a fiscal hawk.
— Bob Beauprez
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He is a hypocrite who professes what he does not believe; not he who does not practice all he wishes or approves.
— William Hazlitt
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How is it that society professes to embrace the value of honesty when so few are found of it?
— Wes Fesler
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This practice of adoration is based on strong and solid reasons. For the Eucharist is at once a sacrifice and a sacrament; but it differs…
— Pope Pius XII
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The Most Holy Roman Church firmly believes, professes and preaches that none of those existing outside the Catholic Church, not only pagans, also Jews, heretics,…
— Pope Eugene IV
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Plain horse sense ought to tell us that anything that makes no change in the man who professes it makes no difference to God, either.
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
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As to the Christian system of faith, it appears to me as a species of Atheism — a sort of religious denial of God. It…
— Thomas Paine
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The harm that theology has done is not to create cruel impulses, but to give them the sanction of what professes to be lofty ethic,…
— Bertrand Russell
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Literature professes to be important while at the same time considering itself an object of doubt. It confirms itself as it disparages itself. It seeks…
— Maurice Blanchot
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If a person professes faith in Christ and yet falls away or makes no progress in godliness, it does not mean that he has lost…
— Paul Washer
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Plain horse sense ought to tell us that anything that makes no change in the man who professes it makes no difference to God either,…
— Kevin DeYoung
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Surely nowhere in the world do oppression and persecution based solely on the color of the skin appear more hateful and hideous than in the…
— Mary Church Terrell
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A man who thinks he has a higher purpose can do terrible things, even to those he professes to love.
— Denise Mina
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A professor is not one who knows, but one who professes to know, and [thus] is constantly in the position of inviting challenge. . .…
— Hugh Nibley
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A religion true to its nature must also be concerned about man's social conditions....A ny religion that professes to be concerned with the souls of…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Always consider the qualifications of anyone who assumes or professes authority, what do they really know? Authorities on spirituality can rarely give a half coherent…
— Peter J. Carroll
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After observing mutations in fruit flies for many years, Professes Goldschmidt fell into despair. The changes, he lamented, were so hopelessly micro [insignificant] that if…
— Norman Macbeth
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My heart can be pasture for deer and a convent for monks, a temple for idols and a Kaaba for the pilgrims. It is both…
— Ibn Arabi
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Appalling numbers of youth have been led into a cynical ultra-sophisticated attitude which regards drinking as a badge of social aptitude, which makes a fetish…
— Francis Parker Yockey
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Whoever does not pray to God, prays to the devil. When one does not profess Jesus Christ, one professes the worldliness of the devil.
— Pope Francis
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