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Than Quotes by John Ortberg
- Art is built on the deepest themes of human meaning: good and evil, beauty and ugliness, life and death, love and hate. No other story…
- The church is in the hope business. We, of all people, ought to be known most for our hope because our hope is founded on…
- Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
- Tithing is considerably less popular than words like generosity or sharing.
- Learning something new is a fabulous way to be refreshed. When work can grind you down, something about learning a new activity thrills the soul.…
- Far more books get written about how to get more people in your church than how to get the people already in your church to…
- Ghettos and barrios and abusive homes and trauma wards may produce scarred souls; they can cripple more human spirits than they strengthen.
- Better to be a loving person without knowing how you got there, than an expert no one can stand to be around.
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- I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling… — Hank Aaron
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — 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
- As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was. — J. J. Abrams
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals,… — Aristotle
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino