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Them Quotes by Oswald Chambers
- The Christian life is stamped by 'moral spontaneous originality,' consequently the disciple is open to the same charge that Jesus Christ was, viz., that of…
- If God sees that my spiritual life will be furthered by giving the things for which I ask, then He will give them, but that…
- One of the most subtle burdens God ever puts on us as saints is this burden of discernment concerning other souls. He reveals things in…
- We will suffer a sharp painful disullisionment before we fully surrender. When people really see themselves as the Lord sees them, it is not the…
- All of God’s people are ordinary people who have been made extraordinary by the purpose He has given them.
- It is misleading to imagine that we are developed in spite of our circumstances, for we are developed because of them. It is mastery in…
- But God is the God of our yesterdays, and He allows the memory of them to turn the past into a ministry of spiritual growth…
- God has one destined end for mankind - holiness! His one aim is the production of saints. God is not an eternal blessing-machine for men.…
- A practical help in keeping your personal purity unblemished in your relations with other people is to begin to see them as God does. Say…
- We are not responsible for the circumstances we are in, but we are responsible for the way we allow those circumstances to affect us; we…
- The people who influence us are those who have stood unconsciously for the right thing. They are like the stars and the lilies, and the…
- To terrorize a man into believing in God is never the work of God, but the work of human expediency. If we want to convince…
- No matter what changes God has performed in you, never rely on them. Build only on a Person, the Lord Jesus Christ, and on the…
- We must keep ourselves in touch, not with theories, but with people, and never get out of touch with human beings, if we are going…
- There are many things that are perfectly legitimate, but if you are going to concentrate on God you cannot do them.
- Depression tends to turn us away from the everyday things of God’s creation. But whenever God steps in, His inspiration is to do the most…
- The spirit of God has the habit of taking the words of Jesus out of their scriptural setting and putting them into the setting of…
- We are not built for the mountains and the dawns and aesthetic affinities, those are for moments of inspiration, that is all. We are built…
- God brings you to places, among people, and into certain conditions to accomplish a definite purpose through the intercession of the Spirit in you. Your…
- Intercession means that we deliberately substitute God’s interests in others for our natural sympathy with them.
- God nowhere tells us to give up things for the sake of giving them up. He tells us to give them up for the sake…
- We should always choose our books as God chooses our friends, just a bit beyond us, so that we have to do our level best…
More Them Quotes
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster