Chaplains Quote by Diane Johnson Download Open image “A chaplain's biggest gift is to be present and just listen.” — Diane Johnson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Chaplains Just listen
I realized during my time as a chaplain that I didn't want to be a minister. — John Green Copy Share Image
A chaplain is the minister of the Prince of Peace serving the host of the God of War--Mars. As such, he is as incongruous… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
I don't think ministering requires a religious context. The number one thing is that every parent is extremely worried about their kid. Of course,… — John Green Copy Share Image
Whole-hearted listening is the greatest spiritual gift you can give to the other person. — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
The best gift you can give a human being is an introduction to a God who loves them. — Bill Hybels Copy Share Image
The greatest gift I can give is to see, hear, understand, and touch another person. — Virginia Satir Copy Share Image
You have something to give and are willing to give it. You do this without fanfare or publicity, drawing attention to the God we… — Linda K. Burton Copy Share Image
The House of Commons starts its proceedings with a prayer. The chaplain looks at the assembled members with their varied intelligence and then prays… — Alfred Denning, Baron Denning Copy Share Image
Statuettes of drunken sailors, velvet pictures of island maidens, plastic seashell lamps made in Taiwan. What contempt the people who think up souvenirs have… — Diane Johnson Copy Share Image
A novel's whole pattern is rarely apparent at the outset of writing, or even at the end; that is when the writer finds out… — Diane Johnson Copy Share Image
In what we think of as bad dialogue, the characters talk directly to each other. — Diane Johnson Copy Share Image
Not having to own a car has made me realize what a waste of time the automobile is. — Diane Johnson Copy Share Image
The Novelist, afraid his ideas may be foolish, slyly puts them in the mouth of some other fool and reserves the right to disavow… — Diane Johnson Copy Share Image
...is this not in fact the purpose of young Americans going abroad? To make them think of things they never thought of? — Diane Johnson Copy Share Image
“Men are generally more law-abiding than women. Women have the feeling that since they didn't make the rules, the rules have nothing to do… — Diane Johnson Copy Share Image
“Well, their piety is more evolved,” said Mrs. Pace. “In America we have only two forms, as Matthew Arnold said: the bitter and the… — Diane Johnson Copy Share Image
Any essayist setting out on a frail apparatus of notings and jottings is a brave person. — Diane Johnson Copy Share Image
“Yet—some Frenchman had written—“absence diminishes commonplace passions and enhances great ones.” — Diane Johnson Copy Share Image
The whole process of writing a novel is having this great, beautiful idea and then spoiling it. — Diane Johnson Copy Share Image
The U.S. Army has recently removed the cross from the insignia worn by chaplains. In its place is a sun with its rays, symbolizing… — Chris Murray Copy Share Image
Let vice and immorality of every kind be discouraged as much as possible in your brigade; and, as a chaplain is allowed to each… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The men who wrote the First Amendment religion clause did not view paid legislative chaplains and opening prayers as a violation of that amendment...… — Warren E. Burger Copy Share Image
When I was 14 a chaplain at school gave me a reading list. I read everything and I went back to him with a… — A.C. Grayling Copy Share Image
In the beginning the church was a fellowship of men and women centering on the living Christ. Then the church moved to Greece where… — Richard Halverson Copy Share Image
Jesus was not killed by atheism and anarchy. He was brought down by law and order allied with religion, which is always a deadly… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
For most people, religion is nothing more than a substitute for a malfunctioning brain. If people need religion, ignore them and maybe they will… — Gene Roddenberry Copy Share Image
Intercession is the truly universal work for the Christian. No place is closed to intercessory prayer: no continent, no nation, no city, no organization,… — Richard Halverson Copy Share Image
The Concord Coalition in Virginia complained about pork projects and wasteful spending in the federal budget. Consider the Senate chaplain's salary. As occupations go,… — Argus Hamilton Copy Share Image
Is the appointment of Chaplains to the two Houses of Congress consistent with the Constitution, and with the pure principle of religious freedom? In… — James Madison Copy Share Image
