"See a flame in a spark, a tree……" — Richard Sibbes
"See a flame in a spark, a tree in a seed. See great things in little beginnings."
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61 Quotes by Richard Sibbes
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When a man is to travel into a far country...one staff in his hand may comfortably support him, but a…
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It is atheism to pray and not wait on hope.
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God can pick sense out of a confused prayer.
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When we shoot an arrow, we look to the fall of it; when we send a ship to sea, we…
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Christ chiefly manifests Himself in times of affliction, because then the soul unites itself most closely by faith to Christ.…
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Poverty and affliction take away the fuel that feeds pride.
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The winter prepares the earth for the spring, so do afflictions sanctified prepare the soul for glory.
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When we grow careless of keeping our souls, then God recovers our taste of good things again by sharp crosses.
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God takes a safe course with His children, that they may not be condemned with the world, He permits the…
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The whole life of a Christian should be nothing but praises and thanks to God; we should neither eat nor…
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The tenets of [the Christian life] seem paradoxes to carnal men; as first, that a Christian is the only freeman,…
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We are only safe when we wisely make use of all good advantages that we have access to. By going…
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More Beginnings Quotes
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When sudden death takes a president, opportunities for new beginnings flourish among the ambitious and the tensions among such people…
— Russell Baker
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Genuine beginnings begin within us, even when they are brought to our attention by external opportunities.
— William Throsby Bridges
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Human beings love stories because they safely show us beginnings, middles and ends.
— A. S. Byatt
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I will never forget my humble beginnings as a Laker Girl. It was probably one of the most fun jobs…
— Paula Abdul
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Good seasons start with good beginnings.
— Sparky Anderson
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Mockery of religion is one of the most essential things because to demystify supposedly 'holy text dictated by god' and…
— Christopher Hitchens
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From such beginnings of governments, what could be expected, but a continual system of war and extortion?
— Thomas Paine
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Someone had to embrace positive beginnings before anyone could celebrate successful conclusions or continuations.
— Aberjhani
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In our own beginnings, we are formed out of the body's interior landscape. For a short while, our mothers' bodies…
— Louise Erdrich
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For after all what is man in nature? A nothing in relation to infinity, all in relation to nothing, a…
— Blaise Pascal
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Running has taught me, perhaps more than anything else, that there's no reason to fear starting lines... or other new…
— Amby Burfoot
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New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.
— Laozi
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