Approval Quote by Timothy Keller Download Open image “Power, approval, comfort, and control are meta-idols that hold sway over our daily lives.” — Timothy Keller ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Approval Comfort Daily life Idols Power
“Idols of power, then, are not only for the powerful. You can pursue power in small, petty ways, by becoming a local neighborhood bully… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's lives. — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
We don't have a lot of power in the world, right? We can only control so many things. It allows you to curate your… — Regina Spektor Copy Share Image
“Control is the basis of all true power. Authority and strength are matters of perception” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Power, greed, and perhaps more than anything, ego, are powerful emotions and motivators. — Trish Regan Copy Share Image
The people who influence us are those who have stood unconsciously for the right thing. They are like the stars and the lilies, and… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The power of authority is never more subtle and effective than when it produces a psychological atmosphere or climate favorable to the life of… — Arthur Balfour Copy Share Image
Behaviour that's admired is the path to power among people everywhere. — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
We all have the power to choose how we are going to handle every situation we are faced with throughout our lives. We are… — Jennifer Hudson Copy Share Image
I think there's a point at which money, influence, and power become so blinding that people believe they control the world. — Iris Sawyer Copy Share Image
If you are trying to live a life in accordance with the Bible, the concept and call to justice are inescapable. We do justice… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The more you rejoice in your own forgiveness, the quicker you will be to forgive others. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Evangelism will come organically in friendship if we don’t let our pride, fears, and pessimism cause us to hide our faith and heart.” — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“The coming of the messianic King occurs in two stages. At his first coming, he saved us from the penalty of sin and gave… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“24 A few pages later, Delbanco writes the following: [Alexis de] Tocqueville’s detection of a “strange melancholy in the midst of abundance” has a… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“To stay away from Christianity because part of the Bible's teaching is offensive to you assumes that if there is a God he wouldn't… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If the preaching of our ministers and the practice of our parishioners do not have the same effect on people that Jesus had, then… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“of temple, presence, and sacrifice; of covenant and faithfulness; of kingdom and victory. When we seek to communicate the gospel to a particular culture,… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Finally, you are ready to launch your church. Begin by developing action steps and goals that can be used as benchmarks to track your… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
If you are a child of God, you don’t lose your status if you have a bad week. — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
God's salvation does not come in response to a changed life. A changed life comes in response to the salvation, offered as a free… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“When anything in life is an absolute requirement for your happiness and self-worth, it is essentially an ‘idol,’ something you are actually worshiping. When… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Anyone who's read my 'Terror in the Skies' series knows that I have not been writing with an eye toward approval from any government… — Annie Jacobsen Copy Share Image
we need not avoid our active lives, but simply bring to them a new vision and shift of gravity. for in the center we… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
Lean too much on the approval of people, and it becomes a bed of thorns — Tehyi Hsieh Copy Share Image
But I always reassure them that as far as my contractual rights can go, I will protect them and make sure that they have… — Jay Roach Copy Share Image
Growing up in that fashion is a breeding ground for insecurity and doubt; it also leaves you questioning motives. It took me a long… — Damon Runyon Copy Share Image
A year ago, my approval rating was in the 30s, my nominee for the supreme court had just withdrawn, and my vice president had… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Approval is a greater motivator than disapproval, but we have to disapprove on occasion when we correct. It’s necessary. I make corrections only after… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
These days people are mean to people just because they don't like the way they look. No-one should be hated because of their flaws. — Sonya Parker Copy Share Image
I got this emptiness inside that got me fighting for approval because I missed out on my daddy saying, Way to Go. — Lecrae Copy Share Image
My dad taught me swears when I was a toddler, and I saw, at a really early age, that if I shocked people, I… — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
If torture is going to be administered as a last resort in the ticking-bomb case, to save enormous numbers of lives, it ought to… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image