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Saturday, March 19, 2016

Mark Twain, and other quotes

The posting of quotes by human authors does not constitute agreement with either the quotes or their sources.

"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it." -- Mark Twain

"Character flaws are not partisan." -- Dave Miller

"As political speech increases, spiritual authority necessarily diminishes." -- Russell St. John

"When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers." -- John Calvin

"If the Pope himself would lend me his pulpit, I would gladly preach the righteousness of Christ therein." -- George Whitefield

"If God is sovereign at all, He is sovereign in all and over all." -- Jim Durham

"While some in our day have opened the door to ecumenism and “non-doctrinal Christianity”, we have tightened the bolts to our door!" -- Covenant Baptist Church

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." -- Said or written by someone who was not Winston Churchill

"A pastor needs to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable." -- copied

"Wealth means nothing; enjoy what you have." -- copied (sometimes credited to Steve Jobs, but not by him)

2 comments:

Al DeFilippo said...

Whitfield is great. For an article on George Whitefield please visit the website at https://www.francisasburytriptych.com/george-whitefield/. Thank you for the quote.

R. L. Vaughn said...

Al, thanks for stopping by and commenting.