Crosses Quotes - Page 19

• Your greatest regret at the end of your life will be the lions you didn't chase. You will look back longingly on risks not taken, opportunities not seized, and dreams not pursued. Stop running away from what scares you most and start chasing the God-ordained opportunities that cross your path.

  Mark Batterson

  Running, Dream, Regret

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• Don't you need a fountain of love that won't run dry? You'll find one on a stone-cropped hill outside Jerusalem's walls where Jesus hangs, cross-nailed and thorn-crowned. When you feel unloved, ascend this mount. Meditate long and hard on heaven's love for you.

  Max Lucado

  Running, Jesus, Wall

  Max Lucado (2013). “Grace for the Moment: Morning and Evening Devotional Journal”, p.699, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• If, through the years, the Cross in the life of the believer had been adhered to as strenuously as the Cross for salvation, the Church would not today be so plagued with modernistic infidelity.

  L. E. Maxwell

  Patience, Years, Infidelity

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• There's certain things that you cannot cross, no matter who you are, what you're doing or where you're coming from.

  Wladimir Klitschko

  Motivation, Matter, Fighter

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• Daisy smiled and said, "Jay Berry, you won't die. You may think you will, but you won't. In a day or two, you'll be as good as new, I hope." "You're just saying that because you heard Papa say it," I said. "No, I'm not!" Daisy said. "I'm saying it because I'm a nurse, and nurses are supposed to cheer up their patients." I knew all too well that once Daisy had gotten into one of her Red Cross nursing spells, it was ridiculous to even think of trying to argue her out of it. So I just groaned, closed my eyes, and sat there while

  Wilson Rawls

  Cheer, Eye, Nursing

  Wilson Rawls (2010). “Summer of the Monkeys”, p.143, Yearling

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• During a chess tournament a master must envisage himself as a cross between an ascetic monk and a beast of prey.

  Alexander Alekhine

  Chess, Beast, Strategy

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• My witness is, that those who are honoured of their Lord in public, have usually to endure a secret chastening, or to carry a peculiar cross, lest by any means they exalt themselves, and fall into the snare of the devil.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Fall, Mean, Secret

  Charles H. Spurgeon (2010). “Lectures to My Students”, p.198, Zondervan

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• The cross symbolizes a cosmic as well as historic truth. Love conquers the world, but its victory is not an easy one.

  Reinhold Niebuhr

  Conquer The World, Victory, Historic

  Reinhold Niebuhr (2015). “Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic: A Library of America eBook Classic”, p.91, Library of America

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• In order for us to truly create and contribute to the world, we have to be able to connect countless dots, to cross-pollinate ideas from a wealth of disciplines, to combine and recombine these pieces and build new castles.

  Maria Popova

  Order, Ideas, Discipline

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• The next time the devil tempts you to think that you are not worthy to approach God, here is what I advise: Agree. Say, “You are right. I am not worthy to approach God. I never was worthy to approach God. I never will be worthy to approach God. My access to God’s presence is not based on my worthiness, it is based on what Christ did for me on the cross.

  Greg Laurie

  Thinking, Devil, Next

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• Jesus has many who love the kingdom of God, but few who bear a cross. He has many who desire His comfort, but few who desire His suffering. All want to rejoice with him, but few are willing to suffer for Him. He writes; there are many who admire his miracles, but there are few who follow in the humiliation of the cross.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Jesus, Writing, Miracle

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• No one will calmly and quietly submit to bear the cross except those who have learned to seek their happiness beyond this world.

  John Calvin

  Joy, Suffering, World

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• In the space between our bodies there is a cup holder filled with pennies a distance which can often take years to cross.

  Mira Gonzalez

  Love, Distance, Years

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• It matters not whether you win the race or not but that you cross the finish line with a smile and a bit of a laugh. Stress does not come from having too much on your plate. Stress comes from labeling too many of those things as very important. Discussing religion, no matter how in depth the discussion, should never be confused with actually practicing that religion.

  Pat McBride

  Confused, Stress, Winning

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• The moon of Mahomet Arose, and it shall set; While, blazoned as on heaven's immortal noon, The cross leads generations on.

  Percy Bysshe Shelley

  Moon, Heaven, Generations

  Percy Bysshe Shelley (1840). “The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley”, p.169

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• Grace will ever speak for itself and be fruitful in well-doing; the sanctified, cross is a fruitful tree.

  Samuel Rutherford

  Tree, Grace, Speak

  Samuel Rutherford (1765). “Joshua redivivus, or Mr Rutherford's letters”, p.212

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• All of us must cross the line between ignorance and insight many times before we truly understand.

  David Hawkins

  Ignorance, Lines, Insight

  David Hawkins (2007). “The Informed Vision: Essays on Learning and Human Nature”, p.70, Algora Publishing

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• But please know, Jesus never lets you down. Please know that the love and tenderness of Mother Mary never lets you down. And holding on to her mantle and with the power that comes from Jesus love on the cross, let us move forward, always forward, and walk together as brothers and sisters in the Lord forward.

  Pope Francis

  Mother, Jesus, Brother

  "We are not alone: Pope comforts typhoon victims". Homily at Site of Typhoon Yolanda, news.abs-cbn.com. January 17, 2015.

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• Readers no longer need novelists to tell us what it's like to cross the world on a ship or fight a war. In the twenty-first century, we get that information in other ways. The thing that's still a mystery to us is the human heart. What we want is to understand people, what they're doing, and why they're doing it.

  Walter Mosley

  War, Heart, Fighting

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• Nails didn't hold God to a cross. Love did.

  Max Lucado

  Nails

  FaceBook post by Max Lucado from Sep 08, 2011

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• The cross, as poignant as it is, is understandable from a human perspective: an innocent man was murdered by crooked politicians and religious leaders. But the empty tomb-- what can you say? Only a supernatural God could accomplish that.

  Jim Cymbala

  Religious, Men, Innocent Man

  Jim Cymbala (2010). “Fresh Wind Fresh Fire: What Happens When God's Spirit Invades the Hearts of His People”, p.160, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The cross guarantees that even in your darkest moment God will never turn in disgust and walk away. There is no rebellion, no weakness, no foolishness, no evil of heart that the cross can't defeat and grace can't transform.

  Paul David Tripp

  Heart, Guarantees That, Evil

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• I condemn the entry of a Russian so-called humanitarian convoy into Ukrainian territory without the consent of the Ukrainian authorities and without any involvement of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

  Anders Fogh Rasmussen

  Territory, Red, Humanitarian

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• Habitat has opened up unprecedented opportunities for me to cross the chasm that separates those of us who are free, safe, financially secure, well fed and housed, and influential enough to shape our own destiny from our neighbors who enjoy few, if any, of these advantages of life.

  Jimmy Carter

  Opportunity, Destiny, Safe

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• Every time you and I bow our heads in surrender to the will of God, we embrace the cross and we manifest to the world the heart of Christ who bowed His head to the will of His Father.

  Nancy Leigh DeMoss

  Father, Heart, World

  Nancy Leigh DeMoss (2008). “Brokenness, Surrender, Holiness: A Revive Our Hearts Trilogy”, p.224, Moody Publishers

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