Idols Quotes

• The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish.

  Pope John Paul II

  Family, Lying, Selfish

  Pope John Paul II (1984). “John Paul II and the Laity”, Le Jacq Pub

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• The test of having ceased to be an idolater is: "When you say 'I', does the body come into your thought or not? If it does, then you are still a worshipper of idols."

  Swami Vivekananda

  Doe, Body, Tests

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3690, Manonmani Publishers

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• These days, with 'American Idol' and all the other reality shows, young people become famous overnight, and that can be very difficult to handle, the way photographers follow you around and study your every move.

  Barry Manilow

  Moving, Reality, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The response of teenagers to their idols is relevant. As an audience, they enjoy themselves, not by screaming with laughter, but screaming with screams.

  Desmond Morris

  Laughter, Teenager, Youth

  Desmond Morris (1967). “The Naked Ape”

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• If your world doesn't allow you to dream, move to one where you can.

  Billy Idol

  Inspirational, Life, Dream

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Men are idol factories.

  John Calvin

  Men, Factories

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• What is an idol? It is anything more important to you than God, anything that absorbs your heart and imagination more than God, anything you seek to give you what only God can give.

  Timothy Keller

  Heart, Giving, Imagination

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• Work until your idols become your rivals

  G-Dragon

  Rivals

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• Every one of us is, even from his mother's womb, a master craftsman of idols.

  John Calvin

  Mother, Craftsman, Masters

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• As long as you want anything very much, especially more than you want God, it is an idol.

  A. B. Simpson

  Christian, Long, Want

  A. B. Simpson (1984). “Days of Heaven on Earth: A Daily Devotional to Comfort and Inspire”, Moody Publishers

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• The human heart is a factory of idols...Everyon e of us is, from his mother's womb, expert in inventing idols.

  John Calvin

  Mother, Heart, Experts

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• I have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence.

  Ayrton Senna

  Dedication, Professional Competence, Admire

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• A god who let us prove his existence would be an idol.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Faith, Atheist, Godly

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• The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow.

  Washington Irving

  Sports, Hero, Yesterday

  Washington Irving (2006). “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories From the Sketch Book”, p.144, Penguin

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• Being a teen idol is what I've waited for my whole life

  Sarah Michelle Gellar

  Teenager, Whole Life, Whole

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• Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain.

  John Calvin

  Believe, Men, Brain

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• You become like what you worship

  N. T. Wright

  Idol Worship, Worship, Humanness

  N. T. Wright (2011). “Revelation for Everyone”, p.92, Presbyterian Publishing Corp

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• A champion owes everybody something. He can never pay back for all the help he got, for making him an idol.

  Jack Dempsey

  Champion, Pay, Helping

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• Every idol, if you scratch it, is a mirror. We worship ourselves.

  R. C. Sproul, Jr.

  Mirrors, Scratches, Worship

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• When I was younger, there was a huge gap between what I wanted to do and what I could do as an idol.

  Namie Amuro

  Firefighter, Gaps, Wanted

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• We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so.

  B. B. King

  Music, Being Yourself, Guitar

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• Franz Klammer was my great idol in my younger years.

  Hermann Maier

  Years

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• An idol of the mind is as offensive to God as an idol of the hand.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Hands, Mind, Offensive

  Aiden Wilson Tozer (1965). “The Knowledge of the Holy”, p.11, Fig

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• I found my niche as a character actor, and I've never felt like a movie star or teen idol and never wanted to.

  Vincent D'Onofrio

  Stars, Teenager, Character

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• Loving a holy God is beyond our moral power. The only kind of God we can love by our sinful nature is an unholy god, an idol made by our own hands. Unless we are born of the Spirit of God, unless God sheds His holy love in our hearts, unless He stoops in His grace to change our hearts, we will not love Him... To love a holy God requires grace, grace strong enough to pierce our hardened hearts and awaken our moribund souls.

  R. C. Sproul

  Strong, Heart, Hands

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