Turning Points Quotes - Page 3

• I don't believe in right-angled turning points.

  Timothy West

  Believe, Don't Believe

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• We stand now at the turning point between two eras. Behind us is a past to which we can never return... The coming of the rocket brought to an end a million years of isolation... the childhood of our race was over and history as we know it began.

  Arthur C. Clarke

  Past, Race, Years

  "The Exploration of Space". Book by Arthur C. Clarke, 1951.

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• Certainly the O.J. Simpson case was a turning point in my career.

  Dan Abrams

  Careers, Cases

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• The big turning point, really, was the Beatles' influence on American folk music, and then Roger took it to the next step, and then along came the Lovin' Spoonful and everybody else.

  Barry McGuire

  Next Steps, Roger, Influence

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• Jesus was certainly not a mere enunciator of permanent truths, like the modern liberal preacher; on the contrary He was conscious of standing at the turning-point of the ages, when what had never been was now to come to be.

  John Gresham Machen

  Jesus, Age, Modern

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• ... unless you made your life a turning point, there was no reason for existing.

  Saul Bellow

  Transformation, Reason, Made

  Saul Bellow (2013). “More Die of Heartbreak”, p.222, Penguin UK

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• As for types like my own, obscurely motivated by the conviction that our existence was worthless if we didn't make a turning point of it, we were assigned to the humanities, to poetry, philosophy, painting - the nursery games of humankind, which had to be left behind when the age of science began. The humanities would be called upon to choose a wallpaper for the crypt, as the end drew near.

  Saul Bellow

  Art, Philosophy, Science

  "The Adventures of Augie March". Book by Saul Bellow. Chapter 6, 1953.

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• Many people are shrinking from the future and from participation in the movement toward a new, expanded reality. And, like homesick travelers abroad, they are focusing their anxieties on home. The reasons are not far to seek. We are at a turning point in human history. . . . We could turn our attention to the problems that going to the Moon certainly will not solve ... But I think this would be fatal to our future. . . . A society that no longer moves forward does not merely stagnate; it begins to die.

  Margaret Mead

  Inspirational, Life, Moving

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• There is a purpose to our lives, even if it is sometimes hidden from us, and even if the biggest turning points and heartbreaks only make sense as we look back, rather than as we are experiencing them. So we might as well live life as if - as the poet Rumi put it - everything is rigged in our favor.

  Arianna Huffington

  Live Life, Looks, Purpose

  Arianna Huffington (2014). “Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder”, p.22, Harmony

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• Transition is the natural process of disorientation and reorientation that marks the turning points in the path of growth...transitions are key times in the natural process of self-renewal

  William Bridges

  Keys, Self, Growth

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• Every child is created uniquely by God. God puts a certain formula in the heart of every child. And it is the parents' challenge to figure out the combination. We need to spend time studying, looking, listening, and observing.

  David Jeremiah

  Children, Heart, Parent

  Dr. David Jeremiah (2013). “The Joy of Encouragement: Unlock the Power of Building Others Up”, p.122, Multnomah

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• He is able to help His children work through anything, and not a single thing is going to happen in the future that can change that fact.

  David Jeremiah

  Children, Able, Facts

  David Jeremiah (2010). “Jesus' Final Warning”, p.13, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The simple, daily influences of prayer, persuasion, and promoting of godly values are the most powerful tools a mother can use to unleash the potential of her children.

  David Jeremiah

  Mother, Prayer, Children

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• We have nothing in our account but zeroes! And yet, because of His great love, God forgave us our astronomical debt.

  David Jeremiah

  Great Love, Debt, God Love

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• I've grown so much since 1996. I think that was the turning point of when I started to go to church every Sunday and not just because you're supposed to. But because you enjoy going and listening to the Word and being excited about it

  Lisa Leslie

  Sports, Sunday, Thinking

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• Ending torture and tyranny in Iraq was not a mistake. Supporting democracy in Iraq is not a mistake. Helping the long-suffering Muslims of Iraq who now seek to live democratically is not a mistake. In the long, long history of the Middle East, this breakthrough may one day be ranked as a dramatic turning point in regional history.

  Michael Novak

  Mistake, Iraq, Long

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• To avoid the trap of the Pharisees, we've got to guard the interconnection between our thoughts and our attitudes.

  David Jeremiah

  Attitude, Pharisees, Traps

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• And rely on Him with 100 percent of your faith for 100 percent of your life throughout 100 percent of your tomorrows. He will give you a peace no thief can ever steal.

  David Jeremiah

  Giving, Thieves, Tomorrow

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• Against the sustained tick of a watch, fiction takes the measure of a life, a season, a look exchanged, the turning point, desire as brief as a dream, the grief and terror that after childhood we cease to express.

  Mavis Gallant

  Dream, Grief, Childhood

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• Your heavenly home was bought for a price, and that payment results in a title deed that can never be lost through foreclosure.

  David Jeremiah

  Home, Titles, Deeds

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• We don't know what will happen tomorrow, but one thing is guaranteed-God's overarching care for His children. We can be sure enough of that. In a world where nothing is sure, He is sure.

  David Jeremiah

  Children, World, Care

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• Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the Word with boldness. Even when threatened with punishment, he said that he could not help but share the things he had seen and heard.

  David Jeremiah

  Punishment, Spirit, Helping

  David Jeremiah (2011). “Signs of Life: Back to the Basics of Authentic Christianity”, p.61, Thomas Nelson

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• It's also important to develop a burden for the lost.

  David Jeremiah

  Important, Burden, Lost

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• Our impulses toward instant gratification aren't to be trusted. Hoarding our resources isn't a worthy goal. We're created with eternity in our hearts, and our lives have everlasting value.

  David Jeremiah

  Heart, Goal, Hoarding

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• Today is important only in light of what we do for God.

  David Jeremiah

  Light, Important, Today

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