Witness Quotes - Page 16

• In the face of life’s difficulties, let us ask the Lord for the strength to remain joyful witnesses to our faith.

  Pope Francis

  Faces, Joyful, Lord

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• One cannot proclaim the Gospel of Jesus without the tangible witness of one’s life. Those who listen to us and observe us must be able to see in our actions what they hear from our lips, and so give glory to God!

  Pope Francis

  Jesus, Giving, Tangible

  Pope Francis (2016). “The Joy of Discipleship: Reflections from Pope Francis on Walking with Christ”, p.85, Loyola Press

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• In God’s great plan, every detail is important, even yours, even my humble little witness, even the hidden witness of those who live their faith with simplicity in everyday family relationships, work relationships, friendships. There are the saints of every day, the “hidden” saints, a sort of “middle class of holiness” to which we can all belong.

  Pope Francis

  Humble, Class, Work Relationships

  Pope Francis (2016). “The Joy of Discipleship: Reflections from Pope Francis on Walking with Christ”, p.85, Loyola Press

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• What counts is not what sounds plausible, not what we would like to believe, not what one or two witnesses claim, but only what is supported by hard evidence rigorously and skeptically examined. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

  Carl Sagan

  Believe, Two, Sound

  "Cosmos/ Encyclopaedia Galactica". Documentary, www.imdb.com. 1980.

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• How easily we ignore or forget the small kindnesses and considerations in life which are really the only everyday magic we witness on a regular basis. Just think- to make happiness out of nothing more than a few kind words or a generous gesture.

  Jonathan Carroll

  Kindness, Thinking, Magic

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• A number of revelators and UFO contactees have since mentioned to me that just before the appearance of an entity they were aware of a strange buzzing sound. Witnesses of unexplained aerial phenomenon have also referred to a buzzing or rushing sound shortly before the 'flying saucer' appeared over them. I am also reminded that great deal of poltergeist activity produces a preparatory 'signal' of a buzzing, rasping, or winding noise.

  Brad Steiger

  Rushing, Numbers, Flying

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• A prisoner in the Inquisition is never allowed to see the face of his accuser, or of the witnesses against him, but every method is taken by threats and tortures, to oblige him to accuse himself, and by that means corroborate their evidence.

  John Foxe

  Taken, Mean, Faces

  John Foxe, William Byron Forbush (2004). “Foxe's Book of Martyrs”, p.79, Hendrickson Publishers

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• Justice requires lawyers who are prepared, witnesses who tell the truth, judges who know the law, and jurors who stay awake. Justice is the North Star, the burning bush, the holy virgin. It cannot be bought, sold, or mass produced. It is intangible, ineffable, and invisible, but if you are to spend your life in its pursuit, it is best to believe it exists, and that you can attain it.

  Paul Levine

  Stars, Believe, Law

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• When you are sad or in pain or sick or you witness any cremation then you actually learn the many truths of life.

  Neem Karoli Baba

  Pain, Sick, Cremation

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• Edwidge Danticat's prose has a Chekhovian simplicity--an ability to state the most urgent truths in a measured and patiently plain style that gathers a luminous energy as it moves inexorably forward. In this book she makes a strong case that art, for immigrants from countries where human rights and even survival are often in jeopardy, must be a vocation to witness if it is not to be an idle luxury.

  Madison Smartt Bell

  Country, Art, Strong

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• Among the greatest of all great services is the education of children, and promotion of the various sciences, crafts and arts. Praised be God, ye are now exerting strenuous efforts toward this end. The more ye persevere in this most important task, the more will ye witness the confirmations of God, to such a degree that ye yourselves will be astonished.

  Abdu'l-Bahá

  Art, Children, Effort

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• To interpret, to quote – yet only to have witnesses, also friends.

  Hannah

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• What an incredible witness it is to a lost and fearful society when the Christian acts like a child of God, living under the loving sovereignty of the Heavenly Father.

  Henry Blackaby

  Christian, Children, Father

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• When it's good, cinema can be one of the most important things in a person's life. A film can be a catalyst for change. You witness this and it is an incredibly spiritual experience that I'd never lived before; well, maybe only in a football match.

  Gael Garcia Bernal

  Football, Spiritual, Catalyst For Change

  Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. October 16, 2006.

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• Nothing in the world can be compared to the human face. It is a land one can never tire of exploring. There is no greater experience in a studio than to witness the expression of a sensitive face under the mysterious power of inspiration. To see it animated from inside, and turning into poetry.

  Carl Theodor Dreyer

  Inspiration, Expression, Land

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• I bear witness of the power of the priesthood given to the Church to protect us and guide us. And because we have that, we have no fear of the future. Fear is the opposite of faith. We move forward, certain that the Lord will watch over us, particularly in the family.

  Boyd K. Packer

  Moving, Opposites, Church

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• The story of Mary of Magdalene reminds us all of a fundamental truth...A disciple of Christ is one who, in the experience of human weakness, has had the humility to ask for his help, has been healed by him and has set out following closely after him, becoming a witness of the power of his merciful love that is stronger than sin and death.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Humility, Stronger, Weakness

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• Our Christian witness is authentic when it is faithful and unconditional.

  Pope Francis

  Christian, Faithful, Unconditional

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• I have the great privilege of being both witness and storyteller. Intimacy, trust and intuition guide my work.

  Jim Goldberg

  Intuition, Privilege, Intimacy

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• The Philippines bear witness to the youthfulness and vitality of the Church.

  Pope Francis

  Church, Vitality, Philippines

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• The Christian needs to walk in peace, so no matter what happens they will be able to bear witness to a watching world.

  Henry Blackaby

  Christian, Needs, World

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• He who lives to see two or three generations is like a man who sits some time in the conjurer's booth at a fair, and witnesses the performance twice or thrice in succession. The tricks were meant to be seen only once; and when they are no longer a novelty and cease to deceive, their effect is gone.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Men, Two, Three

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “Studies in Pessimism”, p.8, Arthur Schopenhauer

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• The gospel of the kingdom must be preached with evidence; it must be preached as a witness.This can only be done by christians who are filled with the Holy Spirit.

  T.L. Osborn

  Christian, Done, Kingdoms

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• The Christian's life in all its aspects-intellectual and ethical, devotional and relational, upsurging in worship and outgoing in witness-is supernatural; only the Spirit can initiate and sustain it. So apart from him, not only will there be no lively believers and no lively congregations, there will be no believers and no congregations at all.

  J. I. Packer

  Christian, Intellectual, Spirit

  J. I. Packer (2005). “Keep in Step with the Spirit: Finding Fullness in Our Walk with God”, p.15, Baker Books

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• The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is one of the best attested facts on record. There were so many witnesses to behold it, that if we do in the least degree receive the credibility of men's testimonies, we cannot and we dare not doubt that Jesus rose from the dead.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Jesus, Life Changing, Men

  Spurgeon, Charles (2015). “The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 2: Sermons 54-106”, p.181, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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