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"What is the highest secret to victory and peace? To will what God wills, and strike a league with destiny."

"What is the highest secret to victory and peace? To will what God wills, and strike a league with destiny."

William R. Alger, American Writer

God, Peace, Victory, Destiny

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"In closing, let me just thank God, on the floor of the House, for not turning away from us even though we seem to be turning away from Him."

"In closing, let me just thank God, on the floor of the House, for not turning away from us even though we seem to be turning away from Him."

Zach Wamp, American Politician

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"It seems to me that Islam and Christianity and Judaism all have the same god, and he's telling them all different things."

"It seems to me that Islam and Christianity and Judaism all have the same god, and he's telling them all different things."

Billy Connolly, Scottish Comedian

God, Christianity, Islam, Judaism

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"The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, said an eminent scholar, have God for their Author, the Salvation of mankind for their end, and Truth without any mixture of error for their matter."

"The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, said an eminent scholar, have God for their Author, the Salvation of mankind for their end, and Truth without any mixture of error for their matter."

Adam Clarke, British Theologian

God, Truth, End, Error

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"In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking but now, God knows, anything goes."

"In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking but now, God knows, anything goes."

Cole Porter, American Composer

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"The gods look in pleasure on penitent sinners."

"The gods look in pleasure on penitent sinners."

Theodor Adorno, German Philosopher

God, Gods, Pleasure

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"I'm gonna be blunt and plain, if one ever looks at me like that I'm gonna kill him and tell God he died."

"I'm gonna be blunt and plain, if one ever looks at me like that I'm gonna kill him and tell God he died."

Jimmy Swaggart, American Clergyman

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"Man proposes, but God disposes."

"Man proposes, but God disposes."

Thomas Kempis, German Writer

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"Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign."

"Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign."

Theophile Gautier, French Poet

God, Chance, Want

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"God gave us intestines for a reason. I'm not keen on surgery. It's too extreme. All it took was one of those plastic surgery shows to see how violent it is."

"God gave us intestines for a reason. I'm not keen on surgery. It's too extreme. All it took was one of those plastic surgery shows to see how violent it is."

Kirstie Alley, American Actress

God, Extreme, Reason

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"God is of no importance unless He is of supreme importance."

"God is of no importance unless He is of supreme importance."

Abraham Joshua Heschel, Polish Educator

God, Importance

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"Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things."

"Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things."

Izaak Walton, English Writer

God, Men, Daughters, Sons

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"It connects with the theologians' point that you can say what God is not, but not (easily) what He is."

"It connects with the theologians' point that you can say what God is not, but not (easily) what He is."

Nicholas Mosley, British Novelist

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"An exorcism is tantamount to a miracle - an extraordinary intervention of God."

"An exorcism is tantamount to a miracle - an extraordinary intervention of God."

Gabriele Nanni, Italian Theologian

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"Let us tell our legislators in advance, that this is a right, restraints on which, we will not, cannot bear; and that every attempt to restrain it is a palpable wrong on God and man."

"Let us tell our legislators in advance, that this is a right, restraints on which, we will not, cannot bear; and that every attempt to restrain it is a palpable wrong on God and man."

Gerrit Smith, American Politician

God, Legislators, Man, Right

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"The question is not is there a God, but is there anything else except God? God is everyone and each of us is a little bit."

"The question is not is there a God, but is there anything else except God? God is everyone and each of us is a little bit."

John Templeton, American Businessman

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"God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs."

"God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs."

Georg C. Lichtenberg, German Physicist

God, Bible, Man

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"Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back."

"Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back."

Herodotus, Greek Historian

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"One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out. For the god has shown blessedness to many only to overturn them utterly in the end."

"One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out. For the god has shown blessedness to many only to overturn them utterly in the end."

Herodotus, Greek Historian

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"Do you see how the god always hurls his bolts at the greatest houses and the tallest trees. For he is wont to thwart whatever is greater than the rest."

"Do you see how the god always hurls his bolts at the greatest houses and the tallest trees. For he is wont to thwart whatever is greater than the rest."

Herodotus, Greek Historian

God, Houses, Rest, Trees

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"The one thing that a fish can never find is water; and the one thing that man can never find is God."

"The one thing that a fish can never find is water; and the one thing that man can never find is God."

Eric Butterworth, American Teacher

God, Fish, Man, Water

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"O that unbelievers would learn of faithful Abraham, and believe whatever is revealed from God, though they cannot fully comprehend it! Abraham knew God commanded him to offer up his son, and therefore believed, notwithstanding carnal reasoning might suggest may objections."

"O that unbelievers would learn of faithful Abraham, and believe whatever is revealed from God, though they cannot fully comprehend it! Abraham knew God commanded him to offer up his son, and therefore believed, notwithstanding carnal reasoning might suggest may objections."

George Whitefield, American Clergyman

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"Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience."

"Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

God, Conscience, Forgetfulness

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"I am the vessel. The draft is God's. And God is the thirsty one."

"I am the vessel. The draft is God's. And God is the thirsty one."

Dag Hammarskjold, Swedish Diplomat

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"For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune."

"For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

God, Gods, Man, Misfortune

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"You can take care of yourself, and God helps those who help themselves."

"You can take care of yourself, and God helps those who help themselves."

James Brown, American Musician

God, Care, Help

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"Thank God for little miracles, right?"

"Thank God for little miracles, right?"

Michael Bergin, American Actor

God, Miracles, Right

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"God, I'm such a lazy writer - I can't even think up new names."

"God, I'm such a lazy writer - I can't even think up new names."

Dennis Potter, British Dramatist

God, Names, Writer

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"I am trying to get right with God. I'm sort of making a statement about the excessiveness."

"I am trying to get right with God. I'm sort of making a statement about the excessiveness."

Lucinda Williams, American Musician

God, Right, Trying

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"I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered."

"I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered."

Jean Ingelow, English Poet

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"I want to see the writers strike because the writers, god bless them, are the only true commies we have in Hollywood."

"I want to see the writers strike because the writers, god bless them, are the only true commies we have in Hollywood."

Ned Beatty, American Actor

God, Hollywood, Want, Writers

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"To be filled with God is a great thing, to be filled with the fullness of God is still greater; to be filled with all the fullness of God is greatest of all."

"To be filled with God is a great thing, to be filled with the fullness of God is still greater; to be filled with all the fullness of God is greatest of all."

Adam Clarke, British Theologian

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"God hath made it a debt which one saint owes to another to carry their names to a throne of grace."

"God hath made it a debt which one saint owes to another to carry their names to a throne of grace."

William Gurnall, English Author

God, Debt, Grace, Names

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"Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really privy to the thoughts of God?"

"Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really privy to the thoughts of God?"

E. O. Wilson, American Scientist

God, Thoughts, Evolution, Theology

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"And I've come to the place where I believe that there's no way to solve these problems, these issues - there's nothing that we can do that will solve the problems that we have and keep the peace, unless we solve it through God, unless we solve it in being our highest self. And that's a pretty tall order."

"And I've come to the place where I believe that there's no way to solve these problems, these issues - there's nothing that we can do that will solve the problems that we have and keep the peace, unless we solve it through God, unless we solve it in being our highest self. And that's a pretty tall order."

Glenn Beck, American Journalist

God, Peace, Being, Nothing

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"I believe God rules all by his divine providence and that the stars by his permission are instruments."

"I believe God rules all by his divine providence and that the stars by his permission are instruments."

William Lilly, English Celebrity

God, Providence, Rules, Stars

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"And as the circumcised in the flesh, and not in the heart, have no part in God's good promises; even so they that be baptized in the flesh, and not in heart, have no part in Christ's blood."

"And as the circumcised in the flesh, and not in the heart, have no part in God's good promises; even so they that be baptized in the flesh, and not in heart, have no part in Christ's blood."

William Tyndale, English Clergyman

God, Heart, Blood, Christ

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"I'm Godless. I've had to make my God, and my God is narrative filmmaking."

"I'm Godless. I've had to make my God, and my God is narrative filmmaking."

Darren Aronofsky, American Director

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"God made man merely to hear some praise of what he'd done on those Five Days."

"God made man merely to hear some praise of what he'd done on those Five Days."

Christopher Morley, American Author

God, Man, Praise

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"I think there's a passion for God like never before."

"I think there's a passion for God like never before."

Michael W. Smith, American Musician

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"We're in the hands of the state legislature and God, but at the moment, the state legislature has more to say than God."

"We're in the hands of the state legislature and God, but at the moment, the state legislature has more to say than God."

Edward Koch, American Politician

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"It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, independence now and independence forever."

"It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, independence now and independence forever."

Daniel Webster, American Statesman

God, Dying, Independence, Living

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"Rid yourself of anything that is not directed toward God."

"Rid yourself of anything that is not directed toward God."

Johannes Tauler, German Theologian

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"God gives all to those, who get up early."

"God gives all to those, who get up early."

Anna Kournikova, Russian Athlete

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"Knowing that you're the one who's been rejected, God it makes you feel isolated. I defy anybody not to be a bit upset. I felt as though I'd walked into the house trailing all this baggage."

"Knowing that you're the one who's been rejected, God it makes you feel isolated. I defy anybody not to be a bit upset. I felt as though I'd walked into the house trailing all this baggage."

Anthea Turner, English Entertainer

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"An humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning."

"An humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning."

Thomas Kempis, German Writer

God, Knowledge, Deep, Learning

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"He who obeys God's laws finds him a father. He who disobeys them, finds him a judge."

"He who obeys God's laws finds him a father. He who disobeys them, finds him a judge."

Daniel D. Palmer, Canadian Celebrity

God, Father, Laws

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"My mother was a personal friend of God's. They had ongoing conversations."

"My mother was a personal friend of God's. They had ongoing conversations."

Della Reese, American Musician

God, Mother, Friend

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"In short, the proposition that God was in any way involved in our creation is effectively outlawed, and implicitly negated."

"In short, the proposition that God was in any way involved in our creation is effectively outlawed, and implicitly negated."

Phillip E. Johnson, American Educator

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"If it is true that we have a personal relationship with God, then that's enough for me."

"If it is true that we have a personal relationship with God, then that's enough for me."

T-Bone Burnett, American Musician

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