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"To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases a striving toward God."

"To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases a striving toward God."

Victor Hugo, French Author

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"Wherever you go, God be with you."

"Wherever you go, God be with you."

Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, American Musician

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"Do not suffer any man to baptize or minister unto you, unless God has spoken unto him by the voice of his servants, and authorized him to minister in his name."

"Do not suffer any man to baptize or minister unto you, unless God has spoken unto him by the voice of his servants, and authorized him to minister in his name."

Orson Pratt, American Theologian

God, Man, Name, Voice

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"God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest."

"God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest."

J. G. Holland, American Novelist

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"Adoration is caring for God above all else."

"Adoration is caring for God above all else."

Evelyn Underhill, English Writer

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"Man has made 32 million laws since the Commandments were handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai... but he has never improved on God's law."

"Man has made 32 million laws since the Commandments were handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai... but he has never improved on God's law."

Cecil B. DeMille, American Producer

God, Law, Laws, Man

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"As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport."

"As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

God, Gods, Boys, Flies

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"If we do not need to worship God six days in the week why do we need to worship him on the seventh?"

"If we do not need to worship God six days in the week why do we need to worship him on the seventh?"

Lemuel K. Washburn, American Author

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"It does not require great learning to be a Christian and be convinced of the truth of the Bible. It requires only an honest heart and a willingness to obey God."

"It does not require great learning to be a Christian and be convinced of the truth of the Bible. It requires only an honest heart and a willingness to obey God."

Albert Barnes, American Theologian

God, Truth, Heart, Christian

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"We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing all-powerful God, who creates faulty Humans, and then blames them for his own mistakes."

"We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing all-powerful God, who creates faulty Humans, and then blames them for his own mistakes."

Gene Roddenberry, American Producer

God, Logic, Mistakes, Question

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"The Bible, as a revelation from God, was not designed to give us all the information we might desire, nor to solve all the questions about which the human soul is perplexed, but to impart enough to be a safe guide to the haven of eternal rest."

"The Bible, as a revelation from God, was not designed to give us all the information we might desire, nor to solve all the questions about which the human soul is perplexed, but to impart enough to be a safe guide to the haven of eternal rest."

Albert Barnes, American Theologian

God, Soul, Bible, Desire

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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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"Cause I was such a novice and thank God that Sarah was as seasoned as she was because she was really a great leader in that regard in the sense that she would communicate really well with the crew."

"Cause I was such a novice and thank God that Sarah was as seasoned as she was because she was really a great leader in that regard in the sense that she would communicate really well with the crew."

Charisma Carpenter, American Actress

God, Leader, Cause, Sense

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"I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it."

"I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it."

Voltaire, French Writer

God, Enemies, Prayer

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"I am the fool, and must be the sufferer, if it be not of God."

"I am the fool, and must be the sufferer, if it be not of God."

Joanna Southcott, English Celebrity

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"Afflictions are but the shadows of God's wings."

"Afflictions are but the shadows of God's wings."

George MacDonald, Scottish Novelist

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"Why are you scared to dream of god when it's salvation that you want?"

"Why are you scared to dream of god when it's salvation that you want?"

Conor Oberst, American Musician

God, Dream, Salvation, Want

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"I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness, that our only hope is in God."

"I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness, that our only hope is in God."

Robert E. Lee, American Soldier

God, Hope, Confidence, Country

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"There may or may not be a God or gods; the Siblings do not concern themselves with proving or disproving such a thing. By definition, gods are more powerful than men, and thus quite able to fend for themselves without help."

"There may or may not be a God or gods; the Siblings do not concern themselves with proving or disproving such a thing. By definition, gods are more powerful than men, and thus quite able to fend for themselves without help."

Steve Perry, American Musician

God, Men, Gods, Concern

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"God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December."

"God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December."

James M. Barrie, British Playwright

God, December, Memory, Roses

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"Teach him to think for himself? Oh, my God, teach him rather to think like other people!"

"Teach him to think for himself? Oh, my God, teach him rather to think like other people!"

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, English Author

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"As a system of philosophy it is not like the Tower of Babel, so daring its high aim as to seek a shelter against God's anger; but it is like a pyramid poised on its apex."

"As a system of philosophy it is not like the Tower of Babel, so daring its high aim as to seek a shelter against God's anger; but it is like a pyramid poised on its apex."

Adam Sedgwick, British Scientist

God, Anger, Philosophy

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"If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated."

"If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"What is the origin of God?"

"What is the origin of God?"

John Clayton, American Journalist

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"The Biblical world view sees Earth and its ecosystems as the effect of a wise God's creation and... therefore robust, resilient, and self-regulating, like the product of any good engineer."

"The Biblical world view sees Earth and its ecosystems as the effect of a wise God's creation and... therefore robust, resilient, and self-regulating, like the product of any good engineer."

Christopher Monckton, British Politician

God, Creation, Earth, Effect

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"That which I have set out in Latin is not my words but the words of God and of apostles and prophets, who of course have never lied. He who believes shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be damned. God has spoken."

"That which I have set out in Latin is not my words but the words of God and of apostles and prophets, who of course have never lied. He who believes shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be damned. God has spoken."

Saint Patrick, Irish Saint

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"If God creates a world of particles and waves, dancing in obedience to mathematical and physical laws, who are we to say that he cannot make use of those laws to cover the surface of a small planet with living creatures?"

"If God creates a world of particles and waves, dancing in obedience to mathematical and physical laws, who are we to say that he cannot make use of those laws to cover the surface of a small planet with living creatures?"

Martin Gardner, American Mathematician

God, Dancing, Laws, Living

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"I pray to God I get inside a girl's head one day and see what in the WORLD they are thinking."

"I pray to God I get inside a girl's head one day and see what in the WORLD they are thinking."

A. J. McLean, American Musician

God, Day, Thinking, World

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"If honest of heart and uprightness before God were lacking or if I did not patiently wait on God for instruction, or if I preferred the counsel of my fellow-men to the declarations of the Word of God, I made great mistakes."

"If honest of heart and uprightness before God were lacking or if I did not patiently wait on God for instruction, or if I preferred the counsel of my fellow-men to the declarations of the Word of God, I made great mistakes."

George Muller, English Clergyman

God, Heart, Mistakes, Word

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"Grace is given of god, but knowledge is bought in the market."

"Grace is given of god, but knowledge is bought in the market."

Arthur Hugh Clough, English Poet

God, Knowledge, Grace

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"One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake."

"One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake."

Anton Chekhov, Russian Dramatist

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"Having refuted, then, as well as we could, every notion which might suggest that we were to think of God as in any degree corporeal, we go on to say that, according to strict truth, God is incomprehensible, and incapable of being measured."

"Having refuted, then, as well as we could, every notion which might suggest that we were to think of God as in any degree corporeal, we go on to say that, according to strict truth, God is incomprehensible, and incapable of being measured."

Origen, Greek Theologian

God, Truth, Being

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"Reagan was all about America, and you talked about it. Obama is, 'We are above that now. We're not just parochial, we're not just chauvinistic, we're not just provincial. We stand for something.' I mean, in a way, Obama's standing above the country, above - above the world. He's sort of God. He's going to bring all different sides together."

"Reagan was all about America, and you talked about it. Obama is, 'We are above that now. We're not just parochial, we're not just chauvinistic, we're not just provincial. We stand for something.' I mean, in a way, Obama's standing above the country, above - above the world. He's sort of God. He's going to bring all different sides together."

Chris Matthews, American Journalist

God, America, Country, Now

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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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"I believe any question that man can ask has a reasonable answer-at least an answer that is as consistent with God's existence as it is in opposition to God's existence."

"I believe any question that man can ask has a reasonable answer-at least an answer that is as consistent with God's existence as it is in opposition to God's existence."

John Clayton, American Journalist

God, Existence, Man, Opposition

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"God made me fast. And when I run, I feel His pleasure."

"God made me fast. And when I run, I feel His pleasure."

Eric Liddell, Scottish Athlete

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"In our country today, very few children are raised to believe that their principal destiny is to serve their family, their country, or God."

"In our country today, very few children are raised to believe that their principal destiny is to serve their family, their country, or God."

Benjamin Spock, American Scientist

God, Family, Children, Country

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"Exhort all your household often that all those who serve you shall know to serve God and you, faithfully and painstakingly, and for the will of God to prefer in all things to do your will and pleasure in all things that are not against God."

"Exhort all your household often that all those who serve you shall know to serve God and you, faithfully and painstakingly, and for the will of God to prefer in all things to do your will and pleasure in all things that are not against God."

Robert Grosseteste, English Statesman

God, Pleasure, Will

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"I prayed, thanking God, for making it all possible for me, because I knew where I came from."

"I prayed, thanking God, for making it all possible for me, because I knew where I came from."

Thomas Hearns, American Athlete

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"The process is very gradual, you see. At first there's the tainted stage; they know what will eventually happen to them if they go on but they say, 'Oh God, don't do it to me do it again, please, please.'"

"The process is very gradual, you see. At first there's the tainted stage; they know what will eventually happen to them if they go on but they say, 'Oh God, don't do it to me do it again, please, please.'"

Terence Fisher, British Director

God, First, Will

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"If you're going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy; God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't."

"If you're going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy; God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't."

Hyman Rickover, American Soldier

God, Bureaucracy, Sin, Will

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"As man now is, God once was; as God is now man may be."

"As man now is, God once was; as God is now man may be."

Lorenzo Snow, American Clergyman

God, Man, May, Now

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"Of what value is a mind when placed in the brain of a coward? If mind is a gift of God to man for his use, let him use it. A mind is not in use when doing no good."

"Of what value is a mind when placed in the brain of a coward? If mind is a gift of God to man for his use, let him use it. A mind is not in use when doing no good."

Andrew Taylor Still, American Scientist

God, Man, Mind, Value

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"The priest is Christ's slave, and Christ himself took the form of a slave and became obedient to death. So the priest in serving human needs lives a Godward life, possessed by God and witnessing that only when lives are utterly possessed by God do they find their true freedom."

"The priest is Christ's slave, and Christ himself took the form of a slave and became obedient to death. So the priest in serving human needs lives a Godward life, possessed by God and witnessing that only when lives are utterly possessed by God do they find their true freedom."

Arthur Middleton, American Politician

God, Death, Life, Christ

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"Every person is a God in embryo. Its only desire is to be born."

"Every person is a God in embryo. Its only desire is to be born."

Deepak Chopra, American Philosopher

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"If we have a heart for the magnitudes of life, it will not seem vain to believe that God Himself should guard it."

"If we have a heart for the magnitudes of life, it will not seem vain to believe that God Himself should guard it."

George A. Smith, American Clergyman

God, Life, Heart, Will

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"All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring."

"All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring."

Chuck Palahniuk, American Novelist

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"God is bigger than people think."

"God is bigger than people think."

Jimmy Dean, American Actor

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"The groves were God's first temples."

"The groves were God's first temples."

William C. Bryant, American Poet

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"Live well. Sing out, sing loud, and sing often. And God bless the child that's got a song."

"Live well. Sing out, sing loud, and sing often. And God bless the child that's got a song."

Nanci Griffith, American Musician

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