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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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"A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness."

"A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

God, Act, Mind, Passion

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"Every generation is equidistant from God."

"Every generation is equidistant from God."

Leopold Von Ranke, German Historian

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"God is bigger than people think."

"God is bigger than people think."

Jimmy Dean, American Actor

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"Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains of gratitude, since it was not to him but to God that the gift was made."

"Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains of gratitude, since it was not to him but to God that the gift was made."

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French Novelist

God, Gratitude, Charity

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"God joins us together by means of the body, in consequence of the laws of the communication of movements. He affects us with the same feelings in consequence of the laws of the conjunction of body and soul."

"God joins us together by means of the body, in consequence of the laws of the communication of movements. He affects us with the same feelings in consequence of the laws of the conjunction of body and soul."

Nicolas Malebranche, French Philosopher

God, Soul, Feelings, Body

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"Humility is the gateway into the grace and the favor of God."

"Humility is the gateway into the grace and the favor of God."

Harold Warner, American Author

God, Grace, Humility

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"I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion."

"I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion."

Themistocles, Greek Soldier

God, Gods, Persuasion

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"And so there is no God but has been in the loins of past gods."

"And so there is no God but has been in the loins of past gods."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

God, Gods, Past

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"I thank God tonight for freedom - those who bought and paid for it with their lives in the past - those who will protect it in the present and defend it in the future."

"I thank God tonight for freedom - those who bought and paid for it with their lives in the past - those who will protect it in the present and defend it in the future."

Jim Gibbons, American Politician

God, Freedom, Future, Past

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"So Ham's wife that was preserved on the Ark was a Negro of the seed of Cain and there was a priestly purpose in it, that the Devil would have a representation as well as God."

"So Ham's wife that was preserved on the Ark was a Negro of the seed of Cain and there was a priestly purpose in it, that the Devil would have a representation as well as God."

Warren Jeffs, American Criminal

God, Wife, Purpose, Devil

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"I don't know what reception I'm at, but for God's sake give me a gin and tonic."

"I don't know what reception I'm at, but for God's sake give me a gin and tonic."

Denis Thatcher, British Businessman

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"We can only know one thing about God - that he is what we are not. Our wretchedness alone is an image of this. The more we contemplate it, the more we contemplate him."

"We can only know one thing about God - that he is what we are not. Our wretchedness alone is an image of this. The more we contemplate it, the more we contemplate him."

Simone Weil, French Philosopher

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"God lets you be successful because he trusts you that you will do the right thing with it. Now, does he get disappointed often? All the time, because people get there and they forget how they got it."

"God lets you be successful because he trusts you that you will do the right thing with it. Now, does he get disappointed often? All the time, because people get there and they forget how they got it."

Steve Harvey, American Actor

God, Time, People, Successful

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"Let it be henceforth proclaimed to the world that man's conscience was created free; that he is no longer accountable to his fellow man for his religious opinions, being responsible therefore only to his God."

"Let it be henceforth proclaimed to the world that man's conscience was created free; that he is no longer accountable to his fellow man for his religious opinions, being responsible therefore only to his God."

John Tyler, American President

God, Being, Conscience, Man

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"Those who dare to interpret God's will must never claim Him as an asset for one nation or group rather than another."

"Those who dare to interpret God's will must never claim Him as an asset for one nation or group rather than another."

Robert Runcie, English Clergyman

God, Nation, Will

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"You can educate yourself right out of a relationship with God."

"You can educate yourself right out of a relationship with God."

Tammy Faye Bakker, American Celebrity

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"I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom."

"I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom."

George W. Bush, American President

God, Heart, Desire, Freedom

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"God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight."

"God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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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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"Two days after moving we recommended ourselves to God, Our Lord, and fled, hoping that, although it was late in the season and the fruits of the tunas were giving out, by remaining in the field we might still get over a good portion of the land."

"Two days after moving we recommended ourselves to God, Our Lord, and fled, hoping that, although it was late in the season and the fruits of the tunas were giving out, by remaining in the field we might still get over a good portion of the land."

Alvar N. C. de Vaca, Argentinian Explorer

God, Giving, Land

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"Young man, if God had wanted you to see me that way, he would have put your eyes in your bellybutton."

"Young man, if God had wanted you to see me that way, he would have put your eyes in your bellybutton."

Lillian Gish, American Entertainer

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"It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of God, that the Bible describes."

"It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of God, that the Bible describes."

Thomas Paine, English Writer

God, Bible, Devil, Name

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"Shame, shame, shame. How many times have I told you not to be frightened? Have I not told you God looks after all his children?"

"Shame, shame, shame. How many times have I told you not to be frightened? Have I not told you God looks after all his children?"

Willis Goldbeck, American Screenwriter

God, Children, Shame

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"All your Western theologies, the whole mythology of them, are based on the concept of God as a senile delinquent."

"All your Western theologies, the whole mythology of them, are based on the concept of God as a senile delinquent."

Tennessee Williams, American Dramatist

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"I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability."

"I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

God, Ability, Man

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"The existence of a single atheist does not disprove the existence of God."

"The existence of a single atheist does not disprove the existence of God."

William F. DeVault, American Poet

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"God sleeps in the minerals, awakens in plants, walks in animals, and thinks in man."

"God sleeps in the minerals, awakens in plants, walks in animals, and thinks in man."

Arthur Young, English Writer

God, Animals, Man, Plants

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"There isn't a theologian in the world who can argue with me on this. God has no gender. If that's the case, then everything needs to be rewritten now, right now."

"There isn't a theologian in the world who can argue with me on this. God has no gender. If that's the case, then everything needs to be rewritten now, right now."

Susan Powter, American Celebrity

God, Gender, Needs, Now

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"God's always got a custard pie up his sleeve."

"God's always got a custard pie up his sleeve."

Margaret Forster, British Author

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"A spirit is, like, your mother, my dad, who've made it. They can come around, but they come around in a loving way because they've already made it to God. Most people make it."

"A spirit is, like, your mother, my dad, who've made it. They can come around, but they come around in a loving way because they've already made it to God. Most people make it."

Sylvia Browne, American Celebrity

God, Dad, Mother, People

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"Once in his lifetime every artist feels the hand of God and creates something that comes alive."

"Once in his lifetime every artist feels the hand of God and creates something that comes alive."

Crane Wilbur, American Screenwriter

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"The world is a living image of God."

"The world is a living image of God."

Tommaso Campanella, Italian Philosopher

God, Living, World, Italiian

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"Hell is where everyone is doing his own thing. Paradise is where everyone is doing God's thing."

"Hell is where everyone is doing his own thing. Paradise is where everyone is doing God's thing."

Thomas Howard, American Writer

God, Paradise, Hell

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"We leave as we came and, god willing, as we shall return, with peace, and hope for all mankind."

"We leave as we came and, god willing, as we shall return, with peace, and hope for all mankind."

Eugene Cernan, American Astronaut

God, Peace, Hope, Mankind

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"Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them."

"Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them."

Vincent McNabb, Irish Clergyman

God, Control, Hope, Grace

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"You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements."

"You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements."

William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet

God, Truth, People, Idea

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"For God's sake, if you sin, take pleasure in it, and do it for the pleasure."

"For God's sake, if you sin, take pleasure in it, and do it for the pleasure."

Gerald Gould, English Writer

God, Pleasure, Sin

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"We are not cured of alcoholism. What we have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God's will into all of our daily activities."

"We are not cured of alcoholism. What we have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God's will into all of our daily activities."

William Griffith Wilson, American Celebrity

God, Vision, Day, Spiritual

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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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"God bears with the wicked, but not forever."

"God bears with the wicked, but not forever."

Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish Novelist

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"We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties."

"We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties."

Oswald Chambers, Scottish Theologian

God, Difficulties, Eyes

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"'Thou shalt not get found out' is not one of God's commandments; and no man can be saved by trying to keep it."

"'Thou shalt not get found out' is not one of God's commandments; and no man can be saved by trying to keep it."

Leonard Bacon, American Clergyman

God, Man, Trying

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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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"In the nineteenth century the problem was that God is dead. In the twentieth century the problem is that man is dead."

"In the nineteenth century the problem was that God is dead. In the twentieth century the problem is that man is dead."

Erich Fromm, American Psychologist

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"There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of God, that are shocking to humanity and to every idea we have of moral justice."

"There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of God, that are shocking to humanity and to every idea we have of moral justice."

Thomas Paine, English Writer

God, Idea, Bible, Humanity

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"I felt invincible. My strength was that of a giant. God was certainly standing by me. I smashed five saloons with rocks before I ever took a hatchet."

"I felt invincible. My strength was that of a giant. God was certainly standing by me. I smashed five saloons with rocks before I ever took a hatchet."

Carry Nation, American Activist

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"This foundational principle - that human beings derive their rights from God, rather than from the State, or any other source - is what made America different."

"This foundational principle - that human beings derive their rights from God, rather than from the State, or any other source - is what made America different."

Ernie Fletcher, American Politician

God, America, Rights, State

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"It was necessary that the Devil should have a representation upon the earth as well as God."

"It was necessary that the Devil should have a representation upon the earth as well as God."

Warren Jeffs, American Criminal

God, Devil, Earth

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"I am inclined to believe that this is the land God gave to Cain."

"I am inclined to believe that this is the land God gave to Cain."

Jacques Cartier, Canadian Explorer

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