We wanted to raise a generation of heretics, but instead we raised a generation of ignoramuses
Jesus raised the standard high so we would realize we couldn’t possibly do it without a savior.
You know, I'm cursed with morals. I was raised a certain way. I wish I wasn't. I wish I was raised by wolves.
I never thought I'd be a role model this early. It caught me off-guard, but it says a lot about how I was brought up, what my values have been, and how my parents raised me. It's very flattering that being myself is enough to be a role model.
Jesus claimed He had the power to raise himself from the dead and His followers would be raised from the dead. That's a unique claim in the literature of religion.
Kat looked down at her lemonade. 'Do you think he betrayed the love of his life. . . because of us?' 'She used the name Romani, Kat,' was Gabrielle's answer. 'And besides. . . ' She let the words draw out. Her gaze went to the distance, and there was a sense of peace in the way she said, 'WE'RE the love of his life. ' She raised her glass again. 'To family.
God picked a junior high girl [to be Jesus' mother]. Jesus was raised by a woman who today, we wouldn't even let her lead a bible study at a high school. But she could raise God.
I still believe the lessons I learned when I was raised in a Roman Catholic household. Like, it's harder for a rich man to get into Heaven than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle.
The engagements with the International Investment Council have developed in a very interesting way. It is, again, the point I raised at the beginning.
Do not raise your children the way your parents raised you; they were born for a different time.
More than fifty years ago Sputnik dramatically raised the nation's awareness of what was lacking in science and math education in America. What we need to wake people up to now is the crisis in imagination and concern for the greater good.
I'd been raised by my parents to believe barfing your feelings on other people was the height of impoliteness.
Womenfolk raised me and I was full-grown before I knew I came from a broken home
One of our ancestors came over on the Mayflower, and we had family in Jamestown as well. . . I was raised where service was a part of the fabric of life. It wasn't one-upmanship. No one bragged about their medals, but you could see the look in the eyes, the tip of the hat. You served your country first, then you went to work and had a family.
I'm definitely careful. I'm not reckless or stupid, but that's how I was raised, to not be stupid or immature in as far as trying to grow up too quickly or putting forward a certain image that isn't me.
I have never had a vote, and I have raised hell all over this country. You don't need a vote to raise hell! You need convictions and a voice!
I've raised millions of dollars for the vets. I'm helping the vets a lot.
When once the mind has raised itself to grasp and to delight in excellence, those who love most will be found to love most wisely.
I was raised to be in service to something larger than myself. A lot of actors concentrate on what they will get out of the profession, rather than what they can offer it. The way I see it, if you come with something to offer, you can offer it forever.
I was raised on, 'You go get a nine-to-five job, earn your pay and work your way up.