God often works more by the life of the illiterate seeking the things that are God's, than by the ability of the learned seeking the things that are their own.
God has no hands or feet or voice except ours and through these He works.
Our best works are shot through with sin and contain something for which we need to be forgiven.
God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man.
The music becomes more pure and soulful when it's true, and it has to be true these days with the way the internet works, and the way the game works, everyone wants authentic raps.
If I'm a blessing to you, then either God will put it on your heart to bless me, or he'll use somebody else to bless me. If I'm friendly with you, then I'll have friends. If I'm merciful with people, the Bible says I'll get mercy back. If I'm not judgmental, then people won't be judgmental with me. And it works also with finances. If you give to help other hurting people and you give to the preaching of the gospel, because you love God, then God takes care of you.
An ametuer is an artist who supports himself with outside jobs which enable him to paint. A professional is someone whose wife works to enable him to paint.
I'm most impressed by the Russian writers, so I love reading the works of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. Another author who has informed the way I think is the French philosopher, Blaise Pascal.
I've been blessed with good eyebrows, and I've worked very hard for them. Get a good brow pencil, fill them in a bit, make them perfect, and I guarantee you'll feel better. At least it works for me.
As you're building a country, you have to be thinking about what works at the ground level. And women have their fingers on the pulse of the community. They know what is critical to have in the treaty to stop the war.
A crowd is the only way to know if something works. Telling a friend or two doesn't matter. A crowd is what tells you what works or doesn't, so I'd rather go in front of them cold and see.
The world is starving for a new spiritual truth - a truth that works in sustaining life, not a truth that brings an end to life.
One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible. It may or may not be possible to turn the US around through nonviolent revolution. But one thing favors such an attempt: the total inability of violence to change anything for the better
My accent always works with girls. They like it, I have no idea why.
Working out is a healthy habit: it helps you stay light and energetic. At least, that is how it works for me, and over the years it has been one of my greatest passions.
I was anorexic. I was in hell. Now I eat what I want, and I'm still a model. So you see, it works.
There's a certain confidence that comes with being sure about the way the world works.
Psychotherapy works, and some types of therapy have been shown to be much more effective than antidepressants over the long run.
In Romans 7, St. Paul says, "The law is spiritual. " What does that mean? If the law were physical, then it could be satisfied by works, but since it is spiritual, no one can satisfy it unless everything he does springs from the depths of the heart. But no one can give such a heart except the Spirit of God, who makes the person be like the law, so that he actually conceives a heartfelt longing for the law and henceforward does everything, not through fear or coercion, but from a free heart.
There's a certain moment when you realize that you've actually just left the planet for a bit and that nobody can touch you. . . When it works, baby, you've got wings.