Quotes about bible
bible despair thieves
There is one death bed repentance recorded in the Bible (the thief on the cross), so that no one despair, but there is ONLY one, so that no one will presume. Matthew Henry
bible god christian
I believe that the next half century will determine if we will advance the cause of Christian civilization or revert to the horrors of brutal paganism. Theodore Roosevelt
bible college men
I enter a most earnest plea that in our hurried and rather bustling life of today we do not lose the hold that our forefathers had on the Bible. I wish to see the Bible study as much a matter of course in the secular colleges as in the seminary. No educated man can afford to be ignorant of the Bible, and no uneducated man can afford to be ignorant of the Bible. Theodore Roosevelt
bible christian education
A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education. Theodore Roosevelt
bible book press printing published text
The first ever book to be published on a printing press was the Bible and we're doing the same thing here with text messaging,
bible people coward
Cowards always drag in the Bible to back theirselves up far more than proper people does ... Miles Franklin
bible book men
You will want a book which contains not man's thoughts, but God's - not a book that may amuse you, but a book that can save you - not even a book that can instruct you, but a book on which you can venture an eternity - not only a book which can give relief to your spirit, but redemption to your soul - a book which contains salvation, and conveys it to you, one which shall at once be the Saviour's book and the sinner's. John Selden
bible eye two
To have the fear of God before our eyes, and, in our mutual dealings with each other, to govern our actions by the eternal measures of right and wrong:MThe first of these will comprehend the duties of religion;Mthe second, those of morality, which are so inseparably connected together, that you cannot divide these two tableswithout breaking and mutually destroying them both. Laurence Sterne
bible god religious
As the safety and prosperity of nations ultimately and essentially depend on the protection and the blessing of Almighty God, and the national acknowledgment of this truth is not only an indispensable duty which the people owe to Him. John Adams
bible god religious
I have examined all religions, and the result is that the Bible is the best book in the world. John Adams
bible god religious
The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity. I will avow that I then believed, and now believe, that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God. John Adams
bible god religious
The Declaration of Independence laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity. John Adams
bible jesus destiny
The destiny of America is to carry the gospel of Jesus Christ to all men everywhere. John Adams
bible god christian
The Christian religion is, above all the religions that ever prevailed or existed in ancient or modern times, the religion of wisdom, virtue, equity and humanity. John Adams
bible god religious
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. John Adams
bible god religious
[The United States is] founded on the principles of Christianity Franklin D. Roosevelt
bible heart expression
So far as I ever observed God's dealings with my soul, the flights of preachers sometimes entertained me, but it was Scripture expressions which did penetrate my heart, and in a way peculiar to themselves. John Brown
bible husband father
I have always said that a studious perusal of the sacred volume will make better citizens, better fathers, and better husbands. Thomas Jefferson
bible god school
To say that God is an incorporeal substance, is to say in effect there is no God at all. What alleges he against it, but the School-divinity which I have already answered? Scripture he can bring none, because the word incorporeal is not found in Scripture. Thomas Hobbes
bible god believe
But his Lordship [tells]us that God is wholly here, and wholly there, and wholly every where; because he has no parts. I cannot comprehend nor conceive this. For methinks it implies also that the whole world is also in the whole God, and in every part of God. Norcan I find anything of this in the Scripture. If I could find it there, I could believe it; and if I could find it in the public doctrine of the Church, I could easily abstain from contradicting it. Thomas Hobbes
bible god scripture
When the nature of the thing is incomprehensible, I can acquiesce in the Scripture: but when the signification of words is incomprehensible, I cannot acquiesce in the authority of a Schoolman. Thomas Hobbes
bible philosophy philosophical
The Scripture was written to shew unto men the kingdom of God; and to prepare their minds to become his obedient subjects; leavingthe world, and the Philosophy thereof, to the disputation of men, for the exercising of their natural Reason. Thomas Hobbes
bible religious reading
I think every citizen in Burlington has a right to voice their opinion and participate in the local political process no matter who they are or what they are or where they come from or what their religious beliefs are. But for me to base all of my decisions based on my reading of the Holy Bible just isn't going to happen. Tim Scott
bible god religious
Of the many influences that have shaped the United States into a distinctive nation and people, none may be said to be more fundamental and enduring than the Bible. Ronald Reagan
bible god religious
Inside the Bible's pages lie the answers to all the problems that mankind has ever known. I hope Americans will read and study the Bible. Ronald Reagan
bible christian home
The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home. Saint Augustine
bible book civilization
Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress made in true civilization and to this we must look as our guide in the future. Ulysses S. Grant
bible writing heart
Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet-anchor of your liberties; write its precepts in your hearts, and practice them in your lives. Ulysses S. Grant
bible quran felt
I've read the Bible, but I felt like a lot of the Bible was oppressive towards women. Then I read the Quran, and I thought it was also oppressive towards women. Robert Webb
bible sight use
As the telescope is not a substitute for, but an aid to, our sight, so revelation is not designed to supersede the use of reason, but to supply its deficiencies. Richard Whately
bible jesus hate
Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you. Sarah Vowell
bible taken hands
For more than a thousand years the Bible, collectively taken, has gone hand in hand with civilization science, law; in short, with the moral and intellectual cultivation of the species, always supporting and often leading he way. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
bible christian pressure
There is always a pressure to separate the Bible from science and to separate the Christian religion from things material. Walter Lang