Crosses Quotes - Page 7

• Gethsemane is where He died; the cross is only the evidence.

  Leonard Ravenhill

  Friday, Gethsemane, Evidence

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• The view of the cross as the sacrifice for the sins of the world is a barbarian idea based on primitive concepts of God and must be dismissed.

  John Shelby Spong

  Sacrifice, Views, Ideas

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• Our sin reached its full horror and found its most awful expression in the cross.

  Colin S. Smith

  Easter, Expression, Awful

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• Now do I begin to be a disciple of Christ, and care for nothing in this world, that so I may find Jesus. Let fire, or the cross, or wild beasts, or the breaking of my bones, or the cutting of me to pieces, or the shattering of my whole body, yea, all the tortures of the devil - let them all come upon me, only let me enjoy my God.

  Ignatius of Antioch

  Jesus, Cutting, Fire

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• Challenge is the core and the mainspring of all human activity. If there's an ocean, we cross it; if there's a disease, we cure it; if there's a wrong, we right it; if there's a record, we break it; and finally, if there's a mountain, we climb it.

  James Ramsey Ullman

  Inspirational, Perseverance, Ocean

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• Few cross over the river. Most are stranded on this side. On the riverbank they run up and down. But the wise man, following the way, Crosses over, beyond the reach of death. He leaves the dark way For the way of light.

  Gautama Buddha

  Wise, Running, Dark

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• The cross of Christ is the true ground and chief cause of Christian hope.

  Pope Leo I

  Christian, Causes, Chiefs

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• Two are born to cross their paths, their lives, their hearts. If by chance, one turns away, they are they forever lost.

  Michael Timmins

  Love, Dream, Heart

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• As a scientist, objectivity is one of my most deeply held values. If we could just try harder, I once thought, surely we could each see the world as others see it and learn to respect one another's views more readily. But I learned from the Pirahas, our expectations, our culture, and our experiences can render even perceptions of the environment nearly incommensurable cross-culturally.

  Daniel Everett

  Life, Views, Objectivity

  Daniel Everett (2010). “Don't Sleep, There are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle”, p.17, Profile Books

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• My teaching is not a philosophy. It is the result of direct experience...
  My teaching is a means of practice, not something to hold onto or worship.
  My teaching is like a raft used to cross the river.
  Only a fool would carry the raft around after he had already reached the other shore of liberation.

  Gautama Buddha

  Philosophy, Teaching, Mean

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• When you train your thoughts to dissolve as they arise, they will cross your mind like a bird crosses the sky--without leaving a trace.

  Julietta Suzuki

  Sky, Bird, Leaving

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• We do not attach any intrinsic value to the Cross; this would be sinful and idolatrous. Our veneration is referred to Him who died upon it.

  James Gibbons

  Friday, Would Be, Intrinsic Value

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• Apart from the cross, condemnation is normal. Without Jesus, we all deserve to be condemned and punished for sin. But here's the good news: 'There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus'.

  C. J. Mahaney

  Friday, Jesus, News

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• Upon that cross of Jesus Mine eye at times can see The very dying form of One Who suffered there for me; And from my smitten heart with tears Two wonders I confess The wonders of redeeming love and my unworthiness.

  Elizabeth C. Clephane

  Friday, Jesus, Heart

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• You the devil in drag. You can burn your cross, Well, I'll burn your flag.

  Ice Cube

  Rap, Hip Hop, Devil

  Song: I Wanna Kill Sam, Album: Death Certificate

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• A successful current affairs television show seems to be more and more a cross between a music hall turn and a scene in a torture chamber.

  Harold MacMillan

  Successful, Political, Television

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• You don't have to say anything. You don't have to teach anything. You just have to be who you are: a bright flame shining in the darkness of despair, a shining example of a person able to cross bridges by opening your heart and mind.

  Tsoknyi Rinpoche

  Heart, Flames, Bridges

  Tsoknyi Rinpoche (2012). “Open Heart, Open Mind: A Guide to Inner Transformation”, p.237, Random House

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• American scientific companies are cross-breeding humans and animals and coming up with mice with fully functioning human brains.

  Christine O'Donnell

  Science, Animal, Brain

  "Is Cloning Monkeys Morally Wrong?". "The O'Reilly Factor" with Bill O'Reilly, www.foxnews.com. November 15, 2007.

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• I once donated a pint of my finest red corpuscles to the great American Red Cross and the doctor opined my blood was very helpful; contained so much alcohol they could use it to sterilize their instruments.

  W. C. Fields

  Drinking, Doctors, Blood

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• Whatsoever is good for God's children they shall have it, for all is theirs to further them to heaven; therefore, if poverty be good, they shall have it; if disgrace be good, they shall have it; if crosses be good, they shall have them; if misery be good, they shall have it; for all is ours, to serve for our greatest good.

  Richard Sibbes

  Children, Heaven, Religion

  Richard Sibbes (2015). “Complete Works of Richard Sibbes: (7 Volume Set)”, p.3972, Titus Books

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• Once in debt, interest is your companion every minute of the day and night; you cannot shun it or slip away from it; you cannot dismiss it; it yields neither to entreaties, demands, or orders; and whenever you get in its way or cross its course or fail to meet its demands, it crushes you.

  J. Reuben Clark

  Crush, Integrity, Patriotic

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• No negative thoughts cross my mind on race day. When I look into their eyes, I know I'm going to beat them.

  Danny Harris

  Motivational, Running, Eye

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• The freedom of cross country is so primitive. It's woman vs. nature.

  Lynn Jennings

  Running, Country, Primitive

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• Look at the cross and you will know what one soul means to Jesus.

  Mother Teresa

  Jesus, Easter, Mean

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• We must not forget that it wasn't the Jews that put him on the cross, and it wasn't the Romans. It was my sins, it was your sins, the sins of this world.

  Franklin Graham

  Easter, World, Sin

  "Gibson's 'Passion' debuts worldwide", www.cnn.com. February 26, 2004.

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