Lives Of Others Quotes - Page 7

• The humanitarian wishes to be a prime mover in the lives of others. He cannot admit either the divine or the natural order, by which men have the power to help themselves. The humanitarian puts himself in the place of God.

  Isabel Paterson

  Men, Order, Wish

  Isabel Paterson (1993). “God of the Machine”, p.241, Transaction Publishers

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• No life of faith can be lived privately. There must be overflow into the lives of others.

  Eugene H. Peterson

  Overflow

  Eugene H. Peterson (1996). “Living the Message: Daily Reflections with Eugene H. Peterson”, Harper San Francisco

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• I have no way of portraying the lives of others. I portray my own.

  Jan Saudek

  Way, Portraying, My Own

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• We were designed to love and when we do, something good develops inside. We feel clean, rich, whole. Even better, we become less concerned with how we feel and more concerned with the lives of others.

  Larry Crabb

  Rich, Clean, Feels

  Larry Crabb (2014). “Inside Out”, p.95, Tyndale House

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• Mercy is a source of life because we breathe our own spirits through it into the lives of others.

  Eugene Kennedy

  Spirit, Breathe, Mercy

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• Christians can bring peace to multi-religious Europe because we are able to understand the role of faith in the lives of other believers better than atheists.

  Timothy Radcliffe

  Christian, Religious, Atheist

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• We write out of revenge against reality, to dream and enter the lives of others.

  Francine du Plessix Gray

  Dream, Revenge, Writing

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• If you'll quit moaning and crying, I'll use the things to make you into someone I can use in the lives of others to show them that no matter where they've been, no matter how deep the hole, no matter how painful the trial, there's hope. There is victory.

  Kay Arthur

  Hope, Victory, Use

  Kay Arthur (2009). “As Silver Refined: Learning to Embrace Life's Disappointments”, p.118, WaterBrook

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• God never intended for us to simply be the objects of His love. We are also called to be the instruments of that love in the lives of others.

  Paul David Tripp

  His Love, Instruments, Objects

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• Embedded in the larger story of redemption is a principle we must not miss: God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things in the lives of others.

  Paul David Tripp

  Leadership, Christian, People

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• The gospel has done its work in us when we crave God more than we crave everything else in life - more than money, romance, family, health, fame - and when seeing His kingdom advance in the lives of others gives us more joy than anything we could own. When we see Jesus as greater than anything the world can offer, we'll gladly let everything else go to possess Him.

  J. D. Greear

  Jesus, Giving, Joy

  "Gospel: Recovering the Power that Made Christianity Revolutionary". Book by J. D. Greear, 2011.

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• The humanitarian wishes to be a prime mover in the lives of others. He cannot admit either the divine or the natural order, by which men have the power to help themselves. The humanitarian puts himself in the place of God.
  But he is confronted by two awkward facts; first, that the competent do not need his assistance; and second, that the majority of people positively do not want to be "done good" by the humanitarian. Of course, what the humanitarian actually proposes is that he shall do what he thinks is good for everybody. It is at this point that the humanitarian sets up the guillotine.

  Isabel Paterson

  Men, Thinking, Order

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• The soul of the truly benevolent man does not seem to reside much in his own body. Its life, to a great extent, is a mere reflex of the lives of others. It migrates into their bodies, and identifying its existence with their existence, finds its own happiness in increasing and prolonging their pleasures, in extinguishing or solacing their pains.

  Horace Mann

  Pain, Men, Soul

  Horace Mann (1867). “Lectures and Annual Reports on Education”, p.209

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• As we tell stories about the lives of others, we learn how to imagine what another creature might feel in response to various events. At the same time, we identify with the other creature and learn something about ourselves.

  Martha C. Nussbaum

  Empathy, Events, Stories

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• Each individual person is very important. Each person has tremendous potential. She or he alone can influence the lives of others within the communities, nations, within and beyond her or his own time.

  Muhammad Yunus

  Motivational, Community, Important

  Muhammad Yunus (2007). “Banker To The Poor”, p.19, Penguin Books India

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• Money is congealed energy and releasing it releases life possibilities ... Money experienced as life energy is indeed a meditation, and letting it flow out instead of hoarding it is a mode of participation in the life of others.

  Joseph Campbell

  Meditation, Energy, Hoarding

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• Most human beings, though in varying degrees, desire to control, not only their own lives but also the lives of others

  Bertrand Russell

  Desire, Degrees, Humans

  Bertrand Russell, John Greer Slater, Peter Köllner (1996). “A Fresh Look at Empiricism: 1927-42”, p.445, Psychology Press

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• Teaching high school was my real training as a novelist: it got me out of my head, and (at least a little) out of books, and invested me in the lives of others and the world around me.

  Garth Greenwell

  Real, Book, Teaching

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Hope is lived when it comes alive, when we go outside of ourselves and, in joy and pain take part in the lives of others.

  Jürgen Moltmann

  Pain, Joy, Alive

  Jürgen Moltmann, M. Douglas Meeks (1978). “The open church: invitation to a messianic lifestyle”

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• Our most important legacy will be the contributions we make to the lives of other human beings.

  Thomas Kinkade

  Important, Legacy, Contribution

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• Stop trying to protect, to rescue, to judge, to manage the lives around you... Remember that the lives of others are not your business. They are their business. They are God's busineess... Even your own life is not your business. It also is God's Business. Leave it to God.

  Frederick Buechner

  Judging, Trying, Remember

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• In our lives, we can either be a reflection of the world around us . . . or a beam that enlightens the lives of others.

  Bill Crawford

  Reflection, World, Enlightening

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• A good reputation is measured by how much you can improve the lives of others.

  George Eastman

  Reputation, Good Reputation

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• For me, the camera is like an entrance to the private lives of other people. And if you are curious like me, it is a fantastic tool.

  Anders Petersen

  People, Cameras, Tools

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• Poems give you the lives of others and then circle in on your own inner world.

  Frances Mayes

  Circles, Giving, World

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