Son Quotes - Page 23

• Faith must rise beyond the recognised norm into a lifestyle that accurately represents the victorious Son of God.

  Bill Johnson

  Lifestyle, Norm

  Kris Vallotton, Bill Johnson (2006). “The Supernatural Ways of Royalty: Discovering Your Rights and Privileges of Being a Son or Daughter of God”, p.11, Destiny Image Publishers

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• God in eternity looked upon me forseeing my faultness, my pride, my sin and said 'I want that man in my family, i will pay for him to be in my family with my son's life. That's Love folks. That is mega off the charts love!!!

  John Piper

  Pride, Men, Want

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• Lord, I am no longer my own, but Yours. Put me to what You will, rank me with whom You will. Let be employed by You or laid aside for You, exalted for You or brought low by You. Let me have all things, let me have nothing, I freely and heartily yield all things to Your pleasure and disposal. And now, O glorious and blessed God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, You are mine and I am Yours. So be it. Amen.

  John Wesley

  Father, Blessed, Yield

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• The ultimate meaning of true womanhood is this: It is a distinctive calling of God to display the glory of his Son in ways that would not be displayed if there were no womanhood.

  John Piper

  Calling, Way, Glory

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• The booby father craves a booby son, And by Heaven's blessing thinks himself undone.

  Edward Young

  Father, Blessing, Thinking

  Edward Young, John Mitford (1852). “The poetical works of Edward Young”, p.74

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• If God were not just, there would be no demand for his Son to suffer and die. And if God were not loving, there would be no willingness for his Son to suffer and die. But God is both just and loving. Therefore his love is willing to meet the demands of his justice.

  John Piper

  Love Is, Justice, Suffering

  John Piper (2005). “For Your Joy”

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• God took the record of all your sins-all your sexual failures-that made you a debtor to wrath, and instead of holding them up in front of your face and using them as the warrant to send you to hell, he put them in the palm of his Son’s hand and nailed them to the cross.

  John Piper

  Hands, Wrath, Records

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• I decided to praise my son not when he succeeded at things he was already good at, but when he persevered with things that he found difficult. I stressed to him that by struggling, your brain grows. Between the deep body of research on the field of learning mindsets and this personal experience with my son, I am more convinced than ever that mindsets toward learning could matter more than anything else we teach.

  Salman Khan

  Struggle, Brain, Stressed

  "The Learning Myth: Why I’ll Never Tell My Son He’s Smart" by Salman Khan, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 19, 2014.

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• I am a revolutionary, so my son can be a farmer, so his son can be a poet.

  John Adams

  Revolutionary, Poet, Farmers

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• My conscience does not render a positive verdict in God’s courtroom when I look inside myself. The only reason I can sleep well at night is that even though my heart is filled with corruption and even though I am not doing my best to please him, I have in heaven at the Father’s right hand the beloved Son, who has not only done his best for himself but has fulfilled all righteousness for me in my place.

  Michael Horton

  Father, Heart, Sleep

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• Whilst America hath been the land of promise to Europeans, and their descendants, it hath been the vale of death to millions of the wretched sons of Africa... Whilst we were offering up vows at the shrine of Liberty... whilst we swore irreconcilable hostility to her enemies... whilst we adjured the God of Hosts to witness our resolution to live free or die... we were imposing on our fellow men, who differ in complexion from us, a slavery, ten thousand times more cruel than the utmost extremity of those grievances and oppressions, of which we complained.

  St. George Tucker

  Men, Land, America

  "A Dissertation on Slavery: With a Proposal for the Gradual Abolition of it, in the State of Virginia". Book by St. George Tucker, 1796.

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• I work out four days a week in the off-season, and in the warm, running weather months, I do five days. A push/pull regime of weightlifting, cycling, and the occasional Saturday or Sunday run with my oldest son, even if it's cold out.

  Andre Dubus

  Running, Sunday, Weather

  "The Exchange: Andre Dubus III". Interview with Kate Bittman, www.newyorker.com. March 17, 2011.

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• As a forgiven son, I am justified, cleansed, washed clean. This is a greater reality than my sinful past.

  Bill Johnson

  Past, Reality, Justified

  Bill Johnson (2014). “Experience the Impossible: Simple Ways to Unleash Heaven's Power on Earth”, p.29, Chosen Books

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• Hugh Lynn Cayce, Edgar Cayce's son, is quoted as saying, The best interpretation of a dream is one you apply.

  Henry Reed

  Dream, Interpretation

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• I am not ashamed to say that I am the son of a washerwoman.

  John Burns

  Ashamed

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• I lost my passion for work. No, that's a negative statement. I just had a bigger passion for something else, for my son, and growing up with him.

  James Caan

  Growing Up, Passion, Negative

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• Sure, I want to be the best actor in the world. But my life is my family, my son, my friends. I don't know how anyone can find fault with that.

  James Caan

  Actors, World, Want

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Being a son, brother, uncle and brother-in-law is all I care about.

  Chris Burke

  Brother, Uncles, Law

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• An adaptation I was working on of Trollope's 'The Pallisers' has been axed by the BBC... I was also going to do Dickens' 'Dombey and Son' but they've asked me to do 'David Copperfield' instead.

  Andrew Davies

  Adaptation, Dickens, Has Beens

  "Andrew Davies: BBC period drama is 'going downmarket'" by Leigh Holmwood, www.theguardian.com. September 29, 2009.

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• I suffer every moment of every day that I am not with my son. All I want is to be reunited with my son.

  Craig Kelly

  Suffering, Want, Reuniting

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• My son is racing his first 24-hour this year with Porsche.

  Bobby Rahal

  Sports, Years, Racing

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• I was good at football and cricket at school. My dad said, 'Son, be an architect,' and I came to Melbourne passionate about becoming an architect.

  Max Walker

  Football, Dad, School

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was the son of a publican and a master builder. He ran the Empire Hotel in North Hobart. His name was Max, too. Big Max.

  Max Walker

  Names, Max, Empires

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Learning by study must be won; 'Twas ne'er entail'd from son to son.

  John Gay

  Learning, Study

  John Gay (1824). “Fables and Other Poems, by John Gay: With a Biographical Sketch of the Author..”, p.100

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• Eternal Spirit of the chainless Mind! Brightest in dungeons, Liberty! thou art, For there thy habitation is the heart-- The heart which love of thee alone can bind; And when thy sons to fetters are consign'd-- To fetters and damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom.

  Lord Byron

  Country, Art, Mind

  Lord Byron (2013). “Selected Poems of Lord Byron”, p.63, Lulu Press, Inc

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