Stakes Quotes - Page 28

• At the heart of it all, Passion exists to see a generation stake their lives on what matters most. For us, that's the fame of the One who rescues and restores, and the privilege we have to fully leverage our lives by amplifying His name in everything we do.

  Louie Giglio

  Passion, Heart, What Matters

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• The stakes are too high for us to die with a small vision.

  Louie Giglio

  Vision, Dies

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• After Hatuey, a fifteenth-century Indian insurrectionist, had been fixed to the stake, his Spanish captors extended him the choice of converting to Christianity and ascending to Heaven of going unrepentantly to Hell. Gathering that his executioners expected to go to heaven, Hatuey chose the other

  Kathy Acker

  Choices, Heaven, Gathering

  Kathy Acker (1994). “My Mother: Demonology”, p.13, Grove Press

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• It was Christians, you know, not Pagans, who were responsible for the Holocaust. It was Christians, not Pagans, who lynched people here in the South, who burned people at the stake, frequently in the name of this Jesus Christ.

  Desmond Tutu

  Christian, Religious, Jesus

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• It hurts me because of what he's doing to boxing. Because one of the most important world titles is at stake now. The champion has to defend it against the best.

  Sergio Martinez

  Hurt, Motivation, Boxing

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• A prayerful heart and an obedient heart will learn, very slowly and not without sorrow, to stake everything on God Himself.

  Elisabeth Elliot

  Heart, Sorrow, Prayerful

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• I`ve spend my whole life hating and loving my brother with equal measure. I never though I would be the one to help drive a stake through his heart.

  Rebecca

  Brother, Hate, Heart

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• It is always a danger when you have a big game ahead, but there is only one way to prepare well for our Champions League game - and that is to do well tomorrow. Therefore, I feel there is a lot at stake for us tomorrow. It is a massive game for us.

  Arsene Wenger

  Champions League, Games, Way

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• I think all villains have something in common: they have something that they need or want very, very badly. The stakes are very high and they are not bound by moral codes or being ethical, so they can do anything and will do anything to get what they want.

  Donna Murphy

  Thinking, Needs, Want

  "Donna Murphy Exclusive Interview TANGLED" by Bill Graham, collider.com. November 25, 2010.

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• With their survival as an institution and as individual human beings at stake, the Marines have had to ruthlessly and endlessly examine, discard, define, refine, and redefine their approaches to achieve the ultimate in rapid, effective response to dynamic challenges.

  David A. Freedman

  Marine, Challenges, Survival

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• Names and individuals are unimportant when Germany's final fate is at stake.

  Franz von Papen

  Fate, Names, Germany

  "Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression". Office of the United States Chief of Counsel For Prosecution of Axis Criminality publication, Volume 2, p. 919, 1946.

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• You are a powerhouse of creativity; you were born magnificently expressive, available and aware. Before you had the words for it, you had an intrinsic sense of urgency because you knew down in your bones that the stakes are high.

  Larry Silverberg

  Creativity, Bones, Born

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• Universality of the UN is a worthwhile thing in its own self because it means that every country belongs, feels it has a stake, and participates, rather than going away and finding other methods of conducting international relations.

  Shashi Tharoor

  Country, Mean, Worthwhile Things

  "Shashi Tharoor on 'Have Your Say'". "Have Your Say" with Bridget Kendall, shashitharoor.in. September 24, 2006.

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• The stakes are nary a problem to me, as I do not abide by Sir Isaac's law!

  Evan Bourne

  Law, Superstar, Problem

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• As you become more proficient, fewer people can offer you advice, although in truth, that's when you need it the most because the stakes just keep getting higher and higher.

  Brad Alan Lewis

  Motivational, People, Advice

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• Available energy is the main object at stake in the struggle for existence and the evolution of the world.

  Ludwig Boltzmann

  Struggle, Science, Engineering

  "Ludwig Edward Boltzmann" by S. Rajasekar, September 7, 2006.

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• The world never burned a casual Christian at the stake.

  John R. Rice

  Christian, World, Casual

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• We want to explore. We're curious people. Look back over history, people have put their lives at stake to go out and explore ... We believe in what we're doing. Now it's time to go.

  Eileen Collins

  Believe, Space, People

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• You get in trouble, you have to evaluate: Is it worth getting into trouble again? It's a lot easier to make that decision when you have a career at stake.

  Robert Iler

  Careers, Decision, Trouble

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• To throw in a fair game at Hazards only three-spots, when something great is at stake, or some business is the hazard, is a natural occurrence and deserves to be so deemed; and even when they come up the same way for a second time if the throw be repeated. If the third and fourth plays are the same, surely there is occasion for suspicion on the part of a prudent man.

  Gerolamo Cardano

  Business, Math, Men

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• There is too much at stake to worry about our own egos. When my son was killed, I had to face the fact that I was somehow also responsible for what happened. Every American that allows this to continue has, to some extent, blood on their hands. Some of us have a little bit, and some of us are soaked in it.

  Cindy Sheehan

  Son, Blood, Hands

  "This is George Bush’s Accountability Moment". www.huffingtonpost.com. August 11, 2005.

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• Don't you see what's at stake here? The ultimate aim of all science to penetrate the unknown. Do you realize we know less about the earth we live on than about the stars and the galaxies of outer space? The greatest mystery is right here, right under our feet.

  Walter Reisch

  Stars, Feet, Space

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• I call for actors burning at the stakes, laughing at the flames.

  Antonin Artaud

  Flames, Laughing, Burning

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• We as a people, as a state, and as a community, have too much promise, too much potential, and too much at stake to go any other way than forward. We are too strong in our hearts, too innovative in our minds, and too firm in our beliefs to retreat from our goals.

  Bill Richardson

  Strong, Heart, People

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• America's honor, your honor is at stake. Go out and preserve the greatest country in the history of the world.

  Rick Santorum

  Country, America, Honor

  "Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees", Live Coverage of Republican Presidential Contests in Minnesota, Missouri and Colorado, www.cnn.com. February 7, 2012.

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