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• But he is unworthy the name of a minister of the gospel of peace, who is unwilling, not only to have his name cast out as evil, but also to die for the truths of the Lord Jesus.

  George Whitefield

  Jesus, Peace, Names

  George Whitefield (1828). “Sermons on important subjects ... With a memoir of the Author by S. Drew; and a dissertation on his character, preaching, etc., by Joseph [or rather Josiah] Smith”, p.281

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• I call God to witness that as a private person I have done nothing unbeseeming an honest man, nor, as I bear the place of a public man, have I done anything unworthy of my place.

  Francis Walsingham

  Men, Done, Bears

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• The criminal law needs to be improved to meet new forms of crime, but to denounce financial devices which are useful and legitimate because use is made of them for fraud, is ridiculous and unworthy of the age in which we live.

  William Graham Sumner

  Law, Hype, Age

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• It is unworthy of excellent men to lose hours like slaves in the labor of calculation which could be relegated to anyone else if machines were used.

  Gottfried Leibniz

  Science, Men, Machines

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• If one keeps loving faithfully what is really worth loving, and does not waste one's love on insignificant and unworthy and meaningless things, one will get more light by and by and grow stronger.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Light, Meaningless Things, Stronger

  Vincent van Gogh, Mark Roskill (1997). “The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh”, p.110, Simon and Schuster

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• Lack of self-worth is the fundamental source of all emotional pain. A feeling of insecurity, unworthiness and lack of valueis the core experience of powerlessness.

  Gary Zukav

  Relationship, Spiritual, Pain

  FaceBook post by Gary Zukav from Apr 03, 2015

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• A religion that costs nothing is worth nothing. A cheap Christianity, without a cross, will prove in the end a useless Christianity, without a crown.

  J. C. Ryle

  Christian, Religion, Deep Thought

  J.C. Ryle (2015). “Holiness: It's Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties, and Roots”, p.106, Letcetera Publishing

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• I felt unworthy to play Jesus. I just accepted the responsibility and said, 'What actor wouldn't want to play this role?'

  Jim Caviezel

  Jesus, Responsibility, Play

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• I'm not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.

  Adlai E. Stevenson

  Winning, Hands, Political

  "Adlai Stevenson: A Study in Values". Book by Herbert Joseph Muller, p. 174, 1967.

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• Every form of causeless self-doubt, every feeling of inferiority and secret unworthiness is, in fact, man's hidden dread of his inability to deal with existence.

  John Galt

  Men, Self, Feelings

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• It takes talent to please the people in a sermon by a flowery style, a cheerful ethic, brilliant sallies and lively descriptions; but such a talent is inadequate. A better sort of talent neglects these extraneous ornaments, unworthy to be used in the service of the Gospel: such a preacher's sermon will be simple, strong and Christian.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Christian, People, Style

  "Of The Pulpit". "Characters", Book by Jean De La Bruyère, www.ourcivilisation.com. 1688.

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• Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Funny, Prayer, Humor

  Ambrose Bierce (2012). “The Devil's Dictionary”, p.96, Courier Corporation

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• We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.

  Barack Obama

  Inspirational, Commitment, Responsibility

  Second Democratic Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech, delivered 6 September 2012, Charlotte, North Carolina

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• Scorn also to depress thy competitor by any dishonest or unworthy method; strive to raise thyself above him only by excelling him; so shall thy contest for superiority be crowned with honour, if not with success.

  Akhenaton

  Depressing, Strive, Method

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• It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is only belief - the other contempt.

  Plutarch

  God, Belief, Opinion

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• There is no revenge like oblivion, for it is the entombment of the unworthy in the dust of their own nothingness.

  Baltasar Gracian

  Revenge, Dust, Oblivion

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• The truth is that there are no things for which men will make such herculean efforts as the things of which they know they are unworthy.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Men, Effort, Truth Is

  Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). “The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton”, p.149, Simon and Schuster

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• The Christian religion, [Pascal] claims, teaches two truths: that there is a God who men are capable of knowing, and that there is an element of corruption in men that renders them unworthy of God. Knowledge of God without knowledge of man's wretchedness begets pride, and knowledge of man's wretchedness without knowledge of God begets despair, but knowledge of Jesus Christ furnishes man knowledge of both simultaneously.

  William Lane Craig

  Christian, Jesus, Pride

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• The wise determine from the gravity of the case; the irritable, from sensibility to oppression; the high minded, from disdain and indignation at abusive power in unworthy hands.

  Edmund Burke

  Wise, Hands, Oppression

  Edmund Burke (1807). “Works: 1st American from the Last London Ed”, p.47

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• If anyone feels offended by my words, I would respond that I speak them with affection and with the best of intentions, quite apart from any personal interest or political ideology. My words are not those of a foe or an opponent. I am interested only in helping those who are in thrall to an individualistic, indifferent and self-centred mentality to be freed from those unworthy chains and to attain a way of living and thinking which is more humane, noble and fruitful, and which will bring dignity to their presence on this earth.

  Pope Francis

  Thinking, Self, Political

  Pope Francis (2014). “The Joy of the Gospel”, p.61, BookBaby

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• The bad man is the man who no matter how good he has been is beginning to deteriorate, to grow less good. The good man is the man who no matter how morally unworthy he has been is moving to become better. Such a conception makes one severe in judging himself and humane in judging others.

  John Dewey

  Honesty, Integrity, Moving

  John Dewey (2012). “Reconstruction in Philosophy”, p.101, Courier Corporation

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• Declare war on passivity. Hush the inner voice that insists you're over the hill, past your prime, unworthy of attaining those dreams. Disbelief is now the enemy, as is the notion of settling. Get hungry- hyena hungry. Get fired up. Find your backbone, and your wings. Flap 'em. It's the only way you'll be able to fly.

  J. C. Hutchins

  Dream, War, Past

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• The woman who cannot tell a lie in defense of her husband, is unworthy of the name of wife.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Husband, Women, Lying

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• For all men being originally equals, no one by birth could have the right to set up his own family in perpetual preference to all others forever, and tho' himself might deserve some decent degree of honours of his cotemporaries, yet his descendants might be far too unworthy to inherit them.

  Thomas Paine

  Men, Forever, Degrees

  Thomas Paine (2011). “Common Sense: With the Whole Appendix: the Address to the Quakers: Also, the Large Additions”, p.20, Cambridge University Press

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• My husband cooks fancier food for himself than I've ever cooked on-air. I call him from the road, and he's making champagne-vanilla salmon or black-cherry pork chop. Half of me is feeling unworthy. Not only am I not a chef, I'm not a better cook than my own husband!

  Rachael Ray

  Husband, Air, Feelings

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