Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare! Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky |
The very idea of the power and right of the people to establish government presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government. Author: George Washington |
Our power is not so much in us as through us. Author: Harry Emerson Fosdick |
It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal. Author: Helen Keller |
Since the days of Pentecost, has the whole church ever put aside every other work and waited upon Him for ten days, that the Spirit's power might be manifested? We give too much attention to method and machinery and resources, and too little to the source of power. Author: Hudson Taylor |
Many Christians estimate difficulty in the light of their own resources, and thus they attempt very little and they always fail. All giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reckoned on His power and presence to be with them. Author: Hudson Taylor |
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Men have the power of thinking that they may avoid sin. Author: John Chrysostom |
In order to the existence of such a ministry in the Church, there is requisite an authority received from God, and consequently power and knowledge imparted from God for the exercise of such ministry; and where a man possesses these, although the bishop has not laid hands upon him according to his traditions, God has Himself appointed him. - John Wycliffe Author: Assorted Authors |
God knows what each one of us is dealing with. He knows our pressures. He knows our conflicts. And He has made a provision for each and every one of them. That provision is Himself in the person of the Holy Spirit, indwelling us and empowering us to respond rightly. Author: Kay Arthur |
True liberty consists only in the power of doing what we ought to will, and in not being constrained to do what we ought not to will. Author: Jonathan Edwards |
The world has lost the power to blush over its vice; the Church has lost her power to weep over it. Author: Leonard Ravenhill |
But have we Holy Spirit power - power that restricts the devil's power, pulls down strongholds and obtains promises? Daring delinquents will be damned if they are not delivered from the devil's dominion. What has hell to fear other than a God-anointed, prayer-powered church? Author: Leonard Ravenhill |