Home / Quotes / Quote by John Owen

Quote by John Owen

“This day was yesterday to-morrow nam'd: To-morrow shall be yesterday proclaimed: To-morrow not yet come, not far away, What shall to-morrow then be call'd? To-day.”

Quote by John Owen

Author

John Owen (1616-1683) was a prominent English theologian, writer, and pastor. His works have had a profound impact on Christian theology, particularly in the areas of predestination and moral theology. more

You May Also Like

“There's been plenty of adversity, starting the moment he was born. He had a respiratory crisis, and it was touch and go for a week whether he would survive. I think ever since, you can feel this pulse in the guy, an almost physical enthusiasm.”

Thinking Feels Moments Guy Born Week Adversity Crisis Starting Enthusiasm Plenty Pulse Respiratory

Author:James Taylor

“It was like the top of the roof came off the house, .. He had that effect on everyone.”

House Effects Roof

Author:James Taylor

“I can't thank you enough for showing up. It's not the same without you.”

I Can Enough Thankfulness Without You Showing Up

Author:James Taylor

“Quart of whiskey a day for months working hard on a long poem. Wife hiding bottles, myself hiding bottles. Murderous and suicidal. Many hospitalizations, many alibis.”

Long Hard Wife Months Bottles Hiding Suicidal Whiskey Drunkenness Alibis

Author:James Taylor

“In a place where there are no humans, one must strive to be human.”

Humans Humanity Strive

Author:Hillel the Elder

“Do not say, 'When I have leisure, I will study,' because you may never have leisure.”

May Study Leisure Procrastination

Author:Hillel the Elder

“Our personal dispositions are as windowpanes through which we see the world either as rosy or dull. The way we color the glasses we wear is the way the world seems to us.”

World Way Seems Attitude Color Glasses Dull Disposition Rosy Windowpane

Author:Fulton J. Sheen

“There are no planes in the spiritual life; we are either going uphill or coming down.”

Spiritual Faith Planes Spiritual Life

Author:Fulton J. Sheen

“For example, parents who talk a lot to their children have kids with better language skills, parents who spank have children who grow up to be violent, parents who are neither too authoritarian or too lenient have children who are well-adjusted, and so on.”

Wells Children Kids Language Grows Parent Growing Up Example Skills Violent Lenient Language Skills

Author:Steven Pinker

“It's the old idea that the process of evolution is some push in the direction of greater complexity--in particular greater intellectual complexity. In one twig of the tree of life, namely ours, having a big brain happened to have advantages. But that's just what worked for a particular species of primate 5 to 7 million years ago.”

Years Ideas Bigs Process Brain Millions Greater Happened Tree Particular Evolution Intellectual Advantage Years Ago Species Complexity Tree Of Life Primates Twigs Old Ideas

Author:Steven Pinker