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“You can't shoot an idea.”

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Thomas E. Dewey was an American politician who served as the Governor of New York. Born on March 24, 1902, and died on March 16, 1971, Dewey was known for his strong legal background and reformist policies during his political career. more

“God's Word must be so strongly fixed in our minds that it becomes the dominant influence in our thoughts, our attitudes, and our actions. One of the most effective ways of influencing our minds is through memorizing Scripture. David said, "I have hidden Your Word in my heart that I might not sin against You" (Psm. 119:11).”

Way Mind Heart Said Might Action Sin Attitude Influence My Heart Scripture Fixed Dominant Our Thoughts Our Actions Memorizing

Book:The Pursuit of Holiness

Source: The Pursuit of Holiness

“My soule her wings doth spread And heaven-ward flies, Th' Almighty's Mysteries to read In the large volumes of the skies.”

Soul Heaven Mystery Sky Wings Spread Volume Almighty

Book:Castara: The Third Edition of 1640; Edited and Collated with the Earlier Ones of 1634, 1635

Source: Castara: The Third Edition of 1640; Edited and Collated with the Earlier Ones of 1634, 1635

“I stand in the sunny noon of life. Objects no longer glitter in the dews of morning, neither are yet softened by the shadows of evening.”

Morning Courage Objects Shadow Evening Sunny Dew Noon Glitter

Book:Woman in the Ninteenth Century (EasyRead Large Edition)

Source: Woman in the Ninteenth Century (EasyRead Large Edition)

“Tragedy is always a mistake; and the loneliness of the deepest thinker, the widest lover, ceases to be pathetic to us so soon as the sun is high enough above the mountains.”

Enough Mistake Sun Loneliness Lovers Mountain Tragedy Cease Thinker Pathetic

Book:Memoirs, [ed.] by R.W. Emerson, W.H. Channing, and J.F. Clarke

Source: Memoirs, [ed.] by R.W. Emerson, W.H. Channing, and J.F. Clarke

“A man who means to think and write a great deal must, after six and twenty, learn to read with his fingers.”

Thinking Men Writing Mean Deals Six Twenties Fingers

Book:Memoirs, [ed.] by R.W. Emerson, W.H. Channing, and J.F. Clarke

Source: Memoirs, [ed.] by R.W. Emerson, W.H. Channing, and J.F. Clarke

“To be justified means more than to be declared "not guilty." It actually means to be declared righteous before God. It means God has imputed or charged the guilt of our sin to His Son, Jesus Christ, and has imputed or credited Christ's righteousness to us.”

Mean Jesus Christ Sin Son Jesus Christ Guilt Guilty Righteousness Righteous Justified Not Guilty

Book:Transforming Grace

Source: Transforming Grace

“Father sticks to it that anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky.”

Helping Father Pay Too Much Promise Sticks

Author:Dorothy Canfield Fisher

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