“Just keep playing, mastering as you do the step Into disorder this one meant. Don't you see It's all we can do? Meanwhile, great fires Arise, as of haystacks aflame. The dial has been set And that's ominous, but all your graciousness in living Conspires with it, now that this is our home: A place to be from, and have people ask about.” PeopleHas BeensHomeAsksCan DoStepsFireAriseDisorderGraciousnessOminous Book:A Wave: Poems Source: A Wave: Poems
“Deprived of human intercourse, I inevitably overvalue the imagination and expect it to make the mundane glow with an aura of self-transcendence. Yet why these glorious sunsets, I ask myself, if nature does not speak to us with tongues of fire.” IfsHumansDoeSelfAsksSpeakImaginationFireTongueGloriousSunsetDeprivedTranscendenceMundaneIntercourseAuras Book:In the Heart of the Country: A Novel Source: In the Heart of the Country: A Novel
“Sin is more dangerous than wild bears, more deadly than blazing forest fires. Ask Nebuchadnezzar, who lost his mind because he refused to deal with his pride. Ask Samson, who was reduced to a pathetic shred of a man because he never got control over the lusts of his flesh. Ask Achan and Ananias and Sapphira, who all lost their lives over “small,” secret sins.” MenMindAsksLostSinDealsSecretFireDangerousPrideBearsFleshLustForestsPatheticBlazingForest FiresSamson Book:Holiness: The Heart God Purifies Source: Holiness: The Heart God Purifies
“We give ourselves to prayer. We preach a Gospel that saves to the uttermost, and witness to its power. We do not argue about worldliness; we witness. We do not discuss philosophy; we preach the Gospel. We do not speculate about the destiny of sinners; we pluck them as brands from the burning. We ask no man's patronage. We beg no man's money. We fear no man's frownLet no man join us who is afraid, and we want none but those who are saved, sanctified and aflame with the fire of the Holy Ghost.” MenWantGivingPhilosophyAsksPrayerDestinyFireHolyArguingSavedGhostWitnessBrandsBurningSinnerHoly GhostPluckWorldlinessPatronageFear No Man Author:Samuel Chadwick
“If you ask what's been my secret of success, most might say it's my God-given athletic ability to throw a football. While talent is important, it's not necessarily the most important thing. Thousands of talented people fail every day. My strength has been my will to win-that competitive fire inside.” PeopleIfsHas BeensImportantMightAsksWinningGivenAbilitySecretFireFailingTalentFootballImportant ThingsNflAthleticSecret To SuccessWill To WinFire InsideAthletic Ability Book:Comeback Kid Source: Comeback Kid
“I wanted to know why people follow rules blindly, or why girls had to act a certain way and boys didn't. Why could boys ask girls out and girls not ask guys out? Why did girls have to shave their legs and guys didn't? Why did society, like, set everything up the way they did? My whole adolescence was full of unanswered whys. Because they never got answered, I just kept lighting fires everywhere - metaphorically speaking.” PeopleKnowsWayWholeWantedGuyCertainGirlAsksBoysFireLegsAdolescenceLightingUnansweredLighting A FireAsk A Girl Author:Madonna Ciccone