“It's a fundamental aspect of the free enterprise system and economics: If there's no penalty associated with increased costs, why not lay on increased costs?” IfsCostAspectEconomicsFundamentalsLaysEnterpriseWhy NotPenaltiesFree Enterprise Author:John McCain
“Christ had no interest in gathering vast crowds of professed adherents who would melt away as soon as they found out what following Him actually demanded of them. In our own presentation of Christ's gospel, therefore, we need to lay a similar stress on the cost of following Christ and make sinners face it soberly before we urge them to respond to the message of free forgiveness. In common honesty, we must not conceal the fact that free forgiveness in one sense will cost everything.” NeedsFactsFacesFoundInterestChristCommonHonestyCostMessagesStressLaysCrowdsFollowingSinnerUrgesGatheringPresentationFollowing Christ Author:J. I. Packer
“It costs to be a friend or to have a friend. There is nothing else in life except motherhood that costs so much. It not only costs time, affection, patience, love, but sometimes a man must even lay down his life for his friends. There is no true friendship without self-abnegation, self-sacrifice.” MenSelfSometimesSacrificeCostLaysAffectionMotherhoodTrue FriendTrue FriendshipSelf SacrificeAbnegationPatience Love Book:What is Worth While? Source: What is Worth While?
“Those who use tobacco, tea and coffee should lay these idols aside, and put their cost into the treasury of the Lord.” ShouldUseLordCostLaysCoffeeTeaIdolsTobaccoTreasuryUs Treasury Author:Ellen G. White
“And in truth (as I now see) I had the wish to put off my journey as long as I could. Not for any peril or labour it might cost; but because I could see nothing in the whole world for me to do once it was accomplished. AS long as this act lay before me, there was, as it were, some barrier between me and the dead desert which the rest of my life must be.” WorldLongWholeMightWishJourneyCostLaysWhole WorldDesertAccomplishedLabourBarriersPerilMy Journey Author:C. S. Lewis
“Of little worth as life is when we misuse it, it is worth that effort. It would cost nothing to lay down if it were not.” IfsLittlesLife IsEffortCostLaysMisuseTale Of Two Cities Book:A Tale of Two Cities: A Story of the French Revolution Source: A Tale of Two Cities: A Story of the French Revolution