“Let us show, not merely in great crises, but in every day of life, qualities of practical intelligence, of hardihood and endurance, and above all, the power of devotion to a lofty ideal.” LifeShowsQualityPowerIdealsCrisisPracticalsDevotionEnduranceLofty Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“Do not we rest in our day too much on the arm of flesh? Cannot the same wonders be done now as of old? Do not the eyes of the Lord still run to and fro throughout the whole earth to show Himself strong on behalf of those who put their trust in Him? Oh, that God would give me more practical faith in Him! Where is now the Lord God of Elijah? He is waiting for Elijah to call on Him.” GivingStillsDoneWholeShowsEyeRunningEarthStrongWaitingWonderLordToo MuchArmsGive MeFleshPracticalsBehalfElijahRevival PrayerGod PrayerLord God Author:James Gilmour
“Teachers ... preach "the superiority of the intelligence"; but they preach it because in their opinion it is the intelligence which shows us the actions required for our interests, i.e. from exactly the same passion for the practical.” ShowsActionPassionInterestOpinionTeacherPracticalsSuperiority Book:The Treason of the Intellectuals Source: The Treason of the Intellectuals