#god

All human language draws its nature and value from the fact that it both comes from the Word of God and is chosen by God to manifest himself. But this relationship is secret and incomprehensible, beyond the bounds of reason and analysis. ↗

— Jacques Ellul

#beyond #both #bounds #chosen #comes

If God wants to take my left arm, that's OK, as long as I can walk and play with my kids. I'm a lot improved. I was worse than this after the accident. ↗

— Manute Bol

#after #arm #god #i #i can

O Lord have mercy on me, to God I commend my soul. ↗

— Anne Boleyn

#god #i #lord #me #mercy

You don't have to call it God or Jesus. That's religious humbug to a lot of people, but you've gotta believe that nature and spiritual things surround us. That is what put us here! I thank the universe for that every day of my life. ↗

— Jack LaLanne

#call #day #every #every day #god

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#choose #giver #god #had #i

It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself. ↗

— Epicurus

#folly #gods #himself #man #obtain

I'm a survivor of life. I try to give the glory to God and appreciate what's happening to me. ↗

— Mike Epps

#give #glory #god #happening #i

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful. ↗

— John Wooden

#be grateful #be humble #careful #conceit #fame

Man is to man either a god or a wolf. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

#god #man #wolf

I accept the Old Testament as more of an action movie: blood, car chases, evacuations, a lot of special effects, seas dividing, mass murder, adultery. The children of God are running amok, wayward. Maybe that's why they're so relatable. ↗

— Bono

#action #action movie #adultery #blood #car