E. P. Sanders Quotes

The only thing worse than finishing second is to be lying on the desert alone with your back broken. Either way, nobody ever finds out about you.

If you would rather pick a fight than solve a problem, do not consider leading the church

The spiritual leader should outpace the rest of the church, above all, in prayer.

Spiritual leadership is the power to change the atmosphere by one's presence, the unconscious influence that makes Christ and spiritual things real to others.

Jesus was the meeting place of eternity and time, the blending of deity and humanity, the junction of heaven and earth.

Are you responsibly optimistic? Pessimism and leadership do not mix. Leaders are positively visionary.

In medicine, uncertainty is the water we swim in.

The eyes get in the way of the mind.

The hand in the eye is the ultimate tool.

These are the same people who believe, in some cases, the federal government should not play any role in providing health care to our people or protecting the environment.

Let's just win it and go home.

If I could start with anybody, I would initially draft Tom Brady. Then I would go get Ray Lewis, and then maybe an offensive lineman, or somebody like Adrian Peterson.

Running back was always my favorite position.

I want Trump to send out a tweet saying that he's going to keep his campaign promises. He's not going to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

What I do believe absolutely is that in the middle of a recession, the American middle class and working class needs a tax relief.

Defy the pundits again and reach for a high voter turnout that'll shock the establishment.

The decision is I'm going to do everything I can to fight for the working class of this country, the low-income people against income and wealth inequality, do everything we can about climate change.

Politics does not end the day of the election.

You want your kids to have an opportunity. We're going to fight to give you that.

Together we have sent a message that will echo from Wall Street to Washington, from Maine to California.

There are a lot of smart honest, progressive people who I think can be good presidents.

It's the Democrats' same old weakness: much too much dependency on consultants and TV ads rather than mobilizing people.

I am very, very, very concerned about the United States getting drawn into an endless war, year after year after year.

I love jazz because it's so American; you know it's our Only Original Art Form. It just goes against the greed of corporate America and the Wall Street Banks that are destroying our economy.

I think the wealthiest people in America are doing phenomenally well, 52 percent of all new income generated today goes to the top 1 percent.

If Mr. Trump wants to work with us to make sure that trade works for the American worker, not just CEOs of corporate America, you have got a partner, partner.

When we are fighting for huge stakes - we're fighting for the future - future of the planet in terms of climate change. We're fighting for the future of American democracy.

What this [presidency] campaign is about this bringing millions of people jobs in this country.

I'm a former mayor. I know that being a cop is not an easy job. But when police officers misbehave, they've got to be held accountable.

I come from a rural state. People drive 50, 100 miles to and from work every single day. That is true all over America.

I think, clearly, we got to work closely with China to resolve the serious problems we have, and I worry about Putin and his military adventurism in the Crimea and the Ukraine.

We have got to make sure that every qualified American in this country who wants to go to college can go to college -- regardless of income.

In a world of massive wealth and income inequality, Europe must support Greece’s efforts to build an economy which creates more jobs and income, not more unemployment and suffering.

Either you can lie down or you can stand up and say, 'I'm going to be a man about it, go out and deal with the pain and help my team win.'

Effort supposes resistance.

All the greatest achievements of mind have been beyond the power of unaided individuals.

I am a reformed Catholic. I'm a Buddhist in other words.

The kings of terrors, the last enemy, will never be able to breach the pearly gates and disturb the bliss of heaven! No more deathbed vigils or funerals. The hearse will have made its last journey.

I’ve had to make the difficult decision to follow my intuition, and allow myself the space and time to explore my true purpose in life.

The values and the relationships of the people I love around me are my real riches. That's my lasting wealth.

For me, music makes my smile brighter during my workouts. It adds that extra something that motivates me to go further or work harder!

Nothing ever turns out the way people expect it to.

This is what I would ask of the American people, and that is, and the media does not do this terribly often - put things in contact.

Donald Trump is a pathological liar. We have never - our campaign does not believe and never will encourage anybody to disrupt anything. I would hope that Mr. Trump tones it down big time.

I am very proud of the campaign we ran and the supporters that came on board.

I understood that these trade agreements were going to destroy the middle class of this country. I led the fight against us. That is one of the major differences that we have.

I prefer to stay on the important issues facing the American people.

Should a small business or a large business be able to pollute the water or the air or the food? No, I hope you don't believe that.

Climate change is real, it is caused by human activity, and it is already causing devastating problems in America and around the world.

20 million people thrown off of health insurance, prescription drug prices raising for seniors, privatization of Medicare: devastation. And we've got to fight back against that.