Joshua Quotes

I know in whom all my highest hopes and dearest joys are centered. I know in whom my whole heart can rest — so sweetly and so surely.

Our Exhibitions [The Royal Academy] have... a mischievous tendency, by seducing the Painter to an ambition of pleasing indiscriminately the mixed multitude of people who resort to them.

The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.

It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.

Terms don't define our lives; our lives define our terms.

As Christians, we say what God has said over and over until the thing promised in His Word and desired in our hearts is fully manifested in our lives.

Lord Jesus, bring comfort to all those who mourn and peace of heart to those under pressure and tension, in Jesus Christ's name

Of all graces, faith honours Christ the most; of all graces, Christ honours faith the most.

Self-respect is the root of discipline

Giving offers us the opportunity to reshape our destiny. When you give, you are reshaping your destiny.

In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender

Remember, Lord, my ship is small and thy sea is so wide!

Art in its perfection is not ostentatious; it lies hid and works its effect, itself unseen.

I get curious about new things. My real strength is going into a field that has not been investigated before, and finding new approaches to it.

(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.

God hears no sweeter music than the cracked chimes of the courageous human spirit ringing in imperfect acknowledgement of His perfect love.

This is the step up people have wanted. [Wladimir] Klitschko wants his belts back, may the best man win.

Stripped of all their masquerades, the fears of men are quite identical: the fear of loneliness, rejection, inferiority, unmanageable anger, illness and death.

To be spiritual is to be amazed.

Memory is like a spiderweb that catches new information. The more it catches, the bigger it grows. And the bigger it grows, the more it catches.

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.

Discovery is for forward lookers.

Better is not good enough; the best is yet to come!

Faith opens our hearts for the entrance of the holy. It is almost as though God were thinking for us.

You get up and you preach a sermon and people walk away thinking what a great guy - and that's a failure as a pastor. Our job is to proclaim Christ.

Our position in Christ Jesus is enhanced each time we help someone in trouble.

Sometimes you actually get caught in the web of things where people are talking about... what kind of breakfast cereal you like.

Dating now is a lot like going shopping when you don't have any money. Even if you find the right thing, you can't do anything about it.

Intimacy without commitment, like icing without cake, can be sweet, but it ends up making us sick.

I agree with God’s Word; I disagree with any condition, situation or circumstance contrary to that Word.

You only live once, so I try to say yes to everything.

All that is left is to us is our being horrified at the loss of our sense of horror.

I was born in the breezes, and I had studied the sea as perhaps few men have studied it, neglecting all else.

Was the crew well? Was I not? I had profited in many ways by the voyage. I had even gained flesh, and actually weighed a pound more than when I sailed from Boston.

One thing about the business and investing world that I connect to very intimately is that there is little room to deny the harsh realities of your mistakes. A bad call can lose you many millions.

The word was enough. It ran like fire along the line, from man to man, and rose into a shout, with which they sprang forward upon the enemy, now not 30 yards away.

A radiant fellowship of the fallen.

I have many shortcomings. I feel very lucky to have been able to have what I've had.

All of civility depends on being able to contain the rage of individuals.

Then comes the insight that All is God. One still realizes that the world is as it was, but it does not matter, it does not affect one's faith.

The common error today is to bring God so close that we strip Him of His "godness." We think we have him figured out. So God becomes our pal, our buddy, our Divine Butler." from "Dug Down Deep

God will never allow a challenge that will surmount us; we are always greater than our challenges.

Your prayers, effort and fasting for many years are not lost. This is the time you have been praying for. Breakthrough!

It is praiseworthy when you give not only to your power but beyond your power.

Romantic love is the kite that catches the wind and tenaciously heads for the sky; wisdom is the string that tugs downward, holding it back

Weeping must not hinder worship.

God gave people 2 ears and 1 mouth because He wants us to listen twice as much as we talk.

We express true love in obedience to God and service to others- not reckless or selfish behavior- and we choose these behaviors.

To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.

During courtship, guarding each other's purity and refraining from intimacy are the acts of lovemaking.