Matthew Quotes

Though He had so much work to do with others, yet He [Jesus] chose sometimes to be alone, to set us an example.

Those that abide in Christ as their heart's desire shall have, through Christ, their heart's desire.

The flower of youth never appears more beautiful than when it bends toward the sun of righteousness.

When God is about to give His people the expected good, He pours out a Spirit of prayer, and it is a good sign that He is coming towards them in mercy.

A garment that is double dyed, dipped again and again, will retain the color a great while; so a truth which is the subject of meditation.

For love is of God. He is the fountain, author, parent, and commander of love; it is the sum of his law and gospel.

The joy of the Lord will arm us against the assaults of our spiritual enemies, and, put our mouths out of taste for those pleasures with which the tempter baits his hooks.

Its quite there sonically; a strong representation of what the songs on our records are like. It's very loud and our set is based around containing as much energy and dynamics as possible.

At the moment we're playing more stuff from our upcoming album which is really a departure from any record we've done.

Christianity is part of the laws of England.

The vanity of loving fine clothes and new fashion, and placing value on ourselves by them is one of the most childish pieces of folly.

It is a sign that your reputation is small and sinking if your own tongue must praise you.

Here's the weird thing about the Murdoch family; They believe what they read in the papers.

Im not really a tropical paradise kind of person.

To create is always to learn, to begin over, to begin at zero.

What makes America great is peaceful protests and exercising your constitutional rights.

I think it's good to be passionate, and I think it's even good to be obsessed about a show. Why not? I think it's great!

It is the spirit of a person that hangs above him like a star in the sky.

It's marvelous the change that comes about when a man gets together all his forces and centers them upon the doing of one thing at a time.

Waiting for the spark from heaven to fall.

Life is the application of noble and profound ideas to life.

It's a rare thing to find somebody you can work with, work off of, and have fun with.

Goethe in Weimar sleeps, and Greece, Long since, saw Byron 's struggle cease.

Culture looks beyond machinery, culture hates hatred; culture has one great passion, the passion for sweetness and light.

I said to myself that I shall try to make my life like an open fireplace, so that people may be warmed and cheered by it and so go out themselves to warm and cheer.

Know, man hath all which Nature hath, but more, And in that more lie all his hopes of good.

Culture being a pursuit of our total perfection by means of getting to know, on all the matters which most concern us, the best which has been thought and said in the world.

If an historian be an unbeliever in all heroism, if he be a man who brings every thing down to the level of a common mediocrity, depend upon it, the truth is not found in such a writer.

I tried to laugh early on about ego and pride... I do something great and then I do something really dumb and then I laugh. You'll always be that kid.

The best band in the world is Queen, definitely.

It's always money no matter kind of budget you have, though, it forces you to be creative and not take anything for granted.

But there remains the question: what righteousness really is. The method and secret and sweet reasonableness of Jesus.

How many minds--almost all the great ones--were formed in secrecy and solitude!

Haven't you ever noticed that life is like a series of movies?

Humor and paradox are often the only ways to respond to life's sorrow with grace.

Weary of myself, and sick of asking What I am, and what I ought to be, At this vessel's prow I stand, which bears me Forwards, forwards, o'er the starlit sea.

I was quite a shy child. I would get terribly nervous and throw up before my birthday party. And then I would be fine. I feel the same now. I get nervous, then it's fine.

When you're making an independent film what you don't have in time and money you have to make up with creativity and diligence.

The organized person ... makes the most of his time and goes to his bed for the night perfectly relaxed for rest and renewal.

My vanity is I'm terribly romantic! But being married is lovely.

I'm sorry, but I can't make a movie with the blonde from 'ER' who is starring in every single bad romantic comedy.

Golf courses are beautiful, it's good for the soul and it gets out the anger... well, if you don't care about the score then you won't have a heart attack.

A coach, especially at a college level - much more at a college or high school level, than at a pro level - you're more of a teacher than an actual coach.

Be in love with the moments of your life.

As if men did not die fast enough, they are ingenious at finding out ways to destroy one another.

Sometimes, when we want something so badly, we fear failure more than we fear being without that thing.

The nice sense of measure is certainly not one of Nature's gifts to her English children ... we have all of us yielded to infatuation at some moment of our lives.

No sooner was the wound given than the remedy was provided and revealed.

Every time a horse let you up onto its back, it’s giving you its life. Every time.

Good and evil have nothing to do with gods. It has to do with us.