Matthew Quotes

None are sent empty away from Christ but those who come to him full of themselves.

I became a big Kings fan, and then later on my hometown of Ottawa got a team, so then I was very, very torn. I just love both of those teams very much.

There is no end to the beauty for the person who is aware. Even the cracks between the sidewalk contain geometric patterns of amazing beauty.

Removing Christian evangelism from the African equation may leave the continent at the mercy of a malign fusion of Nike, the witch doctor, the mobile phone and the machete.

The art world is now a slave of mass culture. We have a sound-bite culture and so we have sound-bite art. You look at it, you get it - it's as immediate and as superficial as that.

Many of us struggle with ideas that come to our head from our self-identification.

I had the '80s hair and braces and a 6-3 frame as a 16-year-old.

There's something in music which is obviously beyond language itself. It's communication in its purest form.

A poor man fear for money works against him.

For the creation of a masterwork of literature two powers must concur, the power of the man and the power of the moment, and the man is not enough without the moment.

Life's barely long enough to get good at one thing. So be careful what you get good at.

God is either your worst enemy or your best friend.

When thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what they right hand doeth.

Intuition is the number one tool in the toolbox.

Those whom God will employ are first struck with a sense of their unworthiness to be employed.

I am an eternally curious person, but I wouldn't go to such lengths to know what it is like to be someone else.

I think I'm the first man to sit on top of the world.

The one thing I can't get enough of is boxing. I love sparring in the ring or just doing the training, and it's easily one of the most effective ways of keeping off fat.

it's like a squid in love with the sky.

Progress is built, in effect, upon the foundations of necessary failure. That is the essential paradox of expert performance.

Nothing is more beautiful and romantic than when provision and purpose kiss.

My parents instilled a very strong work ethic in me from a young age, fortunately.

I want to thank God because that's who I look up. He's graced my life with opportunities. He's shown me that it's a scientific fact that gratitude reciprocates.

Each day can be one of triumph if you keep up your interests.

Fantastic tyrant of the amorous heart. How hard thy yoke, how cruel thy dart. Those escape your anger who refuse your sway, and those are punished most, who most obey.

When you start with a necessary evil, and then over time the necessity passes away, what's left?

None are ruined by the justice of God but those that hate to be reformed by the grace of God.

Everything's immediately diminished. That's why there's no real rock stars anymore. People are too accessible.

In this new era of social media the rules of the road have changed significantly, yet the basic yearning for true connectivity and love have not.

I'm not someone who likes having a master plan for everything, but I do believe in a vision for your life.

The idea of empowering people and that moment when someone sees what they are capable of is just incredible to me.

No man will say, "There is no God" 'till he is so hardened in sin that it has become his interest that there should be none to call him to account.

It is not talking but walking that will bring us to heaven.

I've always had the utmost respect and awe of what the lens can do and what a director can do with just a camera move.

I have my own vocabulary. I love linguistics. That surprises people.

The thing is, dressing up, going to church, dropping a twenty in the offering plate, those things are all well and good, but that doesn't make you a Christian.

You dont want to play a perfect person; no one cares about that.

We were not the victims of ancestor worship. We had the benefits of a fresh start.

Let's be pastors who cast vision that are worth people giving their life for.

Happy Day After Christmas, Merry Rest of the Year, even when Christmas is over, The Light of the World is Still Here!

Short films don't go too far.

I don't particularly like the word average because when it comes down to it there is no average in people. Everybody has their own streak of uniqueness within them.

If, then, knowledge be power, how much more power to we gain through the agency of faith, and what elevation must it give to human character.

If there's a silence in a room I'll try to fill it as soon as humanly possible.

Journalism is literature in a hurry.

Almost every person wonders who their soul mate will be or where they will find them and everyone has or will suffer a love loss or the fear of that loss at different points in their lives.

I loved playing Chandler. I grew up playing that part.

There's all kind of vision in this Book. Just open it up and your people will follow.

When I was younger, I used humour as a tool to avoid getting too serious with people - if there was deep emotional stuff going on, then I would crack a joke to defuse the situation.

I get some female attention from fans, but mostly it's people asking for advice about a situation with their ex or their boyfriend, so it's not all love letters and fan mail!