T.C. Peterson Quotes

Imagination is the spark that ignites the fire of creativity.

Big thinking precedes great achievement.

If you never venture outside the box, you will probably not be creative. But if you never get inside the box, you will certainly be stupid.

I don't do something because I think it will sell 30 million albums. I couldn't care less. If it sells one, it sells one.

My dad means a lot to me. He's the one who put a football in my hands.

Vultures are homely, but they clean up all the garbage and that's good. And they're elegant in the sky.

The vocation of pastor has been replaced by the strategies of religious entrepreneurs with business plans.

We're not like pop musicians who have to perform the same top ten tunes every night of a tour.

If a man fights his adversaries, he's called determined. If a woman does it, she's frustrated.

You don't do things because of the rewards or because someone may remember you after you are gone. The satisfaction is in the doing. Whether or not someone remembers does not really matter.

The use of methamphetamines has become pervasive in our country, and especially in rural areas.

If you don't think that you're the best, how do you become the best?

Success is not arriving at the summit of a mountain as a final destination. It is a continuing upward spiral of progress. It is perpetual growth.

See it big, and keep it simple.

The #1 key to spiritual warfare is prayer.

Our downfall as a species is that we are arrogant enough to think that we can control Mother Nature and stupid enough to think it is our job.

We give of ourselves when we give gifts of the heart: love, kindness, joy, understanding, sympathy, tolerance, forgiveness. . .

It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo.

He's not a performer, he's not a composer, he's not even a musician, but Norman Granz is Mr. Jazz.

Birds have wings; they're free; they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people envy.

It's essential for us to develop an imagination that is participatory. Art is the primary way in which this happens. It's the primary way in which we become what we see or hear.

You guys line up alphabetically by height.

Prayer gets us in on what God is doing.

It is great to love life. Accept life as a precious gift from the hand of God and strive to make the most of it.

Real faith is refined in the fires and storms of pain.

I take football as an avenue to different opportunities. Football is not using me; I'm using football.

A leader moves ahead but not so fast that the others can't keep up.

The more you look, the more you will see.

Sabbath is that uncluttered time and space in which we can distance ourselves from our own activities enough to see what God is doing.

I'm pretty sure I could outrun the whole Dallas Cowboys team.

I have to continue to be a great leader and contribute in any way that I can, and get guys to follow suit. That's how you turn a team around.

Since I always go to work as Elvira, maybe a giant version of a cat. A black cat. I love cats and I think Elvira would look really good sitting on one.

Jesus almost never talked in terms of explaining. He was always using enigmatic stories and difficult metaphors. He was always pulling people into some kind of participation.

I have always believed that the way my parents disciplined me has a great deal to do with the success I have enjoyed as a man.

Women's place is where they can do the most good.

Love is the creative fire, the inspiration that keeps the torch of progress aflame.

I am personally saddened and stunned by the tragic events that took place in Red Lake.

Don't show up late. Don't try to slide out early. Don't cheat your rep counts. And definitely, don't hold back. Leave it all in the gym!

I go back to what Mrs. Roosevelt taught me: 'Always compromise, but compromise upwards.'

First of all, I swore it was two people playing. When I finally admitted to myself that was one man, I gave up the piano for a month. I figured it was hopeless to practice.

People are not problems to be solved. They are mysteries to be explored.

The other creatures with which we share this world have their rights too, but not speaking our language, they have no voice, no vote; it is our moral duty to take care of them.

Prayer does not change God, it changes us. It deepens insight, increases intuitive perception, expands consciousness. It transforms personality.

The gospel gives me hope, and hope is not a language the dark voices understand.

God is the larger context and plot in which our stories find themselves.

A person has to get fed up with the ways of the world before he, before she acquires an appetite for the world of grace.

The Bible is not a script for a funeral service, but it is the record of God always bringing life where we expected to find death. Everywhere it is the story of resurrection.

The Hopi Indians of Arizona believe that our daily rituals and prayers literally keep this world spinning on its axis. For me, feeding the seagulls is one of those everyday prayers.

I would sacrifice 1,000 yards rushing to win a Super Bowl. But I want to be the first back to have back-to-back 2,000-yard seasons.

Of all the various out-door recreations I have tried, when it comes to genuine, exciting sport, give me hunting with a camera.