WN Stanley Quotes

At the cross God wrapped his heart in flesh and blood and let it be nailed to the cross for our redemption.

Turning the other cheek is a kind of moral jiu-jitsu.

God wants to cast out the fear and doubt in your life. Go before Him right now and say, "Lord, this is what I am afraid of ..."

With God, there is always a future.

Celebrate what God has given others. Leverage what God has given you.

God has loved you since before you were born-so much so that 2,000 years ago, He sent His Son Jesus to die in your place.

Anger is a fuel. You need fuel to launch a rocket. But if all you have is fuel without any complex internal mechanism directing it, you don't have a rocket. You have a bomb

I have walked through many lives, some of them my own, and I am not who I was, though some principle of being abides, from which I struggle not to stray.

The best part of waking up, is Folgers in your cup!

As believers, we all have the responsibility to leverage our wealth for kingdom purposes.

Behavior is the substance of religion. Belief is the substance of relationship.

I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason.

When you're in a position to have gotten so much, the gift at this point is giving back.

I'm damn successful but I got here by not taking crap. I still don't take crap, so if anybody needs a champion, let it be me.

One never accomplishes the will of God by breaking the law of God, violating the principles of God, or ignoring the wisdom of God.

People don't like the idea of consequences. They want to be able to live their life freely and do what they want to do without any consequences. And we know that's just not the way life is.

Do you think God can be trusted? Or do yo think you need to take things into your own hands?

You don't grow old. You get old by not growing.

If I were a person who was non-American, I would think humanitarian intervention is just another name for United States imperialism.

Regret isn't going to get me anywhere. It's like being obsessed with something. It doesn't bring you anywhere.

Adolescence is a new birth, for the higher and more completely human traits are now born.

A Christian has no right being in a fight unless it's a spiritual fight.

The more experience and insight I obtain into human nature, the more convinced do I become that the greater portion of a man is purely animal.

If you capture someone's heart, you will eventually get his hands and feet as well.

Jesus set an example for us to follow: a life of loving, obedient service.

Each of us will eventually give away all our earthly possessions. How we choose to do so, however, is a reflection of our commitment to the kingdom of God.

Normal children often pass through stages of passionate cruelty, laziness, lying and thievery.

Good health, longevity, happiness, a loving family, self-reliance, fine friends … if you [have] five, you’re a rich man….

As children of a sovereign God, we are never victims of our circumstances.

Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.

Hilda and I slept alongside each other fully dressed, head to feet.

If I had my way, I'd always be onstage. But I won't always be able to be onstage.

Grace is not reserved for good people; grace underscores the goodness of God.

Writing is an exercise in sculpture, chipping away at the rock until you find the nose.

What makes the engine go? Desire, desire, desire.

Bass players are always the intellectual kind, but nobody knows it.

When we take our eyes off the whirl of day-to-day activity and concentrate on honoring Him and following in His way, we find a consistent peace that carries us through both plenty and poverty.

Science was many things, Nadia thought, including a weapon with which to hit other scientists.

Prayer is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God.

T-shirts create a sense of "We". Food says, "We don't mind spending money on you."

Economists can never be free of from difficulties unless they will distinguish between a theory and the application of a theory.

The poem in the head is always perfect. Resistance begins when you try to convert it into language.

It's a mistake to confuse pity with love.

A little experience is worth much argument; a few facts are better than any theory.

Deftly they opened the brain of a child, and it was full of flying dreams.

The fact that you can't base a coffeehouse on any other rock band is the other rock bands' problem, not mine.

One man writes a novel. One man writes a symphony. It is essential that one man make a film.

Whatever your income, always live below your means.

If the church marries herself to the spirit of the times, she will find herself a widow in the next generation.

Actions don't only speak louder than words; actions should be used to interpret words.