Shem Holiday > Shem's Quotes

“One day I saw a flower and began to contemplate its fragrance and beauty. As I thought more deeply, I recognized the creator of such wonders- not with my mortal eyes but with my spiritual eyes. This filled my heart with joy, but my joy was still greater when I recognized that same creator at work within my own soul. How wonderful is God, separate from creation yet ever filling it with his glorious presence.”
― Sadhu Sundar Singh, Sadhu Sundar Singh

“If God is completely beyond our knowing, how can we know that he is unknowable?”
― Sadhu Sundar Singh, Sadhu Sundar Singh

“God is revealed in the book of nature for God is its author.”
― Sadhu Sundar Singh, Sadhu Sundar Singh

“Admonished for his lack of familiarity with twentieth century science, Sundar Singh said, 'What is science?' 'Natural selection and survival of the fittest,' he was told. 'Ah,' Sundar Singh replied, 'but I am more interested in divine selection and the survival of the unfit.”
― Sadhu Sundar Singh, Sadhu Sundar Singh

“Truly blessed are those whose hearts know the peace of God; otherwise, the poor and the rich, the beggar and the king are all alike.”
― Sadhu Sundar Singh, Sadhu Sundar Singh

“We have been endowed with spiritual senses so that we can feel and enjoy God's presence.”
― Sadhu Sundar Singh, Sadhu Sundar Singh

“ceasing to live the life of prayer the life of the spirit begins to fail, then those worldly things which are intended to be useful become hurtful and destructive.”
― Sadhu Sundar Singh, At the Master's Feet

“In this world there is very little harmony between the inner and the outer life. But, if we live according to the will of God, then the time will come when there will be perfect harmony between the inner and the outer life for ever. The outer will be exactly like the inner and the inner exactly like the outer. And by his grace we shall become perfect like our Father in Heaven.”
― Sadhu Sundar Singh, With and Without Christ

“Those who turn to the Master with open hearts will feel his power and experience peace.”
― Sadhu Sundar Singh, Sadhu Sundar Singh

“Act your wage.”
― Dave Ramsey

“Pray like it all depends on God, but work like it all depends on you.”
― Dave Ramsey

“Fear is the enemy of hope.”
― Dave Ramsey

“Change is painful. Few people have the courage to seek out change. Most people won’t change until the pain of where they are exceeds the pain of change.”
― Dave Ramsey, The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness

“typical millionaire lives in a middle-class home, drives a two-year-old or older paid-for car, and buys blue jeans at Wal-Mart.”
― Dave Ramsey, The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness

“It is human nature to want it and want it now; it is also a sign of immaturity. Being willing to delay pleasure for a greater result is a sign of maturity.”
― Dave Ramsey, The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness

“Aristotle once said, “To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, and be nothing.”
― Dave Ramsey, The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness

“Winning at money is 80 percent behavior and 20 percent head knowledge. What to do isn’t the problem; doing it is. Most of us know what to do, but we just don’t do it. If I can control the guy in the mirror, I can be skinny and rich.”
― Dave Ramsey, The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain