Steve M
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But when I really got to know him, what I found in Jesus was a strong man with a submissive will, fully and courageously given over to God’s wild purpose for the world.
“Turning the other cheek often leaves you with two broken jaws, but Jesus is still King, and still right.”
― Onward: Engaging the Culture without Losing the Gospel
― Onward: Engaging the Culture without Losing the Gospel
“He was an underdog and a misfit, and that gave him the freedom to try things no one else even dreamt of.”
― David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
― David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
“The risk with our students is that they’re very good at getting their way. But that doesn’t mean they’re going the right way.” If we assume that quiet and loud people have roughly the same number of good (and bad) ideas, then we should worry if the louder and more forceful people always carry the day. This would mean that an awful lot of bad ideas prevail while good ones get squashed.”
― Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
― Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
“Courage is not something that you already have that makes you brave when the tough times start. Courage is what you earn when you've been through the tough times and you discover they aren't so tough after all.”
― David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
― David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
“It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone’s fault.”
― Jingo
― Jingo
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