Quotes about Study
The weariness and serenity of the churches just now make it a good time to study the prophets and get rid of tired misconceptions. The dominant conservative misconception, evident in manifold bumper stickers, is that the prophet is a fortune-teller, a predictor of things to come (mostly ominous), usually with specific reference to Jesus.
— Walter Brueggemann
We must not pay attention just to reading and studying; rather, we should ask if we are open before the Lord. If we do not have an unveiled face, the glory of the Lord will not shine on us. If our heart is not open to God, God cannot give us any light.
— Watchman Nee
Contrast, as a result of that study, blessed and empowered by the Holy Spirit, we will begin to take on something of the glorious luster of the Lord Jesus Christ and will become increasingly like him.
— James Montgomery Boice
In the matter of religion, people eagerly fasten their eyes on the difference between their own creed and yours; whilst the charm of the study is in finding the agreements and identities in all the religions of humanity
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
we are to teach the disciples to obey (do) everything Jesus commanded the twelve disciples to do. This is discipleship; not just studying the Bible,
— Randy Clark
I exhort and entreat you all, disregard what this man and that man thinks about these things, and inquire from the Scriptures all these things.
— St. John Chrysostom
To every man who faces life with real desire to do his part in everything, I appeal for a study of the Bible.
— Theodore Roosevelt
A study of family portraits is enough to convert a man to the theory of reincarnation.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
If a man is going to write on chemistry, he learns chemistry. The same is true of Christianity.
— CS Lewis
According to a new study, most men would like women to occasionally pick up the check. The study also found that most women would occasionally like to be paid as much as men for doing the same job.
— Conan O'Brien
Enflamed with the study of learning and the admiration of virtue; stirred up with high hopes of living to be brave men and worthy patriots, dear to God, and famous to all ages.
— John Milton
Labor unions should study and read the Bible instead of asking for more money. When people get right with God, they are better workers.
— Jerry Falwell