Quotes about Prize

I have lived under totalitarian Communism, so I prize freedom as much as anyone and have long fought for freedom of conscience and speech.

No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

But no matter what is going on, there has to be something ultimately at stake. A prize, survival, sanity, success, even peace of mind.

Prize her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you.

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.

A man of power is a prize bargainer. Whatever he offers you, he will take more in return. Your challenge is to know yourself. Give only what you can, while remaining steadfast to your own truths.

I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.

And Caleb said, “To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.”

Ah, my reader, the reason why people do not receive and duly prize the truth of election, is because they do not feel their due need of it.

The Need to Win When an archer is shooting for nothing He has all his skill. If he shoots for a brass buckle He is already nervous. If he shoots for a prize of gold He goes blind Or sees two targets — He is out of his mind. His skill has not changed, But the prize Divides him. He cares, He thinks more of winning Than of shooting — And the need to win Drains him of power.

God is most glorified in us when our knowledge and experience of Him ignite a forest fire of joy that consumes all competing pleasures and He alone becomes the treasure that we prize.

Precious things are for those that can prize them.