Quotes about Reference
She quoted the Reverend James Forbes as saying, "Nobody gets into heaven without a letter of reference from the poor.
— Anne Lamott
Amam, Shema, Moladah,
— Joshua 15:26
Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah,
— Joshua 15:30
Hundreds of passages point to a time of judgment for every person who has ever lived-none will escape. If you took all the references to judgment out of the Bible, you would have little Bible left.
— Billy Graham
Antitheism provides every reason to be immoral and is bereft of any objective point of reference with which to condemn any choice.
— Ravi Zacharias
Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,
— Joshua 15:24
One of the most damning indictments of mankind is found in Isaiah 53:6: "We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way" (Niv). Going our own way is the very essence, the very core, of sin. Your way may be to give money to charity; another person's way may be to rob a bank. But neither is done with reference to God; both of you have gone your own way.
— Jerry Bridges
And I will not make a poem nor the least part of a poem but has reference to the soul, Because having look'd at the objects of the universe, I find there is no one nor any particle of one but has reference to the soul.
— Walt Whitman
Psychologists call this phenomenon the contrast effect. Simply put, how you see anything depends on your reference point. One way or the other, your focus will determine your reality.
— Mark Batterson
So the LORD let him alone. (When she said, “bridegroom of blood,” she was referring to the circumcision.)
— Exodus 4:26
Hazar-shual, Balah, Ezem,
— Joshua 19:3
It was only many decades after his death that some historians began to interpret Washington's values and beliefs, more from their own frame of reference, rather than by the extensive writings and utterances of Washington during his lifetime.
— Peter Lillback