Quotes about Place
To be an American is to move on, as if we could outrun change. To attach oneself to place is to surrender to it, and suffer with it.
— Kathleen Norris
Our only hope lies in the power of our love, generosity, tolerance and understanding and our commitment to making the world a better place for all.
— Muhammad Ali
Of all things, guard against neglecting God in the secret place of prayer.
— William Wilberforce
The only way that we're going to feel secure in this country again and that we're going to feel good about ourselves is if we use these systems we've put into place to create positive change around the world. I really believe we can do that.
— John Perkins
We've weakened America's place in the world. It's been a combination of factors, but mostly a lack of leadership.
— Mike Pence
If a volunteer can help us with an immediate need, we can put them in a place to make their greatest contribution.
— Andy Stanley
If you want to help the world and yourself, keep your frequency high and do your work from a place of power and joy.
— Jen Sincero
Stand up, on this Thanksgiving Day, stand upon your feet. Believe in man. Soberly and with clear eyes, believe in your own time and place. There is not, and there never has been a better time, or a better place to live in.
— Phillips Brooks
Unless degree is preserved, the first place is safe for no one.
— Publilius Syrus
Though the rest of the earth fell under human sin, Eden was for some reason treated differently. Perhaps it had come from Heaven, God's dwelling place, and was transplanted to Earth. We don't know. But we do know this: God came to Eden to visit with Adam and Eve (Genesis 3:8), which he would no longer do after Adam and Eve were banished from the Garden after the Fall.
— Randy Alcorn
This place [Heaven] is not an ethereal realm of disembodied spirits, because human beings are by nature physical. (We are also spiritual.) What we are suited for - what we've been specifically designed for - is a place like the one God made for us: Earth.
— Randy Alcorn
A calling is simply God's shaping of your burden and beckoning you to your service to him in the place and pursuit of his choosing.
— Ravi Zacharias