Quotes about Influence
The power that the world acknowledges comes out of the mouth of a gun; the power that the person of faith respects comes from the mouth of Christ.
— Eugene Peterson
James 5:16 - The prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with.
— Eugene Peterson
The North American church at present is conspicuous for replacing the Jesus way with the American way.
— Eugene Peterson
It's the set of the sail, and not the gale that determines the way they go.
— Eugene Peterson
The church is never in so much danger as when it is popular and millions of people are saying "I'm born again, born again, born again.
— Eugene Peterson
He tells the sun, 'Don't shine,' and it doesn't; he pulls the blinds on the stars.
— Eugene Peterson
Words kill, words give life; they're either poison or fruit-you choose.
— Eugene Peterson
We cannot be too careful about the words we use; we start out using them and they end up using us.
— Eugene Peterson
New faces have more authority than accustomed ones.
— Euripides
When good men die their goodness does not perish,But lives though they are gone. As for the bad,All that was theirs dies and is buried with them.
— Euripides
At the age when other children, I imagine, experience their first 'feeling' for a person, or for art, or for religion, I was affectionate, good, and even pious: by that I mean that under the influence of my mother, I was devoted to the Child Jesus.
— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Christianity and Islam are today the most numerous and fastest growing religions globally. Together they encompass more than half of humanity. Consequence: both are here to stay.
— Miroslav Volf