Quotes about Extraordinary

My stories are not Christianized at all. I don't even have any Christians in my stories. What they are, are stories about ordinary people going through extraordinary circumstances in which I'm exploring truth. How light overcomes darkness in a way that's unmistakable to anyone who has any kind of faith.

Common is not the same as universal.

I've had extraordinary good luck with my health, other than a broken elbow.

God uses those who seem ill-fitted for a significant life.

The boy is special, Aunt Annie told his mother, and his mother in turn told him. But what kind of special? No one ever says.

Wisdom is what separates average people from extraordinary people.

I told you that your dream was a difficult one. It's the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them.

Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired.

Due to our own actions or inactions, and the misuse of our technology, we live at an extraordinary moment, for the Earth at least - the first time that a species has become able to wipe itself out. But this is also, we may note, the first time that a species has become able to journey to the planets and the stars.

I'm just an ordinary person." That, of course, was exactly the appeal of this story. How, indeed, had God been able to use a fellow, with a bad back, a limited education, no sponsorship and no funds, to do things that well-connected, well-endowed people said were impossible? For us and other ordinary people, that was what made Brother Andrew's adventures so intriguing.

When you stir up the passion, your faith will allow God to do amazing things. If you want to remain passionate, you cannot let what once was a miracle become ordinary.

A change happens because ordinary people do extraordinary things.