Jerry Bridges Quotes

We are 100 percent responsible for the pursuit of holiness, but at the same time we are 100 percent dependent upon the Holy Spirit to enable us in that pursuit. The pursuit of holiness is not a pull-yourself-up-by-your-own-bootstraps approach to the Christian life.

Jerry Bridges

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 4, 1929 - March 6, 2016

Topics

LifeTimeChristianResponsibleSame

I thought Iraq was the wrong war at the wrong time and have been fighting to get the Administration to stop its failed policy and bring our troops home.

Jim McGovern

HomeTimeWarThoughtFightingStop

I wanted to sail when I was in grammar school and well remember memorizing the names of the sails from the Merriam-Webster's ponderous dictionary in the library. Now I am actually at sea - as a passenger, of course, but at sea nevertheless - and bound for Ecuador.

Jim Elliot

SeaSchoolI AmSailLibrarySails

Nothing I'm doing musically is revolutionary in any way, shape, or form.

Joe Bonamassa

DoingNothingWayMusicallyShape

I don't ever do those kind of epic, huge, green-screen movies.

Michael Douglas

MoviesKindEpicThoseEverHuge

I was stupid in a business way. I should have been greedier.

Stan Lee

BusinessStupidWayBeenShould

I have an affinity for writing in the first person. I love the intimacy of being dropped inside the character.

Sue Monk Kidd

LoveCharacterWritingPersonFirst

I'm just basically trying to make music that feels good. Right now in the music industry there's a real lack of intimacy. You don't really connect with the artist as much anymore, and you don't really understand where they are. I'm basically doing music that illustrates who I am and where I am in my life.

Tristan Wilds

LifeGoodMusicI AmMy LifeDoing

I have been privileged to work for some of the most high-powered people in town. They pay me for my opinions, and I give those to them.

Robert Wilkie

WorkPeopleMeOpinionsPayGive

The groups I liked, you really looked forward to their albums and you rushed to get them the first day, because you knew it was going to be different than what they did before. The records told you what that group was into at that time.

Mick Jones

TimeDayForwardBe DifferentYou

There's a tremendous difference between alone and lonely. You could be lonely in a group of people. I like being alone. I like eating by myself. I go home at night and just watch a movie or hang out with my dog. I have to exert myself and really say, oh God, I've got to see my friends 'cause I'm too content being by myself.

Drew Barrymore

DogHomeGodAloneMyselfPeople

I don't complain.

Craig Kilborn

Complain

It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from the top.

Arnold Bennett

ViewDownGoHillTopUp

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