John Ortberg Quotes

We call an obsession with having someone's approval 'co-dependency;' the Bible's word for it is idolatry. A country can be an idol. A family can be an idol.

John Ortberg

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The arts and humanities are vastly more important in troubled times.

Jim Leach

ImportantMoreHumanitiesArtsTimes

I could never be with a married man. I just can't. I could never imagine myself being the mistress of somebody.

Joanna Krupa

MyselfManNeverMistressImagine

Having kids has been a turning point in my life because when I was still single, all I wanted was to impress beautiful girls.

Joe Taslim

LifeBeautifulMy LifeImpressPoint

To enjoy enduring success we should travel a little in advance of the world.

John McDonald

SuccessTravelWorldEnjoyLittle

Life is better when people are working, happy, and spending money.

Robert Kiyosaki

LifeMoneyHappyPeopleBetter

In long term investments, you don't need day to day management.

Shiv Khera

DayManagementLongYouNeedTerm

I love my pop music.

Rita Ora

LoveMusicPopPop MusicI Love

When you've got African parents, you go to uni, do finance, and go into accounting. But I'm not good with systems. I dropped out in my final year of college to become a Christian poet. Then went back to do my A-levels and went to uni in Birmingham to do political science and theology. I lasted 12 weeks.

Michaela Coel

GoodScienceFinanceParentsCollege

I'm a big John Steinbeck fan. Cormac McCarthy. I've always loved the stories of regular people. Mark Twain, too. When you look back at some of the epic writers of our country's history, very rarely do you find upper-class royalty. We seem to delve into the struggle of life and the labor of life much more frequently.

Lucas Neff

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A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings.

Jules Renard

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When obedience to the Divine precepts keeps pace with knowledge, in the mind of any man, that man is a Christian; and when the fruits of Christianity are produced, that man is a disciple of our blessed Lord, let his profession of religion be what it may.

Joseph Lancaster

KnowledgeManReligionMindBlessed

If you do good work, you start to make a name for yourself and things can come around. Weird little happenstances happen.

David Walton

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