Mike Yaconelli Quotes

I want to be a good person. I don't want to fail. I want to learn from my mistakes, rid myself of distractions, and run into the arms of Jesus. Most of the time, however, I feel like I am running away from Jesus into the arms of my own clutteredness.

Mike Yaconelli

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 24, 1942 - October 30, 2003

Topics

GoodTimeMyselfMistakesI AmFeel

I am producing sounds that people are not used to hearing from the harp.

Joanna Newsom

I AmPeopleHearingUsedSoundsAm

Living organically is my way of feeling connected to the earth and my own humanity. It's how I feel balanced and at peace with the planet.

John Grogan

PeaceFeelHumanityEarthLiving

There certainly have been a lot of changes, although they come in such gradations that most people have either forgotten, or, if they're too young, they never knew about them in the first place.

John Saxon

PeoplePlaceYoungNeverChanges

Americans are a decade behind Canada when it comes to sex education and understanding their bodies.

Sue Johanson

EducationUnderstandingSexCanada

Eddie is a natural leader. Jeff and I have been very much in control of previous bands we've worked in. But the way Eddie grew into being the leader of this band was the most gradual, slow and respectful process that I've ever been involved in.

Stone Gossard

LeaderControlProcessSlowWay

AP promoted me to the White House beat because I knew Clinton, his family, friends, and staff better than anybody in the national press corps. Those contacts helped me break a few stories and get my career in Washington jump-started.

Ron Fournier

FamilyMeBetterFriendsCareer

The international community must do a better job of controlling the risks of nuclear proliferation. Sensitive parts of the nuclear fuel cycle - the production of new fuel, the processing of weapon-usable material, the disposal of spent fuel and radioactive waste - would be less vulnerable to proliferation if brought under multinational control.

Mohamed ElBaradei

CommunityJobRisksControlBetter

Indeed, a major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it... gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.

Milton Friedman

FreedomPeopleFreeWantGroup

I hate the amount of communication, the obligation that you have just by owning a phone.

Lucas Till

CommunicationHateYouPhoneJust

A lot of people think I'm a comedian.

Dolly Parton

PeopleThinkComedianLot

When you think you're showing effort, and your body language is showing that, then you're really playing your best, and then nobody will be able to talk bad about your game.

Deandre Ayton

BestEffortGameThinkLanguageYou

Fish recognize a bad leader.

Conan O'Brien

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