David Brainerd Quotes

Further, Take heed that you faithfully perform the business you have to do in the world, from a regard to the commands of God; and not from an ambitious desire of being esteemed better than others.

David Brainerd

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: clergyman
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 20, 1718 - October 9, 1747

Topics

BusinessGodWorldBetterYouTake

People recognise me when I'm holiday on the beach.

Joanne Froggatt

BeachPeopleMeHolidayRecognise

We do not agree that hindsight is required. The risks of internal strife in Iraq, active Iranian pursuit of its interests, regional instability, and al-Qaeda activity in Iraq, were each explicitly identified before the invasion.

John Chilcot

RisksActiveHindsightAgreePursuit

Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living.

John Dewey

EducationFuturePreparationProcess

Try to open up your mind a little, and move away from rigid opinions of what people should do and be - unless you have been there.

Ann Rule

PeopleMindOpinionsYouTryOpen

With pencil, you can always erase.

Sue Monk Kidd

YouAlwaysPencilErase

I saw a lot of operas from backstage and watched a lot of rehearsals - my parents were singers.

Rosamund Pike

ParentsSawBackstageSingersWere

Of all the seasons, winter is the most conducive to the great art of dormancy. This art requires an appreciation of semi-consciousness: the beautiful and necessary prelude to sleep - a special pleasure in itself that is all too often neglected, under-valued or looked down upon.

Michael Leunig

WinterBeautifulGreatArtSleep

I have a huge note on my phone where things just start popping up. It doesn't make that much sense to me at the time, but once a song is finished, I can read into it and figure out who the characters are in my life.

Lucy Dacus

LifeTimeMeSongStartMy Life

I think all villains have something in common: they have something that they need or want very, very badly. The stakes are very high and they are not bound by moral codes or being ethical, so they can do anything and will do anything to get what they want.

Donna Murphy

ThinkMoralWantWillNeedHigh

One of the things I wanted to do with 'The Turn' was write a production of songs that could be stripped down to one or two instruments if you chose to do it.

Alison Moyet

YouDownWriteTwoTurnProduction

We can't say whether a film will be a hit or flop. There's something which just clicks with people.

Nushrat Bharucha

PeopleSayWillSomethingFilmJust

Life is passion, celebration in the face of chaos, light in the face of darkness, hope in the face of despair, and joy, for the universe without life feels nothing, is nothing, and does nothing except slowly die.

Rick Tumlinson

LifePassionHopeLightDarkness

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