Os Guinness Quotes

The story of Christian reformation, revival, and renaissance underscores that the darkest hour is often just before the dawn, so we should always be people of hope and prayer, not gloom and defeatism. God the Holy Spirit can turn the situation around in five minutes.

Os Guinness

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: September 30, 1941

Topics

GodHopePrayerPeopleStoryDawn

I love the fact that I get something new to do almost every day and have new challenges.

Jim Lee

LoveDayChallengesEvery DayNew

I have a weird life because I live on songwriting royalties, which are a strange income. Sometimes it rains, sometimes it doesn't.

Joe Strummer

LifeLiveWeirdSometimesStrange

The rejection I received when I was young for being a homosexual... that's nothing compared to the number you do on yourself when you've been taught that you are not a human like other people.

John Grant

YourselfPeopleRejectionYouYoung

I was always the front man for what I was doing from when I was 6.

John Legend

ManDoingAlwaysFront

Some people really want to play Mozart and be just performers. I was more interested in invention.

Steve Lacy

PeoplePlayWantMoreSome People

Pretending that the fashion industry isn't in part based on leather would be quite stupid of me, but at the same time, there is another way of doing things - even outside of leather. I don't use PVC either, for example, because it is harmful.

Stella McCartney

TimeMeStupidFashionDoingWay

I'd never ask an actor to do something I couldn't do - not that I'm the best actor in the world - but if I can do it, then I know that anyone I hire can do these things.

Rob Reiner

BestWorldI CanKnowActorNever

The whole point of being in the Army is wanting to get killed, wanting to test yourself to the limits. Now you have to fly 15,000ft above the war zone to avoid getting hit. I don't think there is any point in having wars if that's how you're going to behave. It's pathetic. All this whining!

Rupert Everett

YourselfWarFlyLimitsThinkYou

The Internet frees people to realize they don't have to live like slaves.

Michio Kaku

LivePeopleInternetRealizeSlaves

Filming in India was one big adventure. For 'The Cheetah Girls', we were in Mumbai for two weeks, then Rajasthan for six weeks. Every day after shooting, I would hop into a rickshaw and start exploring the city. I even learned a bit of Hindi. It's such an amazing place to visit.

Michael Steger

DayAdventureCityAmazingStart

The openness on which Apple had built its original empire had been completely reversed - but the spirit was still there among users. Hackers vied to 'jailbreak' the iPhone, running new apps on it despite Apple's desire to keep it closed.

Jonathan Zittrain

AppleNewDesireSpiritiPhoneBeen

For me, masculinity is about control, and femininity is more of an embrace, the art of listening. It's very inspiring to explore the shadows of masculinity and femininity, and the tensions between both, and the place of women in the world right now.

Denis Villeneuve

WomenArtMeControlWorldShadows

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