John Lewis on faith
John Lewis102 quotes“Without our faith, we wouldn’t have been able to succeed.”
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People should organize people to just turn up and participate in the democratic process. Knock on doors.
John LewisJohn Lewis You have to take the long hard look and just believe that if you’re consistent, you will succeed.
John LewisJohn Lewis Some of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process.
John LewisJohn Lewis We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.
John LewisJohn Lewis You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.
John LewisJohn Lewis It is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener.
John LewisJohn Lewis The lessons of nonviolence are universal.
John LewisJohn Lewis The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.
John LewisJohn Lewis If you come together with a mission, and it’s grounded with love and a sense of community, you can make the impossible possible.
John LewisJohn Lewis Our struggle is a struggle to redeem the soul of America. It’s not a struggle that lasts for a few days, a few weeks, a few months, or a few years. It is the struggle of a lifetime, more than one lifetime.
John LewisJohn Lewis Peace cannot exist where justice is not served.
John LewisJohn Lewis You have to tell the whole truth, the good and the bad, maybe some things that are uncomfortable for some people.
John LewisJohn Lewis I believe that you see something that you want to get done, you cannot give up, and you cannot give in.
John LewisJohn Lewis You have to tell the whole truth, the good and the bad, maybe some things that are uncomfortable for some people.
John LewisJohn Lewis I believe that you see something that you want to get done, you cannot give up, and you cannot give in.
John LewisJohn Lewis I say to people today, ‘You must be prepared if you believe in something. If you believe in something, you have to go for it. As individuals, we may not live to see the end.
John LewisJohn Lewis
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Elezabeth SymondElezabeth Symond I heard many tongues in many languages saying that people cannot be Gods, and that’s a given. But what if people don’t know what was given to them?
Nikol MejdnNikol Mejdn Pride – it screams a lot louder than love sometimes.
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I agree that faith is essential to success in life, but I do not accept your definition of faith, i.e. belief in life after death.
Rosalind FranklinRosalind Franklin Your faith rests on the future of yourself and others as individuals, mine in the future and fate of our successors.
Rosalind FranklinRosalind Franklin He struggled with himself, too. I saw it — I heard it. I saw the inconceivable mystery of a soul that knew no restraint, no faith, and no fear, yet struggling blindly with itself.
Joseph ConradJoseph Conrad Prejudice, a dirty word, and faith, a clean one, have something in common: they both begin where reason ends.
Harper LeeHarper Lee The sea – this truth must be confessed – has no generosity. No display of manly qualities – courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness – has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power.
Joseph ConradJoseph Conrad For out of old fields, as men saith, Cometh all this new corn from year to year; And out of old books, in good faith, Cometh all this new science that men learn.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer Just in the ratio knowledge increases, faith decreases.
Thomas CarlyleThomas Carlyle We need god to prosper those without him will not.
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