The pornographers did a
The pornographers did a kind of stealth attack on our culture, hijacking our sexuality and then selling it back to us, often in forms that look very little like sex but a lot like cruelty. Gail Dines
Steadfast
Dreams are there to
Dreams are there to be realized, not to be dreamed. To realize a dream, you have to stay steadfast in your strong will. Gackt
Wealth stays with us
Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold. Euripides
Kindle the taper like
Kindle the taper like the steadfast star Ablaze on evening’s forehead o’er the earth, And add each night a lustre till afar An eightfold splendor shine above thy hearth. Emma Lazarus
Faith in the atonement
Faith in the atonement and intercession of Christ will keep us steadfast and immovable amid the temptations that press upon us in the church militant. Ellen G. White
Those who are preparing
Those who are preparing for the coming of Christ should be sober, and watch unto prayer, for our adversary, the Devil, goeth about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour; whom we are to resist steadfast in the faith. Ellen G. White
How often a new
How often a new affection makes a new man! The sordid, cowering soul turns heroic. The frivolous girl becomes the steadfast martyr of patience and ministration, transfigured by deathless love. The career of bounding impulses turns into an anthem of sacred deeds. Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Remain steadfast in the
Remain steadfast in the faith; instruct yourself; bridle your tongue; repress your wrath; forbear to do evil; associate with the good; screen the faults of your neighbour; relieve the poor by your alms; and expect your reward in eternity. Edouard Rene de Laboulaye
Stranger, pause and look;
Stranger, pause and look; From the dust of ages Lift this little book, Turn the tattered pages, Read me, do not let me die! Search the fading letters finding Steadfast in the broken binding All that once was I! Edna St. Vincent Millay
After sketching his program
After sketching his program for the scientific revolution that he foresaw, Bacon ends his account with a prayer: \”Humbly we pray that this mind may be steadfast in us, and that through these our hands, and the hands of others to whom thou shalt give the same spirit, thou wilt vouchsafe to endow the human … Read more