Category: Odds & Ends

“It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.” – Zig Ziglar

“Your commitments can develop you or destroy you, but either way, they will define you.” — Rick Warren

“正是品格让我们起床，正是承诺促使我们行动，正是自律让我们能够坚持到底。” – 齐格·齐格拉

“你的承诺可以成就你，也可以毁掉你，但无论哪种方式，它们都会定义你。”——里克·沃伦

“Without the Spirit of God, we can do nothing. We are as ships without wind. We are useless.” —Charles Spurgeon

“没有上帝的灵，我们什么也做不了。我们就像没有风的船。我们毫无用处。” —查尔斯·斯伯吉翁

Cowardice asks the question, “Is it safe?” Expediency asks the question, “Is it politic?” Vanity asks the question, “Is it popular?” But conscience asks the question, “Is it right?” And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because one’s conscience tells one that it is right. – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

“The world won’t be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.” — Albert Einstein

懦弱会问：“安全吗？” 权宜会问：“合适吗？” 虚荣会问：“受欢迎吗？” 但良心会问：“这是对的吗？” 总有一个时刻，人必须采取一种既不安全、也不合适、也不受欢迎的立场，但必须采取，因为良心告诉他这是对的。——马丁·路德·金博士

“世界不会被作恶的人毁灭，而是被那些袖手旁观的人毁灭。” — 阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦

“It is not my aim to introduce doubts and fears into your mind; no, but I do hope self-examination may help to drive them away. It is not security, but false security, which we would kill; not confidence, but false confidence, which we would overthrow; not peace, but false peace, which we would destroy.” — Charles Spurgeon

“我的目的不是在你的心中引入疑虑和恐惧；不，我希望自我反省能够帮助将它们驱散。我们要消除的不是安全感，而是虚假的安全感；不是信心，而是虚假的信心；不是和平，而是虚假的和平。”——查尔斯·司布真

“Obedience to God’s will is the secret of spiritual knowledge and insight.” – Eric Liddell

“The Christian man must aim at that complete obedience to God in which life finds its highest happiness, its greatest good, its perfect consummation, its peace.” — William Barclay

“服从上帝的旨意是获得属灵知识和洞察力的秘诀。” ——埃里克·利德尔

“基督徒男性必须追求那种对上帝的完全顺从，在其中生命找到最高的幸福、最大的善、完美的圆满与平安。” — 威廉·巴克莱