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Inspirational Quotations  P-R
Dear Reader,
 
For over two decades I have collected quotes from books and magazines I’ve read as well as from internet searches when researching certain topics or themes.  This collection is made to be added to as I continue to collect and by you also if you have quotes you would like us to add to this working compilation.  Simply add them as a comment and once approved we will join them to the collection. 
            Three disclaimers:  1.  Oswald Chambers is my all-time hero as a writer-speaker and therefore you will find that by far he is the most quoted author/speaker.  If you have never heard of him, I highly recommend My Utmost For His Highest.   2.  This collection is heavily tilted towards ministry—if you are in ministry and love speaking and writing you will get the most out of this.  Regardless, there is much for anyone.  3.  Do not assume quotations reflect my viewpoint. I’ve included a vast array of thoughts and opinions not because I agree with them but because they are thought-provoking.  The beauty of language is often found in the formatting and word selection!  
            Finally, this collection is offered free.  If you find it to be useful and you frequently hunt for quotes for speaking or writing here, please consider donating to First Cause which you can do right on this website.  Your gift helps us build better speakers and writers globally!    Enjoy!
 
Daniel York
First Cause Director and Author/Speaker 
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3/1/2026 0 Comments

Purgatory

“Those who teach that contrition is not necessary on the part of those who intend to buy souls out of purgatory or to buy confessional privileges preach unchristian doctrine.”—Martin Luther, Thesis 35 of 95 posted
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9/30/2025 0 Comments

Rules

“Nothing gives a more spuriously good conscience than keeping rules, even if there has been a total absence of real charity and faith.”—C.S. Lewis

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9/30/2025 0 Comments

Quran

“Piety is the greater honor, and most Muslims I knew growing up could recite many chapters of the Quran from memory, but rarely could they explain the meaning or context of those verses.”—Nabeel Qureshi in Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, p. 37
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9/30/2025 0 Comments

Point of View

“If you try to be all things to all people, it’s proof that you don’t have a point of view—and if you want to make an impact, you need to have a point of view.”—Will Guidara in Unreasonable Hospitality, p. 90.
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7/30/2025 0 Comments

Restrain

Enlighten me, Blessed Jesus, with the brightness of Thy inner light, and cast forth all darkness from the habitation of my heart. Restrain my many wandering thoughts, and carry away the temptations which strive to do my hurt. Fight Thou mightily for me, and drive forth the evil beasts, so call I alluring lusts, that peace may be within Thy walls and plenteousness of praise within Thy palaces.--Thomas A Kempis in The Imitation of Christ

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2/2/2025 0 Comments

Picture Memory

“Oh, a picture memory is a picture I take in my mind when I’m really, really happy. I close my eyes and take a picture, wo when I’m feeling sad or scared or lonely, I can look at my picture memories.”—Brené Brown in Daring Greatly, p. 127
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1/22/2025 0 Comments

Range

“If the enemy is in range, so are you.”--The Infantry Journal
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1/11/2025 0 Comments

Reframing

Reframing allows leaders to see possibilities where others see dead ends; it offers us the tools to break the imaginative gridlock of our situation by considering alternative perspectives . . . This reframing or “ability to think about things in more than one way” is perhaps the most critical skill for adaptive leadership.--Tod Bolsinger in Canoeing The Mountains, p. 208.
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1/11/2025 0 Comments

Redeployment

“Redeployment equals failure and retreat with our tail between our legs.”—Charles Jones in Boys of ’67: From Vietnam to Iraq, The Extraordinary Story Of A Few Good Men, p. 282.
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1/11/2025 0 Comments

Relativism

“Scccratccch thee most clever postmodern-relativist professor’s Mercedes with a key, and you will see how fast the mask of relativism (with its pretense that there can be neither right nor wrong) and the cloak of radical tolerance comes off.” —Dr. Norman Doidge in 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote To Chaos, p. xxii
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1/11/2025 0 Comments

Precision

“Precision may leave the tragedy intact, but it chases away the ghouls and the demons.”—Jordan B. Peterson in 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote To Chaos, p.280
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1/11/2025 0 Comments

Pets

“People are better at filling and properly administering prescription medication to their pets than to themselves.” —Jordan B. Peterson in 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote To Chaos, p. 33
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1/4/2025 0 Comments

Promotion

“The man who never does more than supinely pass on the opinion of his seniors is brought to the top, while the really valuable man, the man who accepts nothing ready-made but has an opinion of his own, gets put on the shelf.”—Erwin Rommel
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1/4/2025 0 Comments

Probability

​“The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.”—Abraham Lincoln
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11/20/2024 0 Comments

Russia

​Russia is a country where the future is certain; it’s only the past that is unpredictable.—Amir Tsarfati and Steve Yohn in Out of the Far North, p. 119.
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11/20/2024 0 Comments

Pencil

I’m a little pencil in the hand of a writing God, who is sending a love letter to the world.—Mother Teresa
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11/12/2024 0 Comments

Presents

Watch your motive for giving presents; it is a good way of discerning what a mean sneak you are capable of being.  The giving of presents is one of the touchstones of character.--Oswald Chambers in Not Knowing Where 190
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11/12/2024 0 Comments

Presentation

Jesus Christ is not a being with two personalities; He is the Son of God, the exact expression of almighty God, and Son of Man—the presentation of God’s normal Man.--Oswald Chambers in Bringing Sons Into Glory 37
           
​“Present you bodies a living sacrifice”—go to the funeral of your own independence.  It is not a question of divorcing myself from something, as I must with sin, but of giving up my right to myself, my natural independence and self-assertiveness.—Oswald Chambers in 
Not Knowing Where 123

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9/24/2024 0 Comments

Quest

​The only true and lasting inspiration for life is genuine love for God, and submitted gratitude that I get to be a part of the redemptive quest.--John Ortberg

God never said that the journey would be easy, but He did say that the arrival would be worthwhile.--Max Lucado
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I prefer death in Christ Jesus to power over the farthest limits of the earth. He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire.--Ignatius of Antioch

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3/24/2024 0 Comments

Produce/Production

God made you for a purpose. He hardwired you with strengths and talents. When you are in your “sweet spot” it is almost effortless. Your results are 3-10 times greater than anything you have to do through sheer discipline and intentionality. 20% of what you do produces 80% of your results. For you, what is that 20% that produces 80%?—Bob Tiede in Now That’s A Great Question
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1/8/2024 0 Comments

Precarious

The most precarious thing is to try and live without God.—Oswald Chambers in My Utmost for His Highest
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1/8/2024 0 Comments

Participate/Participation

If you want people to be there for the crash landing, you’d better invite them to the launch.—Michael J. Marquardt and Bob Tiede in Leading With Questions: How Leaders Discover Powerful Answers By Knowing How And What To Ask
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12/17/2023 0 Comments

Perplex

As long as we try to serve two ends, ourselves and God, there is perplexity.—Oswald Chambers in My Utmost for His Highest
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12/9/2023 0 Comments

Prig

It is not your devotion to God that makes you refuse to be shallow, but your wish to impress other people with the fact that you are not shallow, which is a sure sign that you are a spiritual prig.—Oswald Chambers in My Utmost for His Highest
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12/9/2023 0 Comments

Posing

Beware of posing as a profound person; God became a Baby.—Oswald Chambers in My Utmost for His Highest
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