Eugene H. Peterson Quotes

In my life, I have met astonishingly good people.

There are people who vindicate the world, who help others live just by their presence.

I'm a guy who gets more out of life than some people - more out of one big breath of fresh air than most people get from breathing in and out for a lifetime.

It might be hard to believe, but the air in prison is different. There's like one thousand people sucking on the one little piece of fresh air until it turns stale.

Family matters. Family are the only people who will tell you when you're getting off the tracks a little. Surround yourself with people who love theLord, love themselves and love you, and you can't really fail.

The people who influence us are those who have stood unconsciously for the right thing. They are like the stars and the lilies, and the joy of God flows through them all the time.

It is difficult to bring people to goodness with lessons, but it is easy to do so by example.

I am inspired when I see goodness in other people. I am inspired by hard work and honesty. And I am inspired by nature.

I have a relationship with Christ. It allows me to handle situations better. It allows me to treat people better and it allows me to have a better mental attitude towards baseball.

There's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple. If the ill spirit have so fair a house, Good things will strive to dwell with't

I don't have it in my heart to condemn people. I'm here to encourage them. I see myself more as a coach, as a motivator to help them experience the life God has for us.

It may often be noticed, the less virtuous people are, the more they shrink away from the slightest whiff of the odour of un-sanctity. The good are ever the most charitable, the pure are the most brave.

I am inspired when I see goodness in other people.

...there are people who added goodness to the world and people who lived to destroy it.

I encourage people at this time, do not put your faith in any preacher, in any human system, but put your faith and trust in the Living God.

Jesus always pointed people towards a better version of themselves - particularly when they'd failed.

But if we have the energy of compassion and loving kindness in us, the people around us will be influenced by our way of being and living.

If your desire is for good, the people will be good.

I'm inspired by the work of those (and sometimes even the people themselves) who strive to inspire.

The Holy Spirit says: You are it. You are God's plan. In a thirsty world, people need to be refreshed. It is a broken world, and people need to be healed. Now get out there and do it!

The institution of religion exists only to keep mankind in order, and to make men merit the goodness of God by their virtue. Everything in a religion which does not tend towards this goal must be considered foreign or dangerous.

Oh! how amazing it is that people can talk so much about men's power and goodness, when if God did not hold us back every moment, we should be devils incarnate!

Geniuses are like thunderstorms: they go against the wind, terrify people, clear the air.

The Lord never had - and never will have to the end of time - a church on the earth without prophets, apostles, and inspired men. Whenever the Lord had a people on the earth that he acknowledged as such, that people were led by revelation.