Pope Theodoros II Quotes

In Barack Obama, Democrats have put forth a man of strong religious faith who is comfortable connecting his spiritual life to his public role as a policymaker.

… the honor of the nation and the good of mankind, demand that Mr. Lincoln be sustained and re-elected.

Whatever else I might have thought of [President George W] Bush's call, with its assumption that prayer is some sort of miracle Vicks VapoRub for the national charley horse, it's clear that his hands were reaching for any hands but mine.

I have long known that it is part of God's plan for me to spend a little time with each of the most stupid people on earth.

Just the simple act of sharing wisdom is something that many parents have left to society to do; however, that is not what God teaches in His word.

When the solution is simple, God is answering.

I think it's a good thing for a president or political leaders to want to put their values or their faith into action. Desmond Tutu did that in South Africa. Martin Luther King Jr. did that here. This is a good thing.

You know, many people have said that I'm on the edge and I'm maverick for some of the big operations that I've done. I'm not at all. I pray; I ask God to give me wisdom, 'Should I do it?', guidance in terms of how to do it, who to consult with. All those kind of things are incredibly important.

The best way to obtain truth and wisdom is not to ask from books, but to go to God in prayer, and obtain divine teaching.

God, Nature, the wise, the world, preach man, exhort him both by word and deed to the study of himself.

Pray always for all the learned, the oblique, the delicate. Let them not be quite forgotten at the throne of God when the simple come into their kingdom.

I'm always feeling like I'm lacking wisdom. This reassurance that one can ask God for that and it will happen is certainly reassuring to me.

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.

Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.

God's truth is helped by no man's ignorance.

The President represents everybody and he sets the moral tone of the country.

The most important thing a politician can do is try to keep the country glued together.

It is ... the duty of princes and heads of republics to uphold the foundations of the religion of their countries, for then it is easy to keep their people religious and consequently well conducted and united.

Responsible men will not encourage the enemy to hold out in anticipation of a more generous settlement. Responsible men will recognize that we can have only one President at a time.

I know this country well enough to know that it can’t sustain a conflict if people do not believe in the purposes.

To pray for any thing, which we can obtain by the due application of our natural powers, and neglect the means of procuring it, is impertinence and laziness in the abstract; and to pray for that which God in the course of his providence, has put out of our power to obtain, is only murmuring against God, and finding fault with his providence, or acting the inconsiderate part of a child.

Be patterns, be examples in all countries, places, islands, nations wherever you come; that your carriage and life may preach among all sorts of people, and to them; then you will come to walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in everyone; whereby in them you may be a blessing, and make the witness of God in them to bless you.

The ruler should always be thirsting to meet devout religious scholars and ask them for advice.

How many people who have run for President did not believe that God wanted them to be President?

the Bible is a great source of wisdom and consolation and should be read frequently