Piercing lines…

I am a little more that halfway through the book. And I thought I should collect the one-liners and short quotes from the book that carried a punch for me, so I don’t forget them. Here’s my list so far …

Let my heart be broken with the things that break the heart of God. -Bob Pierce

Christ has no body on earth but yours, no hands but yours, no feet but yours. Yours are the eyes through which Christ’s compassion for the world is to look out; yours are the feet with which He is to go about doing good; and yours are the hands with which He is to bless us now. -Saint Teresa of Aliva

God’s love was intended to be demonstrated not dictated.

Are you willing to be open to God’s will for your life? -recruiter

If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to posses wealth, as that may be said to possess him. -Sir Francis Bacon

There is no “whole gospel” without compassion and justice shown to the poor. It’s that simple.

It’s not what you believe that counts; it’s what you believe enough to do.” -Gary Gulbranson

Every follower of Christ was made for a purpose and that our most important task is to discern what that purpose is.

I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world. -Mother Teresa

The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; that’s the essence of inhumanity. -George Bernard Shaw

It is not our fault that people are poor, but it is our responsibility to do something about it.

In justice is often the “cause behind the cause.”

In Africa they don’t say that water is important to their lives; they say that water is life.

We can be the generation that no longer accepts that an accident of latitude determines whether a child lives or dies. -Bono

Don’t fail to do something just because you can’t do everything. -Bob Pierce

It is not about charity. It’s about justice. -Bono