Quotes about Clay
What do you feel now that I'm soft clay in your hands, Michael?" "Joy," he said. "Pure joy.
— Francine Rivers
The reproduction of mankind is a great marvel and mystery. Had God consulted me in the matter, I should have advised him to continue the generation of the species by fashioning them out of clay.
— Martin Luther
Learn to humble yourself, you are but earth and clay.
— Thomas a Kempis
The pressed clay or "dust" of Adam has then become the immortal diamond that is Christ.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
At best we are but clay, animated dust; but viewed as sinners, we are monsters indeed. Let it be published in heaven as a miracle that the Lord Jesus should set His heart's love upon people like us.
— Alistair Begg
Referencing 2 Corinthians 4:6, Robert Hewitt compares jars of clay in the first century to the same value we would put on a cardboard box. Joni Eareckson Tada queries whether we would question God's right to leave some holes in the box in order to give glimpses of the treasure inside
— Joni Eareckson Tada
Are we not the clay and God the potter? When he refuses to conform to our wills, do we discard him? If you are looking for a religion centered around yourself, Ben, I must agree that Christianity is a poor choice.
— Randy Alcorn
Though thou loved her as thyself, As a self of purer clay, Tho' her parting dims the day, Stealing grace from all alive, Heartily know, When half-gods go, The gods arrive.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson