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As we grow in holiness, we grow in hatred of sin; and God, being infinitely holy, has an infinite hatred of sin.
— Jerry Bridges
As we grow in the knowledge of God's holiness, even though we are growing in the practice of holiness, it seems the gap between our knowledge and our practice always gets wider. This is the Holy Spirit's way of drawing us to more and more holiness.
— Jerry Bridges
All pain we experience is intended to move us closer to the goal of being holy as He is holy.
— Jerry Bridges
To remain a credible leader, I must always work first, hardest, and longest on changing myself. This is neither easy nor natural, but it is essential.
— John Maxwell
Passion for our work is not usually a subterranean volcano waiting to erupt...It is a muscle that gets strengthened a little each day as we show up - as we do what is expected of us, and then some.
— John Ortberg
It is possible for love to grow and multiply if you work at it.
— Jon Jones
I learn a lot from every director that I work with. I sit on set and watch them, every one.
— Jonah Hill
What you can become is the miracle you were born to be through the work that you do.
— Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
In placing civil disobedience before constructive work I was wrong and I did not profit by the Himalayan blunder that I had committed.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Leisure consists in all those virtuous activities by which a man grows morally, intellectually, and spiritually. It is that which makes a life worth living.
— Cicero
Christians already? It seems to me that it takes a lifetime of work.
— Maya Angelou
Man matures through work which inspires him to difficult good.
— Pope John Paul II