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Quotes about Ordinary

That is the way God works. Without even a hint of warning, He speaks to ordinary people, on ordinary days.
— Charles Swindoll
God not only moves in mysterious ways, He moves in mundane days.
— Charles Swindoll
Milton's Paradise is quite available these days, if not in fact certainly as ordinary, unexceptionable desire.
— Toni Morrison
When he arrived he thought their flaws were normal; their disagreements ordinary. They were pleased by the accomplishments of their neighbors and their mockery of the lazy and the loose was full of laughter. Or used to be. Now, it seemed, the glacial wariness they once confined to strangers more and more was directed toward each other.
— Toni Morrison
I dedicate this book to all the His-story makers disguised as ordinary humans living normal lives, but who are actually sons and daughters of God who have the mind of Christ. You are the Lord's secret service, His ambassadors of heaven who walk in power, think like God and love the hell out of people. May He hide you everywhere, from the palaces of royalty to the streets of obscurity, and may you transform everything your heart has the opportunity to touch.
— Kris Vallotton
I'm just an ordinary person." That, of course, was exactly the appeal of this story. How, indeed, had God been able to use a fellow, with a bad back, a limited education, no sponsorship and no funds, to do things that well-connected, well-endowed people said were impossible? For us and other ordinary people, that was what made Brother Andrew's adventures so intriguing.
— Brother Andrew
Just be ordinary and nothing special. Eat your food, move your bowels, pass water, and when you're tired, go and lie down. The ignorant will laugh at me, but the wise will understand.
— Bruce Lee
It's when ordinary people rise above the expectations and seize the opportunity that milestones truly are reached.
— Mike Huckabee
We shall do even greater things because the love that lived in the radical Christ now lives within millions of ordinary radicals all over the planet.
— Shane Claiborne
So I am a radical in the truest sense of the word: an ordinary radical who wants to get at the root of what it means to love, and to get at the root of what has made such a mess of our world.
— Shane Claiborne
Wouldn't we all go to a church that believes in ordinary fools and ragamuffins and whose gospel is actually good news? I
— Shane Claiborne
A change happens because ordinary people do extraordinary things.
— Barack Obama