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Quotes about Destruction

Here, if any terrorists came flying over, they'd look down on trashed-out mine craters and blown-up mountains and say, "Keep going. This place already got taken out." It was hard to see how September 11 was my fight. As far as doing good for my fellow man, my better option was football.
— Barbara Kingsolver
Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad.
— Euripides
Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes angry.
— Euripides
Of all evils, indeed, famine is the worst, and it destroys nothing so effectively as shame. For that which under other circumstances is worthy of respect, in the midst of famine is despised. Thus women snatched the food from the very mouths of their husbands and children, from their fathers, and what was most pitiable of all, mothers from their babes. And while their dearest ones were wasting away in their arms, they were not ashamed to take away from them the last drops that supported life.
— Eusebius of Caesarea
The enemy is empowered by human agreement. To agree with anything he says gives him a place to kill, steal, and destroy. We fuel the cloud of oppression by agreeing with our enemy. Praise, with rejoicing, cancels that agreement.
— Bill Johnson
The key to either great purpose or great destruction lies in where we choose to sustain our focus. Knowing
— Bill Johnson
Build your nest in no tree here...for the Lord of the forest has condemned the whole woods to be demolished.
— Samuel Rutherford
People destroy what they love.
— Paulo Coelho
People will live there, and never again will there be a curse of destruction. So Jerusalem will dwell in security. Zechariah 14:11
— Beth Moore
You who occupy the mountain summit, though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down. Jeremiah 49:16
— Beth Moore
Make Your way to the everlasting ruins, to all that the enemy has destroyed in the sanctuary. Psalm 74:3
— Beth Moore
God makes no bones about His willingness in extreme cases to take a child home if that's the only way to stop them from destruction. Complete forgiveness and restoration is ours—even usefulness in the Body of Christ and lives of faithful service! God can work everything together for good and redeem our failures. He will gladly be strong in our weaknesses and show us His gracious favor. He can plunder the enemy and take back what Satan stole from us.
— Beth Moore