{"quotes":[{"text":"The preachers tell us that pride is a great sin, but the preachers are wrong. Pride makes a man, it drives him, it is the shield wall around his reputation... Men die, they said, but reputation does not die.","author":"Bernard Cornwell","tags":["preachers","pride","reputation","shield-wall"],"id":328,"author_id":"Bernard+Cornwell"},{"text":"The preacher who casts a vote for conscience' sake, runs the risk of starving.","author":"Mark Twain","tags":["conscience","preachers","voting"],"id":2390,"author_id":"Mark+Twain"},{"text":"Here is where most preachers make their mistake. They are afraid that by preaching the gospel to clearly, it will be their fault if people ask them to send. They imagine that the gospel is food for the Carnel-minded. True enough, too many of the gospel does not become the smell of death and death but that is not the fault of the Gospel. That happens only because men do not except-do not believe-the Gospel. Faith is not merely thinking, 'I believe.' Your whole heart must be seized by the gospel and come to rest in it. When that happens, you were transformed cannot help but love and serve God.","author":"C.F.W. Walther","tags":["faith","gospel","law","lutheranism","preachers","preaching"],"id":6902,"author_id":"C.F.W.+Walther"},{"text":"The priest must teach the people, the fear of God.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["christian","fear-of-god","inspirational","pastors","pope","preachers","priest"],"id":23363,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"Sacred service is sacrifice.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["christian-living","motivational","pastors","preachers","religion","sacred","sacrifice","service"],"id":37920,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"Teach don't preach!","author":"Habeeb Akande","tags":["preachers","teach","teaching"],"id":86372,"author_id":"Habeeb+Akande"},{"text":"Let me first state forthright that contrary to what we've often read in books and heard from preachers, when you are a woman, you don't feel like the Devil. ","author":"Orhan Pamuk","tags":["dark-wit","devil","preachers","woman"],"id":97379,"author_id":"Orhan+Pamuk"},{"text":"If you were born with the ability to change someone’s perspective or emotions, never waste that gift. It is one of the most powerful gifts God can give—the ability to influence.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["acting","altruism","blogs","charity-organizations","community-service","counselors","documentary","freethinkers","givers","healers","health-careers","influence","life-coach","magnify-your-talents","movies","news","newspapers","overthinkers","pastors","philosophy","preachers","psychologists","psychology","public-education","public-speakers","service","speakers","talents","television","theatre","therapists","thinkers","websites","writers"],"id":117394,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"Societies where there are worthy men and women of God, not necessarily preachers or religious men, but men that know the ways of God, they stand up against the collapse of equity in their land.","author":"Sunday Adelaja","tags":["against","are","collapse","equity","god","know","land","men","necessarily","preachers","religious","societies","stand","their","there","they","up","ways","where","women","worthy"],"id":140433,"author_id":"Sunday+Adelaja"},{"text":"The fact that they viewed their wealth as a result of their own hands, without any honor other than lip service being given to the god that had blessed them, gave perfect openings to the liars slithering up their legs.","author":"Lee Goff","tags":["god","greed","money","preachers","tithing"],"id":155263,"author_id":"Lee+Goff"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":28,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}