Pastoral Resources

But seek till ye find, and, whatever ye find for the present, let your last act be to lay and leave yourselves on the righteousness of His Son, expecting life through His name, according to the promise of the Father.

There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past.

Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.

It's the first film that I made where the director was not present under the camera, and it threw me.

I should like these few words to be read over the grave when my body is placed in the earth; for though it is possible I may be present and conscious of what is going on, I shall not be able to communicate.

We lie to one another every day, in the sweetest way, often unconsciously. We dress ourselves and compose ourselves in order to present ourselves to one another.

I felt a responsibility to present a viable alternative to the popular electric sound.

The present moment is nice but it does not last. Living in it is like waiting in a junction town for the morning limited; the junction may be interesting but some day you will have to leave it and you do not know where the limited will take you.

My reaction to a lot of the current situation that we're in is based in part on a serious concern that the present administration's course ignores reality.

We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment.

God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.

He who is false to the present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and you will see the effect when the weaving of a life-time is unraveled.

The present in New York is so powerful that the past is lost.

As however the ancients say that in case of necessity any Christian lay person can administer the sacrament of Baptism, so Luther says the same thing about absolution in case of necessity, where no priest is present.

The present condition of fame is merely fashion.

Boundaries are actually the main factor in space, just as the present, another boundary, is the main factor in time.

If our language, our programs, our creations are not strongly present in the new media, the young generation of our country will be economically and culturally marginalized.

At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else.

The women's movement will present a growing threat to patriarchal religion less by attacking it than by simply leaving it behind.

In examining the CIA's past and present use of the U.S. media, the Committee finds two reasons for concern. The first is the potential, inherent in covert media operations, for manipulating or incidentally misleading the American public.