Quotes About Effect

Thus in the first months of 1940 it was already clear to two intelligent observers that nuclear weapons would be weapons of mass destruction against which the only apparent defense would be the deterrent effect of mutual possession.

At best, the theory of substitutionary atonement has inoculated us against the true effects of the Gospel, causing us to largely "thank" Jesus instead of honestly imitating him. At worst, it led us to see God as a cold, brutal figure, who demands acts of violence before God can love his own creation

In the Franciscan school, God did not need to be paid in order to love and forgive God's own creation for its failures. Love cannot be bought by some "necessary sacrifice"; if it could, it would not and could not work its transformative effects.

As a boy, he had not realized what his father must have known, that pain could have a cumulative effect. Your ability to withstand it had much to do with your ability to catch your breath between its assaults.

Every action, reader, no matter how small, has a consequence.

certain smells were the custodians of memory. And once they were unleashed, their effect was instantaneous, like switching on a light – flooding the senses far too quickly and completely. They had the power to transport and overwhelm. For that reason, one needed to be wary of them.

And he went on in his quiet voice with his eloquent interpretation of the ancient words: "For what if some did not believe? Shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? God forbid. Yea, let God be true, but every man a liar.

an infinite number of further opportunities in which to remedy the effect of this or that misunderstanding. There was surely nothing to indicate at the time that such evidently small incidents would render whole dreams forever irredeemable.

When beauty is universal, it loses its power to move the heart, and only its absence can produce any emotional effect.

As words have an effective power of their own, curses reported against someone might turn against the speaker.

Silence and reserve suggest latent power. What some men think has more effect than what others say.

Blaming something else makes that something else cause; and as that cause takes on power, the individual in the same act loses control and becomes effect.

The positive effect music has in our lives is understated. It can influence mind-state and motivate us to reach for the stars.

None can believe how powerful prayer is, and what it is able to effect, but those who have learned it by experience.

Helplessness is your best prayer. It calls from your heart to the heart of God with greater effect than all your uttered pleas.

You must pray...without prayer, all the schooling in the world will not produce the effect God wants homeschooling to give.

The prayers of the Christian are secret but their effect cannot be hidden.

Nor it is an objection to say that we must understand a prayer if it is to have its true effect. That simply is not the case. Who understands the wisdom of a flower? Yet we can take pleasure in it.

The relationship between the obedience of Gods people and the triumph of Gods cause is not a relationship of cause and effect but one of cross and resurrection.

As human beings, we always expect everyday change to happen slowly and steadily, and for there to be some relationship between cause and effect.

The power of finance to effect such important transitions in world history is that it moves economic value forward and backward through time.

The stumbling block isn't the certainty effect per se. It's the way that smart people are influenced by mere words, by the way the choices are framed.

We finally figured out that when you set off a nuke in space, that's when the EMP effect really kicks in, as the energy burst hits the upper atmosphere. It becomes like a pebble triggering an avalanche, the electrical disturbances magnifying. It's in the report. It's called the 'Compton Effect.

I shall the effect of this good lesson keeps as watchman to my heart.