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Quotes About Witness

Isabel's private theory of moral proximity, the basis of those obligations that came into existence when we found ourselves close enough to others to be able to witness or feel their needs, or when we were in some other way linked to their plight. We could not deal with all the suffering or need in the world, but we could—and should—deal with that sliver of suffering that was reasonably close to us.
~ Alexander McCall Smith
I saw the snake myself, and I am not one to exaggerate. It was two metres long, at the very least. And it was a mamba. I know those snakes. It was a mamba—not a hyperbole." "I would not like to be bitten by a hyperbole," muttered Mma Ramotswe. She could not stop herself; she had to say this, although more or less immediately she regretted it. "They are very dangerous, Mma," said Mma Potokwane.
~ Alexander McCall Smith
Strong people didn't like witnesses to their weak moments.
~ Alexandra Ripley
What the feminists want of me is something they haven't examined because it comes from religion. They want me to bear witness.
~ Doris Lessing
Maybe I was praying for him then, in my own way. Does God have a set way of prayer, a way that He expects each of us to follow? I doubt it. I believe some people-- lots of people-- pray through the witness of their lives, through the work they do, the friendships they have, the love they offer people and receive from people. Since when are words the only acceptable form of prayer?
~ Dorothy Day
Does God have set way of prayer, a way that he expects each of us to follow? I doubt it. I believe some people - lots of people - pray through the witness of their lives, through the work they do, the friendships they have, the love they offer people and receive from people. Since when are words the only acceptable form of prayer?
~ Dorothy Day
I believe some people -- lots of people -- pray to the witness of their lives through the work they do, the friendships they have, the love they offer people and receive from people. Since when are words the only acceptable form of prayer?
~ Dorothy Day
I was in prison for a charge in Texas, murder one. Back in the '70s in Texas, I was there. I heard the shot. I was in the car.
~ Duane Chapman
A man ought to live so that everybody knows he is a Christian... and most of all, his family ought to know.
~ Dwight L. Moody
Life without friends is death without witness.
~ Elden Benge
Preach the Gospel with your life.
~ Matt Chandler
If your neighbors did an analysis of your life, what would they learn about the kingdom?
~ Michael Frost
While we may not be called to martyr our lives, we must martyr our way of life. We must put our selfish ways to death and march to a different beat. Then the world will see Jesus.
~ Michael Tait
We need to confront the life-killing stereotype that says we're all about suffering. We need to bear witness to our pleasures.
~ Harriet McBryde Johnson
To be a witness means to live in such a way that one's life would not make sense if God did not exist.
~ Madeleine L'Engle
If there is a witness to my little life,To my tiny throes and struggles,He sees a fool;And it is not fine for gods to menace fools.
~ Stephen Crane
Don't let your life give evidence against your tongue. Sing with your voices... sing also with your conduct.
~ Saint Augustine
Every Christian can witness to God in the workplace, not only with words, but above all with an honest life.
~ Pope Francis
To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
~ Jesus
Bear witness. My tale is told. Wake. Only the living can make the world better. Live and make it better. Don't let me (Or anyone else) Tell this tale again.
~ Jewell Parker Rhodes
lines to anyone caught sneaking in before the bell!' Mildred flew over the gates and landed expertly on the other side. 'Well, that's a good start!' she thought, looking around in the hope that someone had witnessed so successful a landing, but of course they hadn't. People were only ever
~ Jill Murphy
A detective touched it. "Is this what you saw?" he asked. "No," she said. "No. I saw the gun. I saw a gun.
~ Jim Bishop
The great festivals of Light— Solstice, Hannukah and Christmas— Beckon us to gather round and witness the birth of love within one another.
~ JOAN BORYSENKO
even the gods suffered when injustice unbalanced the flow of all existence. It was the gods' will that the balance must be restored...Let the gods bear witness then, he would become the instrument of their will. No matter what laws of men he had to defy
~ Joan D. Vinge