Quotes About Sign

It is important to remember, however, that baptism is not merely a sign of God's grace-it is also a seal. Baptism does not simply signify what Christ has done, nor does it only demonstrate the parents' devotion. Baptism is also God's own continuing, visible pledge to his church that he will fulfill his covenant promises to those who place their faith in him.

Baptism did replace circumcision as a Gentile sign of entrance into the Church, as a matter of fact. Moreover, it is a necessary act for believing Jews in addition to circumcision (Acts 21:21, 1 Cor. 7:18). But, it doesn't exactly replace circumcision for Jews, especially in that transitional era.

But there is one thing that is privileged to be a paradoxical sign of God, in relation to which men are able to manifest their deepest commitment -- our Neighbor. The sacrament of our Neighbor!' -- Congar

Las Leyes de Reforma de 1856 fueron el clímax jurídico del triunfo de aquella cúpula modernizante sobre la sociedad real. Pero la ofensiva ilustrada había cruzado todo el siglo XIX, aun antes de la Independencia, bajo el signo del pensamiento de Melchor de Jovellanos.

But the surest sign that his confession had been good and that he had had sincere sorrow for his sin was, he knew, the amendment of his life. —I have amended my life, have I not? he asked himself.

We aim to please. So you aim, too, please. I saw that once on a sign. Over a urinal!

Every phenomenon of nature was a word, - the sign, symbol and pledge of a new, mysterious, inexpressible but all the more intimate union, participation and community of divine energies and ideas.

It's typical of record companies. They sign you because you're unique, and then they want to put you in a mold so they can sell records.

I love exploring the characters that I play, but the reason I sign on for something isn't the details of the story but the universal message.

I learned how to sign because when I was growing up in California in order to get into college you needed two semesters of language to get into a University of California school.

I was never very mature in my relationships with women. First sign of conflict, I was gone.

I'm not a good Samaritan, I'm a businessman... The goal is to read and react. If we sign an artist that has potential for a shelf life way out in the distance, then we'll stay. But if not, then we won't.

The fact that we experience anxiety and annoyance is the certain sign that, in the unconscious, there is an emotional program for happiness that has just been frustrated.

Except for the sign on the front lawn, there wasn't much difference between this house and his. World War II bungalows with clapboard siding. Two bedrooms, one bath. A small lawn that ran out to the street. A peaked roof with dark asphalt shingles. Both ordinary, in all ways. One vacant. One empty.

Conscience is a bosom-preacher. Sometimes it convinces, sometimes it reproves.. But men imprison this preacher, and God says to conscience, Preach no more: "he which is filthy, let him be filthy still!" (Rev 22:11). This is a fatal sign that a man's day of grace has past.

When men have hearts of stone and foreheads of brass—it is a sign that the devil has taken full possession of them.

When bad things happened over and over, it was a sign. God was telling you to change. Your attitude, your hair, your address.

studying biology" was our code word for visiting the brothel. We remembered there was a sign on the front of the mansion, READING CRESCENT HOTEL-RESTAURANT, and that the girls had botanical aliases—Flower, Leaf, Daphne, Rose.

Hesitation of any kind is a sign of mental decay in the young, of physical weakness in the old.

She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman.

He said I was bein hard on myself. Said it was a sign of old age. Tryin to set things right. I guess there's some truth to that. But it aint the whole truth. I agreed with him that there wasnt a whole lot good you could say about old age and he said he knew one thing and I said what is that. And he said it dont last long. I waited for him to smile but he didn't. I said well, that's pretty cold. And he said it was no colder than what the facts called for. So that was all there was about that.

Well,' he said. 'I seen a lot of coyote sign down here.' 'I ain't surprised,' the old man said. 'They done everything down at our place but come it and set at the table.

Why did Jesus weep? said Suttree. Eh? He pointed up at the sign. Why did Jesus weep? Dont know scriptures? Some. He wept over folks workin on Sundays. Suttree smiled.

It is a good sign when man's higher nature comes forward. A bad sign when his lower nature comes forward.