Quotes About Message

I've said what I had to say.

A sermonic idea is a homiletical bind; a sermon is a narrative plot!

The term plot is key both to sermon preparation and to sermon presentation.

For Reuter, it was the last act of the Great War and something which reduced, if it did not remove, the shame of defeat and surrender. The message, for those who chose to think about it, was that Germany was down but not out - defeated but not reconciled.

It would also let him now if they had alerted the marine patrol.

Although Martin Luther's theological message was couched as an exhortation to all Christian people, his frame of reference, the human experiences on which he drew and his emotional sympathies, or almost entirely German.

I am a child of the House of Commons,' he told the US Congress in December 1941. 'I was brought up in my father's house to believe in democracy. "Trust the people" – that was his message.

In retrospect, it is fair to conclude that the message of Limits to Growth was not ignored. It did get through to the elites for whom it was prepared, and they responded by squirreling away whatever resources they could carry off from the commonwealth. Denial is the term commonly used to describe resistance to evidence of climate change and other ecological threats. Yet the cumulative record of this steady pillage suggests the opposite has been occurring.

Will going to this meeting teach me about the new technology or the new market that I think is very important now? Will it introduce me to people who can help me in the new direction? Will it send a message about the importance of the new direction?" If so, go to it. If not, resist it.

Reports are more a medium of self-discipline than a way to communicate information. Writing the report is important; reading it often is not.

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bearer of good news,' says Bill, 'but I'd better be on my way.' He

Did you ever hear one of those corny, positive messages on someone's answering machine? 'Hi, it's a great day and I'm out enjoying it right now. I hope you are too. The thought for the day is share the love. Beep.' 'Uh, yeah, this is the VD clinic… speaking of being positive, your test is back. Stop sharing the love.

The key to this approach is refusing to stand up and speak until you know the answer to two questions: •  What is the one thing I want my audience to know? •  What do I want them to do about it?

our approach to communicating should be shaped by our goal in communicating.

Preaching for life change requires far less information and more application. Less explanation and more inspiration. Less first century and more twenty-first century.

Aunt Zelda had written her note on special paper that she had made from pressed cabbage leaves.

Values carry the message of shared purposes, standards and conceptions of what is worth living for and what is worth striving for.

She forwarded it to Vera

This is urgent. Please make sure Miss Willmore gets it immediately, wherever she is.' She looked at her watch, then she made one more call and drove north.

The message, 'stop Islam, defend freedom,' is a message that's not only important for the Netherlands but for the whole free Western world.

When it comes to whaling, Iceland is an international outlaw. Years of global negotiations and declarations have failed utterly to end its illegal slaughter of whales. It's time to send Iceland a message it can't ignore: trade sanctions.

To design is to communicate clearly by whatever means you can control or master.

I'm a big believer in the emotion of design, and the message that's sent before somebody begins to read, before they get the rest of the information; what is the emotional response they get to the product, to the story, to the painting - whatever it is.