Quotes About Bad

Could it be that desire for a good thing has become a bad thing because that desire has become a ruling thing?

Since sin is deeper than bad behavior, trying to do better isn't a solution. Only grace that changes the heart can rescue us.

Remember the biblical principle of idolatry, desire for a good thing becomes a bad thing when that desire becomes a ruling thing.

A desire for a good thing becomes a bad thing when that desire becomes a ruling thing.

Theology that isn't zealous to promote forgiving and transforming grace, the kind of grace that changes your life, is simply bad theology.

Purpose is a simpler construct than pleasure because it's largely nonaroused, so either it's good (purposeful) or bad (pointless).

In course of time, religion came with its rites invoking the aid of good spirits which were even more powerful than the bad spirits, and thus for the time being tempered the agony of fears.

In stories of the good and bad it's only the good who are subject to dreadful luck, mischance and blundering. The bad are always sharp and act with discipline, have cunning plans only just thwarted in the nick of time. The evil are always on the cusp of winning ways.

Fairytales are true. The wolf is big and bad and I am talking to him right here and now. I

Seriously bad ideas (are) bad ideas which appeal to the prejudices of serious people.

Maybe he's not drunk. Maybe he's ill,' she said. 'He's drunk,' Otto said. 'Come along to bed.' 'How do you know?' 'Don't shout.' 'Can't you leave room for doubt? Maybe he's had an epileptic fit! A heart attack! You're so full of cunning, catching everyone out . . . the American form of wisdom! What if he is drunk! Isn't that bad enough!

I don't want this life to end," said Alexander. "The good, the bad, the everything, the very old, to ever end.

A good man has as much chance of dying as a bad one. Maybe more so.

a speech is shaped, ultimately, by the overwhelming desire that nothing bad happen, then nothing good will happen either. The speech will sound mealy-mouthed and nervous.

fortune is not in time or place or things; but, good or bad, in the man's own self for him alone to find and prove.

We couldn't get hold of a good cop to work this routine properly," Tarlo said. "They're all out on the streets helping decent citizens in these troubled times. So we're just going to have to do the bad cop, worse cop setup instead.

Far too many people—many of them academics, many politicians—continue to jabber about a supposed 'special relationship' between our two countries. I used to think that no such thing existed. Recently, I have become convinced that it does, and that it is in fact a Specially Bad Relationship .

The history of the human race doesn't make happy reading, does it? I've seen a lot of sadness during my time, but I've seen seen a lot of things that have kept my faith in humanity alive too. If there were no bad things in the world, we'd have nothing to measure the good against, would we? The light can only shine in darkness.

The world is a dangerous place (...) There will always be blurred boundaries. There are plenty of good bad guys and bad good guys. Life's not clear and it's seldom fair (...) I don't want our child growing up under the illusion that it is. Shit happens.

Is the land where they live good or bad? Are the cities where they dwell open camps or fortifications?

Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?”

Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please note, our lord, that the cityís location is good, as you can see. But the water is bad and the land is unfruitful.”

But like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,í says the LORD, ëso will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt.