Quotes About Preeminence

Merit, not title, gave a man preeminence in our country ... I did not doubt it was a mortifying circumstance to the British nobility to find themselves so often conquered by mechanics and mere husbandmen; but ... we esteemed it our glory to draw such characters not only into the field, but into the Senate.

Unless degree is preserved, the first place is safe for no one.

Debes saber que eres el templo de Dios. Vive inmerso en la oración. Vive tu vida con humildad de espíritu y sirve por motivos rectos. Procura el consejo y el ejemplo de hombres y mujeres consagrados. Por último, reconoce la preeminencia de Cristo en todo. Esos

The jewel in the crown

We must not think of God as highest in an ascending order of beings starting with the single cell, then the fish, then the bird, then the animal, then man and angels and cherubs and God.… This would be to grant God eminence or even preeminence but that is not enough. We must grant God transcendence in the fullest meaning of that word. He's wholly other. He breaks all the categories of being and knowing.24

Dominance is only for GOD.

Meditation puts reason in its authority and preeminence. It helpeth to deliver it form its captivity to the sense, and setteth it again upon the throne of the soul. When reason is silent, it is usually subject; for when it is asleep the senses domineer. . . . Reason is at the strongest when it is most in action. Now, meditation produceth reason into act (573).

With the decline of America's global preeminence, weaker countries will be more susceptible to the assertive influence of major regional powers.

We forget the gospel when we neglect our adoption and think that we're still just a hired servant. The Father doesn't let us come to him on those terms. We will either come as sons or we will stay with the pigs. He won't let us earn anything from him because there will be no boasting in his sight. It will either be that Jesus and his glorious gospel has the preeminence or we will go it on our own.

When I neglect the gospel, I'll want nice vacations and nice compliments and nice things to make my life nicer. I'll long to be able to compare myself favorably with others and to know that I am successful. I'll look down on those who don't meet my standards, and I'll idolize those who excel. I'll forget that he is preeminent.

And so in terms of territorial control, in terms of economic preeminence, the western share of the gross world product is declining as Asian societies in particular develop economically.

We've got the wind at our back right now. Americans are waking up to the realities of their previous choices. We must keep America moving back to preeminence because our values and conservative ideas are the world's greatest hope.

A few years, there are teams that are just dominant over everyone. Those years are few and far.

that in all things He may have the preeminence. – Colossians 1:18

The champion wins first, then walks into the arena. Everybody else walks into the arena and then tries to figure out what to do.

We must see fascist rule as a never-ending struggle for preeminence within a coalition, exacerbated by the collapse of constitutional restraints and the rule of law, and by a prevailing climate of social Darwinism.

The Hepburn report, however, was both belated and insufficient in hobbling Rockefeller's triumphant march, for by this time he had parlayed his secret railroad contracts into preeminence in oil. More important, his firm had now advanced far beyond the railroads to more efficient pipelines.

We've got the wind at our back right now. Americans are waking up to the realities of their previous choices. We must keep America moving back to preeminence because our values and conservative ideas are the world's greatest hope.

The champion wins first, then walks into the arena. Everybody else walks into the arena and then tries to figure out what to do.

Using every means possible to show that, although you're just an ordinary human being, you're far above other mortals.

In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex.

There are few things more destructive to the Christian church as a whole or to any congregation, large or small, than an individual who "loveth to have the preeminence" (3 John 9, KJV). And yet, as we have seen before, God never leaves Himself without a testimony to the saving and transforming power of the gospel.

The NIV version of Daniel 10:14, translates achariyth as the "future," not the 'least.' Translating acariyth as 'least' is not only contrary to other interpretations of achariyth, it is also inconsistent with the other Daughter of Babylon verses, which tell us that the nation is the world's preeminent superpower, not the 'least' nation.

queen of kingdoms." Is there any nation in our world, in our time, that this title fits more appropriately than the world's only remaining superpower, the United States of America? America is the "queen of kingdoms.