quotes about Going The Extra Mile

“Whether it's a friendly match, or for points, or a final, or any game - I play the same. I'm always trying to be my best, first for my team, for myself, for the fans, and to try and win.”

“There are real indignities and real problems when all facets of life are controlled –when to get up, to eat, to shower-and chemicals are put inside our bodies against our will.”

“Headteachers and governing bodies run schools and that won't change.”

“Know that there is a great separation that must take place to overthrow the enemy ahead who has been coming in and taking away at an opportune time. I must rearrange My people's call so that their opportunity will be seen in a different way. Hear, today, the clarion call and know that it is a Gideon time upon My people.”

Source : "Chuck Pierce: 'A Very Narrow Way Beginning This Week'". www.elijahlist.com. July 7, 2009.

“[Jesus] matters because of what he brought and what he still brings to ordinary human beings, living their ordinary lives and coping daily with their surroundings. He promises wholeness for their lives. In sharing our weaknesses he gives us strength and and imparts through his companionship a life that has the quality of eternity." (Dallas Willard in Ruthless Trust - Brennan Manning)”

“"After all," as a pretty girl once said to me, "women are a sex by themselves, so to speak."”

“Fundamentalism, as practiced by the Taliban, is the enemy of real thought, and religion too.”

Source : "'John Walker's Blues' meets the boos". www.cnn.com. July 23, 2002.

“Reducing our dependence on foreign energy - that is critically important to America's economic future. Excellence in education - if we're not the best educated, we're not going to be the most powerful for very long.”

“A smoky eye and nice hair are not going to make my night any easier.”

“I realize I had to learn ... to stop chasing the perishable prizes of this earth ... and give my best effort unto God and trust Him with the results.”