Gutzon Borglum |
When I carve a statue, it is very simple. I merely cut away the pieces that don't belong there and the statue itself presently comes... |
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Michelangelo |
My unassisted heart is barren clay,
That of its native self can nothing feed:
Of good and pious works Thou art the seed,
That quickens... |
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Thomas a Kempis |
O Lord, thou knowest what is the better way; let this or that be done as thou shalt please. Give what thou wilt, and how... |
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Galatians 5:1-26 |
For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
Listen! I, Paul, am telling you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to... |
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Galatians 5:22-26 |
By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions... |
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Isaiah 64:1-9 |
Oh, that Thou wouldst rend the heavens and come down, That the mountains might quake at Thy presence--As fire kindles the brushwood, as fire causes water to boil-- To make Thy name known to Thine adversaries, That the nations... |
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Isaiah 64:8 |
Yet, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand... |
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Jeremiah 18:1-11 |
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: “Come, go down to the potter’s house, and there I will let you hear my words.” So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was working at his... |
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Jeremiah 18:5-6 |
Then the word of the Lord came to me: Can I not do with you, O house of Israel, just as this potter has done? says the Lord. Just like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in... |
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Jeremiah 18:6 |
Can I not do with you, O house of Israel, just as this potter has done? says the Lord. Just like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel... |
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Psalm 40:1-16 |
I waited patiently for the Lord;
he inclined to me and heard my cry.
He drew me up from the desolate pit,
out of the miry bog,
and set my feet upon a rock,
making my steps secure.
He put... |
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Psalm 40:13-14 |
Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, make haste to help me.
Let all those be put to shame and confusion who seek to snatch away my life; let those be turned back and brought to dishonor who... |
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Psalm 46:1-11 |
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea;
though its waters roar and foam, though the... |
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Psalm 46:10-11 |
Be still, and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth.”
The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah... |
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Psalm 51:1-10 |
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
For I know my transgressions, and my sin... |
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Psalm 51:1-12 |
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
For I know my transgressions, and my sin... |
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Psalm 51:1-17 |
Be gracious to me, O God, according to Thy lovingkindness; According to the greatness of Thy compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin. For I know my transgressions, And my... |
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Psalm 51:1-17 |
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
For I know my transgressions, and my sin... |
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Psalm 51:7 |
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow... |
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Psalm 51:7-12 |
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have crushed rejoice.
Hide your face from my sins, and blot... |
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Psalm 86:1-11 |
Incline your ear, O Lord, and answer me,
for I am poor and needy.
Preserve my life, for I am devoted to you;
save your servant who trusts in you.
You are my God; be gracious to me, O Lord... |
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Psalm 86:1-17 |
Incline your ear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
Preserve my life, for I am devoted to you; save your servant who trusts in you. You are my God;
be gracious to me, O Lord... |
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Psalm 86:10-11 |
For you are great and do wondrous things; you alone are God.
Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart to revere your name... |
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Psalm 86:11 |
Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart to revere your name... |
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Psalm 131:1-3 |
O Lord, my heart is not lifted up, my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me.
But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned... |
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Psalm 139:1-24 |
O Lord, you have searched me and known me.
You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from far away.
You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with... |
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Psalm 139:14-24 |
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
that I know very well.
My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the... |
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Psalm 139:23-24 |
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts.
See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting... |
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Romans 9:21 |
Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one object for special use and another for ordinary use... |
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