Luke Quotes Page 2

Your former friend Luke " Poseidon corrected.

"He once promised things like that. He was Hermes's pride and joy. Just bear that in mind Percy. Even the bravest can fall.

I was always Luke because I had blond hair, and my mate Stu was Han.

Han was the cool one. The Jedi were never the cool ones.

It is, I believe, impossible to find in any story upon record so many and such glaring absurdities, contradictions, and falsehoods, as are in the books [The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke & John]. They are more numerous and striking than I had any expectation of finding, when I began this examination.

"Eight Days of Luke" was refused by another confused publisher on the grounds that children shouldn't strike matches. When my agent pointed out that David in the book was twelve years old, the publisher said that he was striking matches to summon the devil, then, and this couldn't be allowed.

AugustineThe wounds of a friend are better than the kisses of an enemy.

To love with sternness is better than to deceive with gentleness.... In Luke [14:23] it is written: "Compel people to come in!" By threats of the wrath of God, the Father draws souls to his Son.

Be what you are. No one who really loves you will stop

Now, as far as I knew, he (Luke) was still sailing around on his demon-infested cruise ship while the chopped-up Lord Kronos re-formed, bit by bit, in a golden sarcophagus, biding his time until he had enough power to challenge the Olympian gods. In demigod-speak, we call this a “problem.” - Percy, 'The Battle of the Labyrinth

I won't say that the papers misquote me, but I sometimes wonder where Christianity would be today if some of those reporters had been Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

Many unbelievers have threatened or prophesied the destruction of the Bible.

Few people know the names of the skeptics. Everyone knows the names of Moses and Isaiah and Luke and Paul.

The verb 'highly favored' (Luke 1:28) is the same as 'made us accepted' in Ephesians 1:6, referring to all of God's children. All true believers have been 'highly graced' by the Lord.

My name came from me wanting a 'double-letter' artist name.

In search of the ultimate L-word to put in front of my real name Luke, I heard Snoop Dogg rapping in Gin and Juice 'Laaaaiiidbackk...' and I was sold!

By itself, 1 Corinthians 15 just wouldn't mean much.

He wants the appearances of 1 Corinthians 15:3-11 to be read as if they had in parentheses after them 'See Luke 24; Matthew 28; John 21.'

Matthew and Luke handle the problem differently, by deciding that Jesus must have been born in Bethlehem after all. But they get him there by different routes.

Luke warm people are continually concerned with playing it safe;

they are slaves to the god of control. This focus on safe living keeps them from sacrificing and risking for God.

I don't think she doesn't believe she can die.

I think, just like you always did, she believes there are things worth dying for.

White for Shadowhunters is the color of funerals," Luke explained.

“ But for mundanes, Jace, it’ s the color of weddings. Brides wear white to symbolize their purity.” “I thought Jocelyn said her dress wasn’t white,” Simon said. “Well,” said Jace, “I suppose that ship has sailed.” Luke choked on his coffee.

Give and it shall be given unto you: good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over... Luke 6:38

It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. Luke 17:2

Hey Lord... Whatever I done... Don't strike me blind for another couple ah minutes.

What is perfection in love? Love your enemies in such a way that you would desire to make them your brothers ... For so did He love, Who hanging on the Cross, said "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." (Luke 23:34)

You ask ‘for what’ God wants you.

Isn’t the primary answer that He wants you. We’re not told that the lost sheep was sought out for anything except itself [Matthew 18:12-14; Luke 15:3-7]. Of course, He may have a special job for you: and the certain job is that of becoming more and more His.

Luke was a little boy in a growing body that felt pain and sadness and fear for his mum, and he always believed he would be safe with his dad.

We've pretended too much in our family, Luke, and hidden far too much.

I think we're all going to pay a high price for our inability to face the truth.

Clearly,' said Luke, 'something's going on that I don't know about.

' Simon looked over at him. 'Sometimes I think that's the motto of my life.

But they love each other," Clary said, appalled.

"Isn't that what love means? That you're supposed to be there for the other person to turn to, no matter what?" Luke looked toward the river, at the dark water moving slowly under the light of the autumn moon. "Sometimes, Clary," he said, "love just isn't enough.

I can't believe you know someone named Freaky Pete," said Simon.

"I know alot of people," said Luke. "Not that Freaky Pete is strictly people, but I'm hardly one to talk.

The Tale of Despereaux came at the request of Luke, my friend's then-eight-year-old son, who asked, "Write for me the story of an unlikely hero with exceptionally large ears."

I played Luke Skywalker. Every time we played, I was Luke Skywalker. Nobody else could be Luke Skywalker.

Ye whose clay-cold heads and luke-warm hearts can argue down or mask your passions--tell me, what trespass is it that man should have them?... If nature has so wove her web of kindness, that some threads of love and desire are entangled with the piece--must the whole web be rent in drawing them out?

What is the Bible in your house? It is not the Old Testament, it is not the New Testament, it is not the Gospel according to Matthew, or Mark, or Luke, or John; it is the Gospel according to William; it is the Gospel according to Mary; it is the Gospel according to Henry and James; it is the Gospel according to your name. You write your own Bible.

Luke Jermay is as devious as he's clever, and he's a Master at complication - with this take on TTTCBE he might just fool the Devil.

In Luke ... receiving the Holy Spirit is the way that those who already believe in Christ are empowered to serve Him. .... It's more important to focus on how one lives the Spirit-filled life than on a rigid formula for receiving it.... Receiving the Spirit in the Lucan sense is not a one-time event, but an ongoing way of life.

Luke: Boy, it's lucky you have these compartments.

Han: I use them for smuggling. I never thought I'd be smuggling myself in them. This is ridiculous.

I am so glad I found you and didn't kill you" - Mara Jade Skywalker to Luke Skywalker

"There might simply be nothing going on that might activate it.

Perhaps there isn't anything here that Alec is afraid of." Magnus glanced at Alec and raised his eyebrows. "Boo."