…what makes a writer a prophet is his ability to speak truth…
– John Geddes
Related Quotes:
- A prophet is always underestimated, and part of what makes one a prophet is that he doesn’t really mind it. – Criss Jami
- You create what you speak. So, speak a better world.Speak a happier and more loving life. Speak yourdespair and let it lead you back to your truth. – Rachel C Weingarten
- Any prophet who does not refer you to christ is not a true prophet. – Patience Johnson
- False prophet: A prophet whose god is not yet known – Bangambiki Habyarimana
- …language always occurs in a context – you can speak Elizabethan words, but to speak the language you have to put on the mindset… – John Geddes
- Worry makes you weaker, regret makes you sadder, hate makes you angrier, but hope makes you stronger, and love makes you happier. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- God gave us His Word so we could know truth. His truth. The whole truth. And nothing but the truth. – Patty Houser
- …to know an other’s interior life you are his confessor or a writer – the one is admitted freely, the other intrudes by discerning of spirits – John Geddes
- …when your heart is broken, don’t go silent – speak to God in his own language… – John Geddes
- …when your heart is broken, don’t go silent – speak to God in his own language… – John Geddes
- I am not a slow writer, I am not a fast writer . . . I am a half-fast writer. – Robert Lynn Asprin
- Words have power, and when you speak you give them life. Speak into the atmosphere. Speak into existence what you believe, desire, dream, and hope. – Amaka Imani Nkosazana
- There is no god but Road Runner and Chuck Jones is his prophet. – John Steiner
- If I were in his(Prophet Muhammad) presence, I would wash his feet. – Hercules
- What makes us saints of God is not our ability to be saintly but rather God’s ability to work through sinners. – Nadia BolzWeber
- Lust makes you weak, passion makes you strong, love makes you brave, and heartache makes you wise. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- Knowledge makes you strong,understanding makes you formidable,wisdom makes you powerful,and love makes you invincible. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- …you can have a dark heart and be a writer, but you can’t have a black one.. – John Geddes
- …a writer without authority? Impossible. as Kenneth Burke says, creation implies authority in the sense of originator…. – John Geddes
- …authority is the unmistakeable tone in the voice of a true writer… – John Geddes
- …if you’ve got writer’s block, you aren’t empty – maybe it’s just like Twitter – overwhelmed, and loading seems to be taking a while… – John Geddes
- …when you’re a writer, you become deeper and more uniquely distinct, the more you go inside yourself… – John Geddes
- …If I ever got sloppy and maudlin, it would be for the streets of my childhood-”but no self- respecting writer should ever eulogize a slum… – John Geddes
- Who knows why we do it? And when we’ve done it, nobody wants it. Still we keep doing it. That’s what makes a writer a writer. – Chloe Thurlow
- …I gave you painted air – tears I couldn’t weep – truths I couldn’t speak – all the words that caught in my throat… – John Geddes
- A piece of paper doesn’t make you a pastor any more than making predictions makes you a prophet. – DR Silva
- The Prophet was a true friend to the king. Our true friends are those who tell us the truth, even when we don’t want to hear it. – Robby Charters
- Some of the greatest advances happen when people are bold enough to speak their truth and listen to others speak theirs. – Kenneth H Blanchard
- Sometimes all it takes is one person to speak their truth. Speak yours. – Catherine Louise Birmingham
- The truth you speak doth lack some gentlenessAnd time to speak it in. You rub the soreWhen you should bring the plaster. – William Shakespeare
- It is not enough to speak but to speak truth – William Shakespeare
- When we fight with the truth and stand in it to the end, then God Himself comes and confirms His Word, His righteousness and His truth – Sunday Adelaja
- Truth is a matter of PerspectiveThere will be my truth and your truth and as Universal truth doesn’t exist. – George Orwell
- Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving. – James E Faust
- If the truth gets in the way, I will remove it. But truth be told, removing the truth never removes the truth. – Craig D Lounsbrough
- If you are going to be a prophet why not say things that bring love into your life! Think about Philippians 4:8. – John M Sheehan
- Diane St. John had once said he looked as if he would speak in poetry, should he ever deign to speak at all. – Madeline Hunter
- Emotion is not what makes us weak. It’s what makes us human, The ability to care, even if people often do not. – Tony Moyle
- A writer creates like the sculptor, with one exception: The writer must create his block of marble, before chiseling away the non-essentials. – Garry Fitchett
- The Prophet’s character was termed tremendous because his concern was for God alone. – Imam Junayd alBaghdadi