Honoring Quotes

“It was an honor, to be listened to closely, to be heard. One could honor someone without agreeing with them.”
― Meg Waite Clayton, The Last Train to London

“We should no longer allow a mother to be defined as "just a mom". It is on her back that great nations are built. We should no longer allow any woman's voice to be drowned out or disregarded. As we affirm other women, and as we teach our sons, husbands and friends to hold them in the highest regard, we honor both the mothers whose shoulders we've stood on and the daughters who will one day stand tall on ours.”
― Oprah Winfrey, What I Know for Sure

“Sunday is God's day, and he was committed to honoring it. Just because he was in Paris to compete in the Olympics didn't justify changing his lifelong commitment.”
― Craig Groeschel, Weird: Because Normal Isn't Working

“The Bible consistently and directly indicates that when we give generously, we're serving, honoring, and glorifying God. After all, generosity is fundamental to God's nature.”
― Craig Groeschel, Weird: Because Normal Isn't Working

“We weren’t just looking at how we could help others; we were looking into our own lives as well. Whenever we were together, we would talk about what was preventing us from from honoring God, what things were keeping us stuck, or holding us captive. They would share portions of God’s Word that gave me clarity on why I had become stuck in certain areas, as well as how God could help me heal and move forward.”
― Michael J Heil, Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose

“It is a matter of truly learning how to unify instinct with intellect, to [civilize] our instincts and to revere our intellect.
Sugar in the Raw is a tribute to the virtue of street signs and first-person testimony.”
― Rebecca Carroll, Sugar in the Raw: Voices of Young Black Girls in America