Stephen A. Brennan quote: "Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success."

Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and...
STEPHEN A. BRENNAN

I'm concerned with China growing at double or triple the rate of the West, that there will be te...
STEPHEN A. SCHWARZMAN

For future geopolitical stability and global prosperity, we need to build a culture of greater trust...
STEPHEN A. SCHWARZMAN

I'm not feeling undertaxed. Tax reform is an important issue. You have to have an inherent sense...
STEPHEN A. SCHWARZMAN

When we speak with others about our experience in Christ, it sharpens our attentiveness to the voice...
STEPHEN A. MACCHIA

My biggest job really is to figure other people out. I need to understand what makes a person tick.
STEPHEN A. SCHWARZMAN

Therefore, it is we who are responsible for much of the evil in the world; and we are each morally r...
STEPHEN A. DIAMOND

You don't have the right to hold somebody accountable for standards you refuse to apply to yourself.
STEPHEN A. SMITH

The life of Jesus suggests that to be like Abba is to show compassion.

Donald Gray expre...
BRENNAN MANNING

The story goes that a public sinner was excommunicated and forbidden entry to the church. He took hi...
BRENNAN MANNING

Prudence was waiting for us when we arrived, and I saw her visibly wince as I pulled the Fiesta into...
M.L. BRENNAN

The ragamuffin gospel reveals that Jesus forgives sins, including the sins of the flesh; that He is ...
BRENNAN MANNING

The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians, who acknowledge Jesus with th...
BRENNAN MANNING

I am deeply distressed by what I only can call in our Christian culture the idolatry of the Scriptur...
BRENNAN MANNING

The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust
BRENNAN MANNING

I believe that the real difference in the American church is not between conservatives and liberals,...
BRENNAN MANNING

My trust in God flows out of the experience of his loving me, day in and day out, whether the day is...
BRENNAN MANNING

Put bluntly, the American church today accepts grace in theory but denies it in practice. We say we ...
BRENNAN MANNING

Suffering, failure, loneliness, sorrow, discouragement, and death will be part of your journey, but ...
BRENNAN MANNING

I think most of the choke points stayed pretty clear this time around (in yesterday's rains). We kno...
BILL BRENNAN

Near as we can tell, there's no sensitive or confidential sort of information contained on the compu...
BILL BRENNAN

They made off with four computers and some petty cash. Some money that was left around to buy stamps...
BILL BRENNAN

We are working with the Honolulu Police Department and the facility of building maintenance. We will...
BILL BRENNAN

He still believes that holds out hope for residents who don't plan to sell their homes.
BILL BRENNAN

The search is under way.
BILL BRENNAN

No decisions have yet been made to put any of those properties up for sale.
BILL BRENNAN

We'll continue to watch the water quality and hope the source of the bacteria is determined and adju...
BILL BRENNAN

The feeling from those guys who work this stuff is that this will work. At midday (today) we hope to...
BILL BRENNAN

We've trimmed back some of the landscaping along both sides of the building so would-be burglars cou...
BILL BRENNAN

Childlike surrender and trust, I believe, is the defining spirit of authentic discipleship.
BRENNAN MANNING

The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians who acknowledge Jesus with the...
BRENNAN MANNING

Do you believe that the God of Jesus loves you beyond worthiness and unworthiness, beyond fidelity a...
BRENNAN MANNING

Today's numbers threw some (inflation) fears. We could see some nervousness on the mortgage side.
BRIAN BRENNAN

He coached me in AAU basketball as a kid. He missed maybe one of my games that I can think of. He wa...
BRIAN BRENNAN

As a kid, it was awesome to see him. He'd never scream, just watch the game and talk to you later ab...
BRIAN BRENNAN

He taught us all how to compete.
BRIAN BRENNAN

Having more executive housing in Ventura would be a huge draw to the city for companies and investor...
BRIAN BRENNAN

It's surreal feeling, walking in the parade of champions. It was just a phenomenal experience. It de...
BRENNAN WHITMAN

I felt great going into that match. I thought I wrestled the best match I could. He's a pretty good....
BRENNAN WHITMAN

I think just having more mat time has helped me. You're always in a match so you just can never give...
BRENNAN WHITMAN

I've got to thank my doctor, Dr. Monty Wilburn, because without him I would not have been able to co...
BRENNAN WHITMAN

But, if we're going to lose, we lost the way you want to lose. I mean, they left their hearts out th...
BRENNAN TORGERSON

We've got to be able to play at a high level for an entire game. And I feel like we showed what we'r...
BRENNAN TORGERSON

We had some awful good looks at the basket, but they just didn't go in. And, we didn't shoot free th...
BRENNAN TORGERSON

I don't know if it was a sense of urgency. I don't know what it was. But we finally start playing li...
BRENNAN TORGERSON

They're going to line up and try to pound us. That's the kind of challenge we like.
BRENNAN SCHMIDT

Having [Brooks] there right behind me literally on the field is a great feeling. You know you can co...
BRENNAN SCHMIDT

I don't think we were necessarily tested for our style against Western Michigan because of all those...
BRENNAN SCHMIDT

When you end up on a bad note, it motivates you.
BRENNAN SCHMIDT

He's learning how to control that big body of his. It's scary that he's only a freshman.
BRENNAN SCHMIDT

We weren't going to get to their quarterback, so it became all about getting our hands up in his fac...
BRENNAN SCHMIDT

Two gap is not an easy thing and it's not a sexy thing either. But for the hard-nosed guy, it's perf...
BRENNAN SCHMIDT

We know they're familiar with this game and we know they're going to run the ball as much as possibl...
BRENNAN SCHMIDT

He definitely doesn't get as much recognition as I think he should. I go against some of the best of...
BRENNAN SCHMIDT

They're a physical team. They don't do a lot of jazz and all that stuff. They run the ball right at ...
BRENNAN SCHMIDT

I'm not so sure they'd help much in a night game, but I have looked at stadium lights with them in, ...
BRENNAN GARR

Obviously, they didn't help enough today.
BRENNAN GARR

They work, at least for me they do. The ball seems a lot brighter to me.
BRENNAN GARR

Hitting is very important to me, so I'm not one that likes to sit and watch. I did that one year whe...
BRENNAN GARR

I really felt confident throwing my slider today. The mindset of a pitcher is to come in and be in c...
BRENNAN GARR

You look at the lights, and it seems like everything is green, and then it turns to a burnt orange. ...
BRENNAN GARR

I get a lot of stares, especially when you shake hands after a game. And I don't take them out when ...
BRENNAN GARR

He still has the motivation to do what he's doing. Our success this year was a slap in the face to a...
BRENNAN COAKLEY

I believe I was a part of it because I was there every day. It was just a great feeling. We were dow...
BRENNAN COAKLEY

The knee that I hurt is more flexible than my left knee. It's still kind of numb on the outside, but...
BRENNAN COAKLEY

It would've been a huge deal.
BRENNAN COAKLEY

When I first did it, coach Paterno talked to me about it and made sure that mentally I was OK.
BRENNAN COAKLEY

His backstroke was a picture-perfect race. He's typically just as strong in the back half of the rac...
BRENNAN CLEVELAND

He's got a lot more speed in him than that. He's not fully rested and he's not shaved down. I feel h...
BRENNAN CLEVELAND

They swam extremely well in all our relays. I'm extremely pleased with the relays.
BRENNAN CLEVELAND

We are very pleased with the way Ben closed out his conference career. Ben has always been an extrem...
BRENNAN CLEVELAND

We are progressing. I am excited about the fact that we are improving every match. What else can you...
BRENNAN BROWN

I think it will be a very competitive regional because not much separates the one, two, three and fo...
BRENNAN BROWN

It was exciting. I know the girls have worked extraordinarily hard this year and I knew that they wo...
BRENNAN BROWN

It came down to who is going to play the big points better. Our girls found a way to elevate their p...
BRENNAN BROWN

There will be a number of teams that will bring very good competition,
BRENNAN BROWN

I am encouraged, ... We had an excellent tournament. We still have a lot of work to do, but there ar...
BRENNAN BROWN

I haven't slept much in the past few days because I think we are all pretty excited to get out there...
BRENNAN BROWN

It was a lot of fun. There were a number of top ranked teams there.
BRENNAN BROWN

Marlon Leone has been a rock. He has improved greatly from a year ago. He is our best player and our...
BRENNAN BROWN

Our No.1 doubles team is a team all our other doubles teams look up to. They are playing at a very h...
BRENNAN BROWN

If Brian Bilbray had an ounce of integrity, he would call for this ad to be taken off the air. What ...
BRENNAN BILBERRY

People understand the disgusting length this organization will sink to, to attack a woman who has de...
BRENNAN BILBERRY

People all across the country realize this is going to be a hard-fought and very close election. Gov...
BRENNAN BILBERRY

We certainly want to make sure that we have a complete profile, so we know who our opponents are. Bu...
BRENNAN BILBERRY

It's more confirmation that Francine is running against a group of career politicians and millionair...
BRENNAN BILBERRY

I'd say we're right around 40 players. We got a good response, and hope to have a big announcement i...
BOB BRENNAN

A neighbor called them and told them their house was on fire.
BOB BRENNAN

One of the things I'll ask for in the future is that we have a deeper (contact) tree on the next of ...
BOB BRENNAN

No farmers can buy here anymore. And I don't know how young people can buy a piece of land and build...
BOB BRENNAN

It's horrible -- the worst fears ... something we can't control.
BOB BRENNAN

[But all the elaborate measures could not prevent the explosion.] It's horrible -- the worst fears ....
BOB BRENNAN

You have to use your mind instead of gears.
BOB BRENNAN

This program will allow all our customers, including our low-income customers, to enjoy the benefits...
BOB BRENNAN

A few of those wagons, if I had a place to move them to I would, but if I start saving stuff I'd hav...
BOB BRENNAN

The unwounded life bears no resemblance to the Rabbi.
BRENNAN MANNING

In Love's service, only wounded soldiers can serve.
BRENNAN MANNING

In a futile attempt to erase our past, we deprive the community of our healing gift. If we conceal o...
BRENNAN MANNING

A blind man sees not with his eyes, but with his heart. A deaf man hears with his soul and mind, not...
BRENNAN MASTOUS

Punishing desecration of the flag dilutes the very freedom that makes this emblem so revered.
WILLIAM BRENNAN

At one point in the 'Onyx Court' series, I think during 'In Ashes Lie', I suggested ...
MARIE BRENNAN

Our huffing and puffing to impress God, our scrambling for brownie points, our thrashing about tryin...
BRENNAN MANNING

I think if you write for long enough, you eventually have a problem with everything, because you sta...
MARIE BRENNAN

The Importance of Being Foolish; How to Think Like Jesus
BRENNAN MANNING

You get a great perspective on the way the U.S. is perceived in other countries. I think everyone sh...
CHRIS BRENNAN

To live by grace means to acknowledge my whole life story, the light side and the dark. In admitting...
BRENNAN MANNING

Real freedom is freedom from the opinions of others. Above all, freedom from your opinions about you...
BRENNAN MANNING

The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians: who acknowledge Jesus with th...
BRENNAN MANNING

Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illu...
BRENNAN MANNING

What makes authentic disciples is not visions, ecstasies, biblical mastery of chapter and verse, or ...
BRENNAN MANNING

Foster also reflects the frustrations which so many colleges feel about the structures imposed on th...
JOHN BRENNAN

Anyone who might assert that our numbers were intentionally skewed is mistaken.
JOHN BRENNAN

We don't know the cause of death, but there was a knocked-over propane lantern in the tent, which wa...
DAVE BRENNAN

The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust - ...
BRENNAN MANNING

We needed reassurance. I needed reassurance.
JACK BRENNAN

We were so close in some of those games that we easily could have been 17-3 at the end of the season...
JOE BRENNAN

It was very similar to the game we had last week. We got a big lead and they came back hard. They're...
JOE BRENNAN

They're a good team, a scrappy team. They always find a way to get back in games. Their hustle and s...
JOE BRENNAN

We talked about it before the game. If we could come out and shoot the ball well, that's a real key ...
JOE BRENNAN

Someone might want to buy a special bottle to commemorate an occasion. Or someone might want to roll...
TED BRENNAN

Whenever religion shows contempt or disregards the rights of persons, even under the noblest pretext...
BRENNAN MANNING

He is the only God man has ever heard of who loves sinners. False gods—the gods of human manufactu...
BRENNAN MANNING

The God of the legalistic Christian, on the other hand, is often unpredictable, erratic, and capable...
BRENNAN MANNING

Nowhere in the New Testament is the privileged position of turkeys, nobodies, and marginal people on...
BRENNAN MANNING

One thing we do know: We don’t comprehend the love of Jesus Christ.
BRENNAN MANNING

the real dichotomy in the Christian community today is not between conservatives and liberals or cre...
BRENNAN MANNING

If in our hearts we really don’t believe that God loves us as we are, if we are still tainted by t...
BRENNAN MANNING

The spiritual future of ragamuffins consists not in disavowing that we are sinners but in accepting ...
BRENNAN MANNING

Yes, God saved us because He loved us. But He is God. He has infinite imagination. Couldn’t He hav...
BRENNAN MANNING

The trouble with our ideals is that if we live up to all of them, we become impossible to live with.
BRENNAN MANNING

Suffering, failure, loneliness, sorrow, discouragement, and death will be part of your journey, but ...
BRENNAN MANNING

The sinners to whom Jesus directed His messianic ministry were not those who skipped morning devotio...
BRENNAN MANNING

And Grace calls out, 'You are not just a disillusioned old man who may die soon, a middle-aged woman...
BRENNAN MANNING

The gospel declares that no matter how dutiful or prayerful we are, we can't save ourselves. What Je...
BRENNAN MANNING

When I get honest, I admit I am a bundle of paradoxes. I believe and I doubt, I hope and get discour...
BRENNAN MANNING

For those who feel their lives are a grave disappointment to God, it requires enormous trust and rec...
BRENNAN MANNING

We should be astonished at the goodness of God, stunned that He should bother to call us by name, ou...
BRENNAN MANNING

The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.
BRENNAN MANNING

Authentic faith leads us to treat others with unconditional seriousness and to a loving reverence fo...
BRENNAN MANNING

Everybody has a vocation to some form of life-work. However, behind that call (and deeper than any c...
BRENNAN MANNING

When I get honest, I admit I am a bundle of paradoxes. I believe and I doubt, I hope and get discour...
BRENNAN MANNING

Our hearts of stone become hearts of flesh when we learn where the outcast weeps.
BRENNAN MANNING

Live in the wisdom of accepted tenderness. Tenderness awakens within the security of knowing we are ...
BRENNAN MANNING

Our identity rests in God's relentless tenderness for us revealed in Jesus Christ.
BRENNAN MANNING

As we come to grips with our own selfishness and stupidity, we make friends with the impostor and ac...
BRENNAN MANNING

Stop comparing or boast at your victories. He was referring to enormous vitality and strength of God...
BRENNAN MANNING

The engaged mind, illuminated by truth, awakens awareness; the engaged heart, affected by love, awak...
BRENNAN MANNING

While the impostor draws his identity from past achievements and the adulation of others, the true s...
BRENNAN MANNING

To ignore, repress, or dismiss our feelings is to fail to listen to the stirrings of the Spirit with...
BRENNAN MANNING

Silent solitude makes true speech possible and personal. If I am not in touch with my own belovednes...
BRENNAN MANNING

When we wallow in guilt, remorse, and shame over real or imagined sins of the past, we are disdainin...
BRENNAN MANNING

The death of Jesus Christ on the cross is His greatest single act of unwavering trust in His Abba’...
BRENNAN MANNING

[The] insistence on the absolutely indiscriminate nature of compassion within the Kingdom is the dom...
BRENNAN MANNING

We're looking forward to another good season.
BARBARA BRENNAN

We've talked about it,
BARBARA BRENNAN

We had six, lost three, then gained three, and have six again. We have a nice group. Annmarie, Kathy...
BARBARA BRENNAN

He's always been a good shooter. Nobody knew about him and I'm sure these guys didn't. I knew they w...
RICH BRENNAN

I had rather face wild beasts and diseases than the perils of civilization."
There is a proverb...
MARIE BRENNAN

Because salvation is by grace through faith, I believe that among the countless number of people sta...
BRENNAN MANNING

Trust is that rare and priceless treasure that wins us the affection of our heavenly Father.
BRENNAN MANNING

The ragamuffin who sees his life as a voyage of discovery and runs the risk of failure has a better ...
BRENNAN MANNING

We were excited to go to Nashville because it came down to Nashville or San Francisco and either pla...
BRENNAN SCHMIDT

That facility is in dire need of some cosmetic and functional upgrades.
KEN BRENNAN

My Aunt Ella and my mom have informed me that we are going to rebuild. And because they are the matr...
BRAD BRENNAN

We're trying to get the investigation wrapped up. Obviously, it's a horrible and tragic situation fo...
DAVE BRENNAN

confirms our belief that the rangers' actions were justified.
DAVE BRENNAN

It reminds me of that dog that's always gnawing at you. They chase the postman.
SEAN BRENNAN

How glorious the splendor of a human heart that trusts that it is loved!
BRENNAN MANNING

It's a reality. This team runs the ball very well, and they have the right personnel for the system ...
BRENNAN SCHMIDT

I haven't yet heard of a hookah lounge opening and going out of business.
BRENNAN APPEL

It's at its largest demand ever in this country. I don't think it's going away any time soon. There'...
BRENNAN APPEL

It?s at its largest demand ever in this country. I don?t think it?s going away anytime soon.
BRENNAN APPEL

The market now is more healthy than it was during the frenzied phase.
PAUL BRENNAN

The Torch Drive is one of the key activities that gets individuals to come together to generate reso...
MICHAEL BRENNAN

The love of Christ embraces all without exception.

Fire of love, crazy over what You have...
BRENNAN MANNING

The Christ within who is our hope of glory is not a matter of theological debate or philosophical sp...
BRENNAN MANNING

I'd love to give each of (the receivers) the same number of throws, but I have to go through my read...
COLT BRENNAN

Nobody said it's easy being a walk-on. Maybe next time I'll park next to coach (June) Jones. I don't...
COLT BRENNAN

We've got guys who can fill in, it's just getting the guys in there and getting them reps and gettin...
COLT BRENNAN

If you go to Hawaii, I'll guarantee I'll be there.
COLT BRENNAN

For us, it's like getting ready for what we got ready for a couple of weeks ago.
COLT BRENNAN

Coach (Jones) drew it up for us all week. He said, 'This is how it would be,' and it was. It was awe...
COLT BRENNAN

You watch film and you see mistakes and you learn from it. I think we have a good offense.
COLT BRENNAN

This was like our birthday. Before the game, we said, 'It starts from today.' We came here with a pu...
COLT BRENNAN

It's a bummer when it rains like that. It makes the balls wet and kind of slippery. Everything is mo...
COLT BRENNAN

The effect is not really all tied up with genes, although it does indicate that much of the protecti...
PAUL BRENNAN

None of us has ever seen a motive. Therefore, we don't know we can't do anything more than suspect w...
BRENNAN MANNING

They've finally reaped the benefit of their hard work. The best thing about this team is they have a...
SEAN BRENNAN

I thought in the first half we played very well. We gave up that big play on that kickoff return, bu...
SEAN BRENNAN

We can't commit eight turnovers this year and expect to win. We have to take care of the ball.
SEAN BRENNAN

He carries the ball a lot out of the shotgun and can throw the ball. He really is a dual threat for ...
SEAN BRENNAN

I think a lot depends on the weather conditions. If it's raining hard like last week it makes it tou...
SEAN BRENNAN

These guys are determined to keep the 19-game win streak alive. They have the attitude that they don...
SEAN BRENNAN

When it was raining so hard we said we got to run the ball, and when it stopped and it looked like t...
SEAN BRENNAN

He has gotten much stronger physically and has really put a lot of time in the weight room, ... Last...
SEAN BRENNAN

I thought we had lost the game. They were running out the clock with just over one minute remaining ...
SEAN BRENNAN

Accepting the reality of our sinfulness means accepting our authentic self. Judas could not face his...
BRENNAN MANNING

I want neither a terrorist spirituality that keeps me in a perpetual state of fright about being in ...
BRENNAN MANNING

we unwittingly project onto God our own attitudes and feelings toward ourselves... But we cannot ass...
BRENNAN MANNING

...the institutional church, which exists to serve the people of God, is never to be confused with t...
BRENNAN MANNING

Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.

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Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.

Stephen A. Brennan

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