A Quote by Dwight L. Moody

Some men’s prayers need to be cut short at both ends and set on fire in the middle.

Dwight L. Moody

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Both Cut Ends Fire Men Middle Need Prayers Set Short Some Some Men

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Dwight L. Moody
American - Priest
February 5, 1837 - December 22, 1899

We need nearly every department, with the exception of police, fire and rescue, to look at what they can cut. Maybe there are some projects we need to put on hold.

Don Williams

I'm sure that Nero didn't set fire to Rome. It was the Christian-Bolsheviks who did that, just as the Commune set fire to Paris in 1871 and the Communists set fire to the Reichstag in 1932.

Adolf Hitler

Unlike some older brothers, I never set him on fire, or cut off an arm or leg, or drowned him in the tub.

John Elder Robison

It is simply that in all life on earth as in all good agriculture there are no short-cuts that by-pass Nature and the nature of man himself and animals, trees, rocks and streams. Every attempt at a formula, a short-cut, a panacea, always ends in negation and destruction.

Louis Bromfield

A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle.

Ian Fleming

horses: dangerous on both ends and crafty in the middle

Arthur Conan Doyle

We need the middle class to feel more confident about its prospects and about its future. We need to cut down on this anxiety that sees some people succeeding and the majority struggling - having to make choices between paying for their kids' education or saving for their own retirement.

Justin Trudeau

Responsibility's like a string we can only see the middle of. Both ends are out of sight.

William McFee

Some things don't need to be cut back. They need to be cut off.

Beth Moore

I only believe in fire. Life. Fire. Being myself on fire I set others on fire. Never death. Fire and life.

Anais Nin

Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of a bench when there is plenty of room at both ends.

Barbara Johnson

Men ablaze are invincible. Hell trembles when men kindle. The stronghold of Satan is proof against everything but fire. The Church is powerless without the flame of the Holy Ghost. Destitute of fire, nothing else really counts; possessed of fire, nothing else really matters. The one vital need is fire. Without the flame and fervour of the Holy Ghost the Church will never accomplish its mission.