Quotes about Clay
Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou?
- Anonymous
What do you feel now that I'm soft clay in your hands, Michael?" "Joy," he said. "Pure joy.
- Francine Rivers
The reproduction of mankind is a great marvel and mystery. Had God consulted me in the matter, I should have advised him to continue the generation of the species by fashioning them out of clay.
- Martin Luther
You cannot help but learn more as take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is and old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it.
- John Updike
Learn to humble yourself, you are but earth and clay.
- Thomas a Kempis
We love to play on clay.
- David Goffin
The pressed clay or "dust" of Adam has then become the immortal diamond that is Christ.
- Fr. Richard Rohr
At best we are but clay, animated dust; but viewed as sinners, we are monsters indeed. Let it be published in heaven as a miracle that the Lord Jesus should set His heart's love upon people like us.
- Alistair Begg
Referencing 2 Corinthians 4:6, Robert Hewitt compares jars of clay in the first century to the same value we would put on a cardboard box. Joni Eareckson Tada queries whether we would question God's right to leave some holes in the box in order to give glimpses of the treasure inside
- Joni Eareckson Tada
Are we not the clay and God the potter? When he refuses to conform to our wills, do we discard him? If you are looking for a religion centered around yourself, Ben, I must agree that Christianity is a poor choice.
- Randy Alcorn
Though thou loved her as thyself, As a self of purer clay, Tho' her parting dims the day, Stealing grace from all alive, Heartily know, When half-gods go, The gods arrive.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson