“Lay hold on Christ with both your poor, empty hands.”

— Elizabeth Prentiss

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 589.

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American musician, hymnwriter 1818–1878

Engr.Abah Sule

“Faith has a saving connection with Christ. Christ is on the shore, so to speak, holding the rope, and as we lay hold of it with the hand of our confidence, He pulls us to shore; but all good works having no connection with Christ are drifted along down the gulf of fell despair.”

Charles Spurgeon (1834–1892) British preacher, author, pastor and evangelist

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 228.

“Could I but lay my head in your lap, lass. Feel your hand on me, and sleep wi' the scent of you in my bed.

Christ, Sassenach. I need ye.”

Diana Gabaldon book The Scottish Prisoner

Source: The Scottish Prisoner

“Man is God's image; but a poor man is
Christ's stamp to boot: both images regard.”

George Herbert (1593–1633) Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest

The Temple (1633), The Church Porch

“Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.”

Jack London (1876–1916) American author, journalist, and social activist

As quoted in Sacred Journey of the Peaceful Warrior (1991) by Dan Millman, p. 78
Life’s not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes playing a poor hand well.
As quoted in "They Came to Write in Hawai‘i" by Joseph Theroux, in Spirit of Aloha (March/April 2007)