John Piper Quotes

“Therefore we should pray for each other the way Jesus prays for us in John 17:17-- "Sanctify them in the truth; thy Word is truth.”

“As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness. -Psalm 17:15”

“In a lawsuit the first to speak seems right,until someone comes forward and cross-examines.”

“It's the oldest story in the world. One day you're 17 planning for someday and then quietly, without you ever noticing, someday today. And then someday yesterday. And this is your life.”

“Justice can only be delivered by someone who doesn't care to about how much he's paid, or where he is in the chain of command. Someone who's ego won't be inflated by grandeur or power. Someone who won't be influenced by this guy's being the CEO of this or his being the Mayor of that. And let's face it: that someone couldn't be human.”

“Sometimes you want to say things, and you're missing an idea to make them with, and missing a word to make the idea with. In the beginning was the word. That's how somebody tried to explain it once. Until something is named, it doesn't exist.”

“Shout-out to my dad - he influenced my style when I was 17.”

“I became a fitness fiend when I was about 17 or 18.”

“I was married when I was 17. I knew nothing. I was full of romance.”

“So... today the magic happens from 16 in 17 years old.”