Marvin Olasky

Educator

48 Quotes

Fifteen years ago, while I was temporarily chairing meetings of pro-life leaders, I pleaded with the angry males to say no to interviews, and instead let beautiful pro-life women become the face for the movement.

Many American Muslims are peaceful and define jihad primarily as an internal struggle to improve.

That should be our test regarding immigrants. Those who come to America to tear it down or live off of others should not be welcomed.

But to understand what it means to be strong and courageous, Christians should look to the person of Christ.

I grew up Jewish, became an atheist and a Marxist, and 28 years ago, at age 26, became a Christian.

Materialist philosophies that treat human beings as machines or animals possess the high ground in our culture - academia, the most powerful media and many of our courts.

Now that it's officially summer, here's my advice to parents who want to continue teaching their kids during the next two months and learn something themselves: visit Civil War battlefields.

Those who give of themselves rarely regret it.

Most organizations should be pro-active, but philanthropists concerned with poverty should deliberately be reactive, learning from the efforts of ordinary folks who tired of looking the other way as their communities fell apart.

A job should employ God-given talents in a way that glorifies Him.

Today, unless women gain jobs and athletic scholarships commensurate with their percentage of the population, feminists scream discrimination.

On sensitive issues, talk isn't cheap - it takes real courage to pry open topics nailed shut.

Epidemics historically have tended to kill the very young and the very old, but AIDS is different: Those ages 20 to 40 are most affected, which means that so far over 12 million African children have been orphaned because of AIDS.

I grew up Jewish, became an atheist and a Marxist, and 28 years ago, at age 26, became a Christian.

The holy land was supposed to be spotless, a serious equivalent of Disneyland in which not a single candy wrapper is to stay on the ground for more than a few minutes.

Fifteen years ago, while I was temporarily chairing meetings of pro-life leaders, I pleaded with the angry males to say no to interviews, and instead let beautiful pro-life women become the face for the movement.

I still favor alternatives to governmental race-based preferences.

It starts this way: The worth of a job is not defined by what it allows you to do when you're not working.

I don't know the right number of immigrants to let in.

And yet, those who speak loudly and call anyone who disagrees with them a wimp often do a disservice to the cause they are promoting.

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