"But I never, never thought of the ministry nor did - of course, television when I was growing up, there was no television. So I didn't know anything about it"
- Pat Robertson
About this Quote
Pat Robertson is assessing his life before he came to be a televangelist. He is saying that he never took into consideration the ministry as a career choice, neither did he consider television as a career choice. This is due to the fact that when he was growing up, there was no television. He was not knowledgeable about the capacity of tv as a tool for spreading his message. This quote shows that Robertson was open to new chances and also wanted to take dangers in order to pursue his objectives. It also reveals that he was not scared to try something brand-new and was willing to find out and also adjust to brand-new modern technologies. Robertson's willingness to take dangers and try brand-new points has actually been a key factor in his success as a televangelist.
This quote is written / told by Pat Robertson somewhere between March 22, 1930 and today. He/she was a famous Clergyman from USA.
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