We are apt to mistake our vocation by looking out of the way for occasions to exercise great and rare virtues, and… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
From triumph to downfall there is but one step. I have noted that, in the most momentous occasions, mere nothings have always… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Sometimes you need to stand with your nose to the window and have a good look at jazz. And I've done that… — J. J. Johnson Copy Share Image
And statesmen at her council met Who knew the seasons, when to take Occasion by the hand, and make The bounds of… — Alfred Lord Tennyson Copy Share Image
When you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail; and when you're a left-wing sorehead, everything is an occasion to damn the… — George Scialabba Copy Share Image
There are few occasions when we should make a bad bargain by giving up the good on condition that no ill was… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
I dress for the occasion. I like Tom Ford for more formal, especially his suits, and I wear a lot of Under… — Tom Brady Copy Share Image
Never to have occasion to take a position, to make up one's mind, or to define oneself — there is no wish… — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
The devil and temptations also do give occasion unto us somewhat to learn and understand the Scriptures, by experience and practice. Without… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Lord, if Thou knowest that I shall find, on leaving the house, even through obedience, an occasion of offending Thee, I conjure… — Alphonsus Rodriguez Copy Share Image
There is no occasion when meals should become totally unimportant. Meals can be very small indeed, very inexpensive, short times taken in… — Edith Schaeffer Copy Share Image
One of the best ways to make yourself happy in the present is to recall happy times from the past. Photos are… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
Marriage accustomed one to the good things, so one came to take them for granted, but it magnified the bad things, so… — Marilyn French Copy Share Image
A man who drinks too much on occasion is still the same man as he was sober. An alcoholic, a real alcoholic,… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
It is my earnest hope - indeed the hope of all mankind - that from this solemn occasion a better world shall… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
It is a misfortune, inseparable from human affairs, that public measures are rarely investigated with that spirit of moderation which is essential… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Not that I'm against sneaking some notions into people's heads upon occasion. (Or blasting them in outright. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
Great occasions rouse even the lowest of human beings to some kind of greatness, but he alone is the really great man… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Music has given me peace. I can remember occasions when music instantly tranquillized my mind, when I was greatly agitated over something.… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I desire that on no occasion ... shall demonstrations of a political or religious character be made before my remains. — Francesc Ferrer i Guardia Copy Share Image
She lifted the drooping muzzle with both hands...It was a special embrace saved for special occasions. — Jean M. Auel Copy Share Image
I think no matter what the occasion may be, you can never go wrong by showing up at the dinner table with… — Paula Deen Copy Share Image
Every situation of justice is an occasion where someone is being humiliated and they want to restore their dignity. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
The first question to be answered by any individual or any social group, facing a hazardous situation, is whether the crisis is… — Harry Emerson Fosdick Copy Share Image
Limousines used to be reserved for the ruling class, or, on special occasions, for the working class. Today, limousines are like taxicabs… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
There were so many occasions when I wasn't around for my kids or my husband. But we learnt to work around it. — Chanda Kochhar Copy Share Image
One of the very important things that have to be learned around the time dying becomes a real prospect is to recognize… — Roger Rosenblatt Copy Share Image
I am unusually Halloween-attentive, because, as it happens, I was born on Halloween, so for me it has always been an occasion… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
Even on the most solemn occasions I got away without wearing socks and hid that lack of civilization in high boots — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Death is natural and necessary, but not just. It is a random force of nature; survival is equally accidental. Each loss is… — Harriet McBryde Johnson Copy Share Image
It often happens that, if a lie be believed only for an hour, it has done its work, and there is no… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
If you light upon an impertinent talker, that sticks to you like a bur, to the disappointment of your important occasions, deal… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
There are situations where you can either rise to the occasion or you can feel sorry for yourself. Really that's within your… — Frank Mir Copy Share Image
Men have been swindled by other men on many occasions. The autumn of 1929 was, perhaps, the first occasion when men succeeded… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Awkwardness is a more real disadvantage than it is generally thought to be; it often occasions ridicule, it always lessens dignity. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
It is better to control oneself, if one can, and not hit back. But on certain occasions, it is imperative to defend… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I'm the oldest, I have the most experience, and I'm the best looking [betwin brothers]. I've been told that on numerous occasions. — P. K. Subban Copy Share Image
There are on occasions, as we know, when resources are abundant, but they are expended so incompetently that the advantage is nullified. — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
I think there is something exhilarating in flying amongst clouds, and always get a feeling of wanting to pit my aeroplane against… — Charles Rumney Samson Copy Share Image
The three-piece suit has become sort of my trademark. You don't see them much anymore. It has several benefits: You may be… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
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