Refuge Quotes · Page 12

Indeed I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing to do.

— Oscar Wilde

“Nostalgia is the intimate refuge of every man and every woman in a world seemingly gone mad.”

— John Larkins

The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

— Punkinhead Abhishek

“The past is devoid of meaning like the present, and a refuge for cowards.”

— E.M. Forster

Because of the Saviors Atonement, repentance is a beautiful word and a marvelous refuge.

— Theodore M. Burton

Behold now this vast city [London]; a city of refuge, the mansion-house of liberty, encompassed and surrounded with His protection.

— John Milton

“When the world caves in Still my hope will cling To Your promise Where my courage ends Let my heart find strength…

— Hillsong

“Wherever you go, let Christ be your refuge. Put your hope in Him, and you won’t be disappointed by what life offers.”

— Francine Rivers

The object of our forest policy is not to preserve the forests because they are beautiful-or because they are refuges for the…

— Gifford Pinchot

It was a Republican, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who first protected the Arctic Refuge to balance the oil development at Prudhoe Bay…

— Robert Dold

Books are the food of youth, the delight of old age; the ornament of prosperity, the refuge and comfort of adversity; a…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

One of the main reasons for the existence of philosophy is not that it enables you to find truth (it can never…

— T. E. Hulme

There were many times in my childhood where, because it was either chaotic or not that great at home, I'd find refuge…

— Griff

You are the community now. Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass.…

— Anonymous

I can tell that in Refuge the question that was burning in me was, how do we find refuge in change? Everything…

— Terry Tempest Williams

Teaching and research are not to be confused with training for a profession. Their greatness and their misfortune is that they are…

— Claude Levi-Strauss

A friend of mine is trying to do a documentary where he brings Jewish and Arab comedians to occupied territories in Israel.…

— Harold Ramis

Those who wish to change things may face disappointment, loss, or even ridicule. If you are ahead of your time, people laugh…

— Rachel Naomi Remen

God is not an employer looking for employees. He is an Eagle looking for people who will take refuge under his wings.…

— John Piper

The last refuge of privacy cannot be placed solely in law or technology. It must repose in both, and a thoughtful combination…

— Jonathan Zittrain

How do I know that I know this, except that I've always been taught this and never heard anything else? [...] How…

— Christopher Hitchens

After a hard day scrambling to find your way around in the world, it's assuring to come home to a place you…

— Max Lucado

To avoid the hard necessity of either obeying or rejecting the plain instructions of our Lord in the New Testament we take…

— Anonymous

If we are to have a culture as resilient and competent in the face of necessity as it needs to be, then…

— Wendell Berry

A true friend encourages us, comforts us, supports us like a big easy chair, offering us a safe refuge from the world.

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr

Taking refuge means that you align and orient your life toward Buddha's example and toward enlightenment.

— Reb Anderson

I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do.

— Oscar Wilde

Screaming racism is the last refuge of leftist intellectuals who've completely lost their mojo.

— Neal Boortz

Those who bless and serve life find a place of belonging and strength, a refuge.

— Rachel Naomi Remen

It's the refuge for the mentally deficient. It's made by dull people for dull people.

— Steven Morrissey

You are your own refuge There is no other You cannot save another You can only save yourself.

— Guillaume Musso

Inaction, contrary to its reputation for being a refuge, is neither safe nor comfortable.

— Madeleine M. Kunin

Jazz is the last refuge of the untalented. Jazz musicians enjoy themselves more than anyone listening to them does.

— Tony Wilson

“The library had become her solace. Her refuge.Books did not question or judge. They made safe companions.”

— Inglath Cooper

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge.

— Aristotle

Only as a grand gesture of defeat will men creep into the arms of the state and seek refuge in its power…

— Henry Wriston

All men have one refuge, a good friend, with whom you can weep and know that he does not smile.

— Menander

Books are a refuge, a sort of cloistral refuge, from the vulgarities of the actual world.

— Walter Pater

She took refuge on the firm ground of fiction, through which indeed there curled the blue river of truth.

— Henry James

“Dear refuge of my weary soul, On thee, when sorrows rise, On thee, when waves of trouble roll, My fainting hope relies.”

— Anne Steele