Allowing Quotes · Page 13

I relax and cast aside all mental burdens, allowing God to express through me His perfect love, peace, and wisdom.

— Paramahansa Yogananda

I think that the key to any interview is allowing people to feel comfortable enough that they forget they're being interviewed.

— Brian McGinn

Compassion practice is daring. It involves learning to relax and allowing ourselves to move gently toward what scares us.

— Pema Chodron

Allowing someone to remain a part of your life after they have hurt you is simply giving them permission and opportunity to…

— Anonymous

True balm [of fantasy] takes away the painful irritation of life and simply heals, allowing one to begin anew. And that is…

— Vera Nazarian

I'm convinced that we Black women possess a special indestructible strength that allows us to not only get down, but to get…

— Janet Jackson

So much of the pain we feel is based on resistance to what we can't change. Allowing yourself to let go and…

— Janine and The Mixtape

Metaphor impinges on everything, allowing us - poets and non-poets alike - to experience and think about the world in fluid, unusual…

— James Geary

Hardly any one is able to see what is before him, just as it is in itself. He comes expecting one thing,…

— Arthur Symons

The Five A’s (attention, appreciation, acceptance, affection, allowing) are simultaneously the fulfillment of our earliest needs, the requirements of adult intimacy and…

— David Richo

When children are allowed to help make family decisions, they tend to be much more supportive and happier with family life. Also…

— Rudolf Dreikurs

Now there is no taboo; everything is allowed. But one cannot simply go back to tonality, it’s not the way. We must…

— Gyorgy Ligeti

The United States of America took a giant step toward a totalitarian socialist government when the Supreme Court voted to uphold Obamacare,…

— Charlie Daniels

Certainly my parents were a huge influence. They always expected the most out of all of us. And expected us to do…

— Laurel Clark

Allowing for exceptions, there is still one basic difference between the traditional arts and the mass-media arts: in the traditional arts, the…

— Pauline Kael

We treasure the word of God not only by reading the words of the scriptures, but by studying them. We may be…

— Henry B. Eyring

Sannyas means dropping the fight with the river, going with the river, allowing the river to take you, learning the art of…

— Rajneesh

One of the things that I've worked my way out of doing, and I knew that I needed to, was comparing myself…

— India.Arie

I spent a fair amount of time editing the lyrics and allowing the song to kind of evolve. ... anytime there's anything…

— Jeff Tweedy

“in Feminism Lite, that men are naturally superior but should be expected to ‘treat women well’. No. No. No. There must be…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

One of the principal obstacles to the rapid diffusion of a new idea lies in the difficulty of finding suitable expression to…

— Arthur Schuster

Although prison officials have long battled illegal cellphones, smartphones have changed the game. With Internet access, a prisoner can call up phone…

— Kim Severson

The whole art of allowing the truth to take possession of you is of being vulnerable, of being open, of being in…

— Rajneesh

I see people allowing their lives to diminish, to become shallow, so they can't enjoy the deep wells of experience. Maybe it's…

— Leonard Cohen

Even when I was saying I was Agnostic and trying to figure out my thoughts, I felt God was allowing me to…

— Alfre Woodard

I've really written my books for my husband and our family. They've brought us closer together by allowing us to discuss things…

— Pamela Stephenson

Opening your chakras and allowing cosmic energies to flow through your body will ultimately refresh your spirit and empower your life.

— Barbara Marciniak

...By allowing businesses to expense up to $75,000, it means somebody is more likely to buy a copying machine, or in this…

— George W. Bush

Everything in our lives has the potential to wake us up or put us to sleep. Allowing it to awaken us is…

— Pema Chodron

Discrimination means keeping the negative and unhappy thoughts away and allowing the pretty thoughts to come inside you.

— Frederick Lenz

Mehmet was the first sultan, and one of the first Muslims anywhere, to defy religious tradition by allowing his portrait to be…

— Stephen Kinzer

You cannot transmit wisdom and insight to another person. The seed is already there. A good teacher touches the seed, allowing it…

— Nhat Hanh

Many very strong fathers have turned out ineffectual sons by not allowing them to grow as men.

— John Noble

I feel like saying we need to all calm down a little. Let's take the time to breathe. I have no intention…

— Pauline Marois

Ive really written my books for my husband and our family. Theyve brought us closer together by allowing us to discuss things…

— Pamela Stephenson

The truth is, no matter what your lifestyle or occupation, nothing can really stop you when you're allowing yourself to be exactly…

— Hayley Williams

I'm always amazed at the American practice of allowing one party to a homosexual act to remain passive--it's so undemocratic. Sexmust be…

— W. H. Auden

Being vulnerable, in my opinion, is not a weakness. It's being human. It is allowing yourself to not have all the answers.

— T. Mills

Be humble, be gracious, and make peace with inner fears before stepping out into the limelight and allowing yourself to be subjected…

— Maximillian Degenerez

Christians can be positive even in a negative situation because we know God has a purpose for allowing that problem.

— Rick Warren