Bears Quotes · Page 25

in the trees this afternoon, he was a giver of bread and teddy bears.

— Anonymous

Such is the compassion, such the love which Mary bears us, that she is never tired of praying for us.

— Alphonsus Liguori

“Though the rich of this earth find no difficulty in creating misery, they can't bear to see it.”

— Bertolt Brecht

Suffering brings your heart to bear. It gets you where you are!

— Ram Dass

We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.

— Teresa of Avila

We should always bear in mind that numbers represent a simplification of reality.

— Kenneth E. Boulding

True gardeners cannot bear a glove Between the sure touch and the tender root.

— May Sarton

“Gus: There are still bears out here. Black bears who feel no kinship to black men.”

— Burton Guster

Time and I have quarrelled. All hours are midnight now. I had a clock and a watch, but I destroyed them both.…

— Susanna Clarke

“Are you scared of going in to see the raghnaid [the council]?” asked a gray female pup. “Are you cag mag [crazy]?…

— Kathryn Lasky

But, Polly, a principle that can't bear being laughed at, frowned on, and cold-shouldered, isn't worthy of the name.

— Louisa May Alcott

The soul of man, when it gets fairly rotten, will bear you all sorts of poisonous toad-stools, and no eye can see…

— George Eliot

When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth…

— Eda LeShan

Things you can't understand are always the hardest to bear. To know why is the first step to consolation.

— Patricia Wentworth

Never think of any right effort as being fruitless. All right effort bears fruit, whether we see the results or not.

— Peace Pilgrim

If you are willing to bear serenely the trial of being displeasing to yourself, then you will be for Jesus a pleasant…

— Therese of Lisieux

...Gratitude transforms the torment of memory of good things now gone into silent joy. One bears what was lovely in the past…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

O impotence of mind, in body strong! But what is strength without a double share Of wisdom, vast, unwieldy, burdensome, Proudly secure,…

— John Milton

It is only when we are very happy that we can bear to gaze merrily upon the vast and limitless expanse of…

— Baroness Orczy

I think most generations tend to learn the lesson of war the hard way. There is a deep attraction to the empowerment.…

— Chris Hedges

May it be my privilege to have the happiness of establishing the commonwealth on a firm and stable basis and thus enjoy…

— Augustus

Everyday, day & night, we hear the lies that September 11th is the worst tragedy, worst accident, and worst crime to ever…

— Malik Zulu Shabazz

That's five friends, one each for Jesu's wounds, and Godric bears their mark still on what's left of him as in their…

— Frederick Buechner

For several weeks, I have been the subject of leaked stories, conjecture, and false attacks about a land exchange. None of them…

— Rick Renzi

To tell the truth I never had it so good. But I lacked the strength of character to bear such joy.

— Saul Bellow

Pain is hard to bear… But with patience, day by day, Even this shall pass away.

— Theodore Tilton

What is difficult? To keep a secret, to employ leisure well, to be able to bear an injury.

— Chilon of Sparta

Accustom yourself to that which you bear ill, and you will bear it well.

— Seneca the Younger

There is no perfect virtue-none that bears fruit- unless it is exercised by means of our neighbor.

— St. Catherine of Siena

I cannot bear that you / Should think me faithful, when I am untrue.

— Vita Sackville-West

Many men are like unto sausages: Whatever you stuff them with, that they will bear in them.

— Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy

Life will not bear refinement. You must do as other people do.

— Samuel Johnson

Confucius once said that a bear could not fart at the North Pole without causing a big wind in Chicago.

— Philip Jose Farmer

Savage bears keep at peace with one another. [Lat., Saevis inter se convenit ursis.]

— Juvenal

Sir, the slowness of genius is hard to bear, but the slowness of mediocrity is insufferable.

— Henry Thomas Buckle

the wolf may fight the bear but the rabbit always looses

— Robert Jordan

Taxation being a burthen, must needs weigh lightest on each individual, when it bears upon all alike.

— Jean-Baptiste Say

What good is truth, at midnight, in the dark, when the wind is roaring like a bear in the chimney?

— Diane Setterfield

What can I tell you about things like Circus of Horrors except that I get killed by the bear?

— Donald Pleasence

Think what cowards men would be if they had to bear children. Women are altogether a superior species.

— George Bernard Shaw