Though her mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behaviour; to love her… — Richard Steele Copy Share Image
Let us accept the invitation, ever-open, from the Stillness, taste its exquisite sweetness, and heed its silent instruction. — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
I'd extend an invitation to Lisbeth Salander. She would definitely shake the party up and get it started. I think she is… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
The beliefs which we have most warrant for, have no safeguard to rest on, but a standing invitation to the whole world… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
People decline invitations when they are "indisposed" physically, and I wish they would do likewise when they feel indisposed emotionally. A person… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
This nation can no longer tolerate the autonomous conduct of any single service. A waste of the resources of America in spendthrift… — Louis A. Johnson Copy Share Image
To become mindful … present … is really the invitation to work with the joys and the sorrows of the world, and… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
A real conversation always contains an invitation. You are inviting another person to reveal herself or himself to you, to tell you… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
I wish to extend an invitation to solidarity to everyone, and I would like to encourage those in public office to make… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
It is through the healing Atonement of Jesus Christ that we may have the strength to stand tall and strong and to… — Per G. Malm Copy Share Image
Everyone should be concerned about Internet anarchy in which anybody can pretend to be anybody else, unless something is done to stop… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
I think challenges are what any decent writer would be all about. If you actually do find your slide and grease it,… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
Minus my relationship with Kennedy, I had no automatic invitation to Greek Parties or events, though Chaz and Erin could invite me… — Tammara Webber Copy Share Image
I started to shed the monstrous aesthetic affectation of my youth so as to make room for the monstrous philistine postures of… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
The art form has to do with the mystery and the hidden invitation that's in the room. And that's when the magic… — David Whyte Copy Share Image
Our illusions-the beliefs we hold on to-are the very doorways to our freedom. We simply have to enter through them without grasping… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
[On turning down an invitation to appear for four minutes on the Ed Sullivan Show:] Honey, it takes Moms four minutes just… — Moms Mabley Copy Share Image
Socrates had no system to teach. Throughout, his philosophy was a spiritual exercise, an invitation to a new way of life, active… — Pierre Hadot Copy Share Image
The good news is that . . . humans are gifted by the potential for self-awareness and intelligent choice, and knowing our… — William E. Rees Copy Share Image
Political means so many things. We are political willy-nilly. Political poetry is an easy invitation to disaster. But then so is love… — Gerald Stern Copy Share Image
The Bible provides unity without imposing uniformity, without prohibiting change; it is a standing invitation to thinking and to take responsibilities. — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
A gentleman doesn't pounce he glides. If a woman sits on a piece of furniture which permits your sitting beside her, you… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
I think to close half of Magic Kingdom for the purpose of a White House invitation town hall meeting on a phony… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
Unlike other countries, it was founded on written proclamations. America is an ideal as well as a republic. Its documents are open… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I feel that very strongly: having been an academic, having been tempted by the invitation to stay on to become a Ph.D.,… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
Christmas is an invitation by God to say: Look what I've done to come near to you. Now draw near to me...I… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend. — Ward McAllister Copy Share Image
Is that an invitation?” “I suppose it is.” “Good.” Cade’s voice dropped lower, adding one last thing before hanging up. “And tell… — Julie James Copy Share Image
The Invitation, To Tom Highes What we can we will be, Honest Englishmen. Do the work that's nearest, Though it's dull at… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
God is not just one thing we add to the mix called life. He wants an invitation from us to permeate everything… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power.… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Education is ... the invitation to disentangle oneself, for a time, from the urgencies of the here and now and to listen… — Michael Joseph Oakeshott Copy Share Image
It's a matter of invitations versus context. Twitter is really good at providing context, like, I''m having coffee at Third Rail Coffee.'… — Jack Dorsey Copy Share Image
Because I withered under the glare of an actual invitation, I was a firm believer in preventive prevarication--in other words, lying early… — Rachel Cohn Copy Share Image
It's all in her walk, a cartoon swagger. Part Jayne Mansfield, part Muhammad Ali. Men never know if it's an invitation upstairs… — Emma Forrest Copy Share Image
Come and see us if you feel like it,' she said. 'I always expect people to ask themselves. Life is too short… — Daphne du Maurier Copy Share Image
I still get invitations from all over Europe to speak at dinners, and it's an honour that promoters and charities can use… — Frank Bruno Copy Share Image
An invitation to innovation, Radiant Orchid encourages expanded creativity and originality, which is increasingly valued in today's society. — Leatrice Eiseman Copy Share Image
“Nearly everyday life leans over and says, ‘Come on down!’ But standing at the bottom looking up, it’s finally dawned on me… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Satsang is the invitation to step into the fire of self-discovery. This fire will not burn you, it will burn only what… — Mooji Copy Share Image