Think of a crucible as an occasion for real magic, the creation of something more valuable than an alchemist could possibly imagine.… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, my mom once told me that God was an artist and how on occasion He’d throw a… — Kristina McMorris Copy Share Image
My officers and men understood wishes so well that this movement was executed under fire, the right wing keeping up fire, without… — Joshua Chamberlain Copy Share Image
Most dreams are also part reality (otherwise we wouldn't believe them), and reality happens to be a condition that gives you plenty… — Leigh Newman Copy Share Image
The Photograph is violent: not because it shows violent tings, but because on each occasion (i)it fills the sight by force(i), and… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
An occasion, catalyst, or tripwire?permits the poet to reach into herself and haul up whatever nugget of the human condition distracts her… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
On many occasions in the late 1950s and 1960s, [Ho Chi Minh's] ideas were apparently ignored by those who felt that his… — William J. Duiker Copy Share Image
It has been my privilege on various occasions to converse with presidents of the United States and important men in other governments.… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
..avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Humility and love are precisely the graces which the men of the world can understand, if they do not comprehend doctrines. They… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
I've certainly had to bite my tongue on occasion and live to fight another day, so to speak, on certain things. But… — Joe Nichols Copy Share Image
I am a simple vessel with complex overtones, opinionated on occasions but willing to listen. Comfortable with reclusiveness and devoted to privacy… — Bernie Taupin Copy Share Image
If there was one thing life had taught her it was that there are times when you do not go back for… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
A man should remind himself that an object of faith is not scientifically demonstrable, lest presuming to demonstrate what is of faith,… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
I have said this on many a previous occasion: that had the mix in Singapore been different, had it been 75% Indians,… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
In eternity there is indeed something true and sublime. But all these times and places and occasions are now and here. God… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Offence is so easily given. And where the 'minority' issue is involved, the rules seem to shift about: most of the time… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
I had an excellent repast - the best repast possible - which consisted simply of boiled eggs and bread and butter. It… — Henry James Copy Share Image
Four times, under our educational rules, the human pack is shuffled and cut - at eleven-plus, sixteen-plus, eighteen-plus and twenty-plus - and… — David Lodge Copy Share Image
I don't think we really measured the enormity of the whole occasion. I'm very, very surprised. We never expected it. When I… — Duncan Fletcher Copy Share Image
One arranges flowers as the spirit moves you; to obey some inner prompting to put this colour with that, to have brilliance… — Constance Spry Copy Share Image
Life often feels like a great pile of obligations, frustrations, and disappointments. But the Lord is there, always the same, His arms… — Kathleen H. Hughes Copy Share Image
However, on many occasions, I examined normal blood and normal tissues and there was no possibility of overlooking bacteria or confusing them… — Robert Koch Copy Share Image
See, I'm not the type of writer that has 400 songs in a suitcase someplace on the shelf. I'm sort of a… — Luther Vandross Copy Share Image
Consumer Christianity is now normative. The consumer Christian is one who utilizes the grace of God for forgiveness and the services of… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
For the most part, we should pray rather in aspiration than petition, rather by hoping than requesting; in which spirit also we… — Leigh Hunt Copy Share Image
We have all experienced times when, instead of being buffeted by anonymous forces, we do feel in control of our actions, masters… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
The Nova Mob doesn't have motives, as we understand motives. "Sex is profoundly distasteful to a being of my mineral origin," as… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
... we banked around until we found a rainbow in the dark. It was on this occasion that I discovered that Granuaile… — Kevin Hearne Copy Share Image
I have neither time nor disposition to enter into discussion with the Friend, and end this occasion by suggesting for her consideration… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The American people have a right to know on the rare occasions in which their money is used to invest in private… — Darrell Issa Copy Share Image
He suddenly became convinced that if he didn’t do something sensible, something to put his mind to some use, then before he… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
Many occasions I've sat down with Israelis to say, where do you see your country in 10 years time, and work me… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The tragic reality is that there have been occasions when [Mormon] Church leaders, teachers, and writers have not told the truth they… — D. Michael Quinn Copy Share Image
It is disturbing to discover in oneself these curious revelations of the validity of the Darwinian theory. If it is true that… — Cornelia Otis Skinner Copy Share Image
Now God comes to thee, not as in the dawning of the day, not as in the bud of the spring, but… — John Donne Copy Share Image
Learning would be exceedingly laborious, not to mention hazardous, if people had to rely solely on the effects of their own actions… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
He couldn't tell that this was one of those occasions a man never forgets: a small cicatrice had been made on the… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
Religious celebrations, and the good will, high spirits and generosity that mark them, are wonderful occasions for understanding the potential of 'everyday… — Randa Abdel-Fattah Copy Share Image