Prayer is not getting man's will done in heaven, but getting God's will done on earth. It is not overcoming God's reluctance… — Richard Chenevix Trench Copy Share Image
One of the inevitable aspects of debates about euthanasia is the reluctance on the part of advocates to confront the essence of… — Paul Keating Copy Share Image
I think what limited my role when I was WWE commissioner in 2000 was my reluctance to get back in the ring… — Mick Foley Copy Share Image
Farewell has a sweet sound of reluctance. Good-by is short and final, a word with teeth sharp to bite through the string… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Without individuals feeling safe and having an environment of safety, they then have reluctance of taking part in the city of being… — Dick Powell Copy Share Image
“Nahuseresh had attributed her reluctance to an entirely understandable female timidity. He didn’t seem to understand that the people of Eddis had… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
For many people, the reluctance to embrace Christianity is as practical as it is intellectual. They want to know what the benefits… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect all who seek it ... We should grant power over our affairs only to those who are… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
And then they would watch her closely as the dark, coagulated masses took form before her eyes, became flesh and bone, became… — Philip Sington Copy Share Image
Love, marriage, divorce, infidelity... life was the same here as anywhere else, wasn't? She realized now wrong she'd been; the pali wasn't… — Alan Brennert Copy Share Image
If somebody actually just walks up to you and says, ‘Hey, do you want to do something out of the ordinary?’ there… — Oliver Herring Copy Share Image
The term anarchism has become associated with two phenomena with which real anarchist don't want to associate themselves with. One is violence,… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
With all of the history of war, and the human race's history unfortunately has been a good deal more war than peace,… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I wonder whether our adoption of Shrink-ese as a second language, the move from religious phrases of judgment to secular words of… — Ellen Goodman Copy Share Image
He released her with obvious reluctance and shoved open his door, then came around to open her door. His chivalry brought an… — Colleen Coble Copy Share Image
Most recently, the President's reluctance to offend Senator Rick Santorum -- a Catholic theocrat who believes that states should have the power… — Bill Keller Copy Share Image
I have this certain reluctance when it comes to this idea that we are spiritual but not religious and we want Jesus… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
The soul loves to meditate, for in contact with the Spirit lies its greatest joy. If, then you experience mental resistance during… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
“When she finally pulled away from him—much to Aley’s stuttering forward reluctance—he wanted only to echo Aley’s words: “Oh! Do it again.” — Charlotte Stein Copy Share Image
Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Prayer is… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; we make up… — Ogden Nash Copy Share Image
“No,” he admitted, and my instincts sang out at his reluctance. “That’s across the hall.” Crutch swinging, I started for the door,… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
My bravery however was the effect of assurance for could I have believed the current report, I should have fled as fast… — Henry Laurens Copy Share Image
A sturdy, hardened sinner shall advance to the utmost pitch of impiety, with less reluctance than he took the first step while… — Francis Atterbury Copy Share Image
“It needs a lot of courage to admit to an action that one is ashamed of and knows to be wrong. One's… — Ivan Klíma Copy Share Image
Our forbearance should never be misunderstood. Our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will. When action is… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“Indecision is the reluctance or inability to pass a judgment on an issue under consideration. Indecision means you have come to crossroads… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
There's a bit of a reluctance on my part to promote myself as any kind of hero because the things I've had… — Faith Salie Copy Share Image
Our reluctance to honestly examine the experience of aging and dying has increased the harm we inflict on people and denied them… — Atul Gawande Copy Share Image
The extravagance of any corporate office is directly proportional to management's reluctance to reward the shareholders. — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
“Then I drop to my knees because I can't find a decent enough reason not to, because reluctance rarely stands a chance… — Kris Kidd Copy Share Image
“Writing too was a mighty consumer of energy, besides a task one often went to with reluctance - not solely on account… — Frank Sargeson Copy Share Image
“In cases of distasteful occupation, the second day is generally worse than the first; we return to the rack with all the… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
One of the most persistent cultural tics of the early 21st century is Americans' reluctance to absorb, let alone prepare for, bad… — Frank Rich Copy Share Image
We need to fix this. It hasn't been done yet because there's still a reluctance to admit that there was even a… — Janis Karpinski Copy Share Image
“warm. It was with a deep sense of reluctance that he made the long swim back to the shore, back to dry… — Susan Mac Nicol Copy Share Image
Software never was perfect and won't get perfect. But is that a license to create garbage? The missing ingredient is our reluctance… — Boris Beizer Copy Share Image
“Now naturally, like many of us, I have a reluctance to change too much of the old ways. But there is no… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
There is such a reluctance to address sex as an inherent part of the human experience in this country... The true perversion… — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
I wasn’t sure if I was charmed by his reluctance to share a bed with a girl or insulted that, apparently, I… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
