The adventurous life is not one exempt from fear, but on the contrary, one that is lived in full knowledge of fears… — Paul Tournier Copy Share Image
“when you hate a girl because she gets to kiss the boy you like, any little imperfection can become a spiteful nickname” — Wendy Brant Copy Share Image
He shrank from hearing Margaret's very name mentioned; he, while he blamed her--while he was jealous of her--while he renounced her--he loved… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
My god how gentle you are with me in spite of my great ignorance and how merciful You are with me in… — Ibn Ata Allah Copy Share Image
...for very strangely his officers looked upon Jack Aubrey as a moral figure, in spite of all proofs of the contrary... — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
A hero is someone who, in spite of weakness, doubt or not always knowing the answers, goes ahead and overcomes anyway. — Christopher Reeve Copy Share Image
Yet, in spite of this world-wide system of linkages, there is, at this very moment, a general feeling that communication is breaking… — David Bohm Copy Share Image
Hope is the enduring belief in the attainability of fervent wishes, in spite of the dark urges and rages which mark the… — Erik Erikson Copy Share Image
Nations, like families, have great men only in spite of themselves. They do everything in their power not to have any. And… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
It is frightfully hard to explain to Protestants that if you give Roman Catholics a good job and a good house, they… — Terence O Neill of the Maine Copy Share Image
In spite of overwhelming evidence, it is most difficult for a citizen of western Europe to bring thoroughly home to himself the… — Henry James Sumner Maine Copy Share Image
The willingness to face traumas - be they large, small, primitive or fresh - is the key to healing from them. They… — Mark Epstein Copy Share Image
In spite of Death, the mark and seal of the parental control, Man is yet free, during his brief years, to examine,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
One lesson we learn early, that in spite of seeming difference, men are all of one pattern. We readily assume this with… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
In this world, unity is achievable only by learning to unite in spite of differences, rather than insisting on unity without differences.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I made lasagna for dinner," Tamsyn called out. "That work for you?" He continued to look at her, as if he'd drink… — Nalini Singh Copy Share Image
Our contemporary Western society, in spite of its material, intellectual and political progress, is increasingly less conducive to mental health, and tends… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“I'd take cyanide no problem if it was that or throwing a cat out in the street, even a moth-eaten, mangy, caterwauling… — Louis-Ferdinand Céline Copy Share Image
In spite of all the refinements of civilization that conspired to make art--the dizzying perfection of the string quartet or the sprawling… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
You have perhaps waited for years to be freed from some need. For a long, long time you have looked out from… — Eberhard Arnold Copy Share Image
When my conscience under the Holy Spirit makes me aware of a specific sin I should at once call that sin sin… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
We once discussed which were the cleanest troops in the trenches, taken by nationalities. We agreed on a descending-order like this: English… — Robert Graves Copy Share Image
... We in the USA have been depending on prayers, pleading, and self-abasement to a deity to bring us magical advantages, and… — James Randi Copy Share Image
For every poet it is always morning in the world; history a forgotten, insomniac night. The fate of poetry is to fall… — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
In cities like Athens, poor houses lined narrow and tortuous streets in spite of luxurious public buildings. — Stephen Gardiner Copy Share Image
In spite of her cute little angelic face and pink sneakers, Brianna is actually a baby Tyrannosaurus rex. On STEROIDS! — Rachel Renée Russell Copy Share Image
In spite of certain distressing but isolated occurrences in the last battle, I certainly hoped that the Army would be in a… — Paul von Hindenburg Copy Share Image
Even so, one step from my grave, I believe that cruelty, spite, The powers of darkness will in time Be crushed by… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
In spite of its romantic frisson, the position of muse is very vague and largely thankless for the muse herself. — Katie Roiphe Copy Share Image
You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People who are scientists today are scientists in spite of the system, typically, not because of it. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion. — Livy Copy Share Image
Pop, I'm nothing! I'm nothing, Pop. Can't you understand that? There's no spite in it any more. I'm just what I am,… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
In spite of myself, I gave a snort. "Just once, I'd like to hear a simple, straightforward prophecy. — Cameron Dokey Copy Share Image
Faith, in the sense in which I am here using the word, is the art of holding on to things your reason… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Simplicity is not a goal, but one arrives at simplicity in spite of oneself, as one approaches the real meaning of things. — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
When a government for the people becomes a government in spite of the people, then who are we really serving? — Jackie Speier Copy Share Image
In spite of the polls, the fact is that American Muslims are very happy and they thrive in this country. — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
