It’s hard to remember that Jesus did not come to make us safe, but rather to make us disciples, citizens of God’s… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
If you over-plot your book you strangle your characters. Your characters have to have enough freedom and life to be able to… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
Saturday afternoon, although occurring at regular and well-foreseen intervals, always takes this railway by surprise. — W. S. Gilbert Copy Share Image
I never liked clashing heads - I always liked catching someone when they were distracted, to surprise them. — Rickson Gracie Copy Share Image
Confidence, to me, is just pushing yourself a little bit further than you think you can go, and you'll always surprise yourself. — Tess Daly Copy Share Image
Dont Judge someone before you get to know him; know them and their stories may surprise you and your perception about them. — Collins Adoma Asante Copy Share Image
We cannot depend on change, but we can depend on surprise. However, we cannot always depend on surprise either. This keeps us… — Vivian Gornick Copy Share Image
No other area offers richer opportunities for successful innovation than the unexpected success. — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
The painting develops before my eyes, unfolding its surprises as it progresses. It is this which gives me the sense of complete… — Yves Tanguy Copy Share Image
I'd had nearly four years of experience looking at these clocks, but their sluggishness never ceased to surprise. If I am ever… — John Green Copy Share Image
I want to run a government, Barnaby wants to be part of a government, which is characterized by the motto if you… — Tony Abbott Copy Share Image
“What I wasn't prepared for was the realization that an adopted person is always an adopted person and that there will always… — Zara Phillips Copy Share Image
My first concert tour was extraordinary - I couldn't hear what was going on and no one else could hear what was… — David Essex Copy Share Image
I love it when characters surprise you, just like real people. When I write a scene I just try to make the… — Brad Falchuk Copy Share Image
And it's sad because it's like a surprise to people - almost an anomaly - when artists are actually refined and trained… — Vanessa Carlton Copy Share Image
I have always loved fashion, trends, style, make-up and hair, but yes, some sort of a transformation truly happens when I play… — Krystle D'Souza Copy Share Image
Each new year is a surprise to us. We find that we had virtually forgotten the note of each bird, and when… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
There are a host of surprises among longer-term meditators, like a boost in the immune system from a day of practice, which… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
I needed to put something together that would continually get me up at 4:30 in the morning, get me to work and… — Gabriel Mann Copy Share Image
How truly language must be regarded as a hindrance to thought, though the necessary instrument of it, we shall clearly perceive on… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
Why is it always liberals who seem so genuinely, overtly surprised when black candidates are viable candidates, and in their surprise, evoke… — Mary Katharine Ham Copy Share Image
She was bedridden falling a fall which broke her hip. X-rays showed that she had cancer of the colon which had already… — Adeline Yen Mah Copy Share Image
It is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. We all know that our time in this world is limited,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In architecture it isn't enough to just have the right building that works well. It can also be beautiful. It can also… — Oscar Niemeyer Copy Share Image
To no surprise, the theories and structures of naturalistic science affirm naturalistic assumptions. — Albert Mohler Copy Share Image
That's the thing with suicide pacts. Sometimes they only really work if they catch you by surprise. — R. K. Milholland Copy Share Image
What a surprise to find you could shift the contents of your head like rearranging furniture in a room. — Lisa Alther Copy Share Image
Well, I was already so happy being chosen to do the issue itself, that when I got on the cover, it was… — Heidi Klum Copy Share Image
Schooling ain't life." "Ain't it?" she says, her eyebrows raising in mock surprise. — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“For surprising me. Best surprise ever.” I smile. “I’m glad you think so. Laura might not agree with you.” — N. Michaels Copy Share Image
Life is a great surprise. I don't see why death should not be an even greater one. — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
You can't surprise LeBron any more. He's such a smart player. His intellect has caught up with his athletic ability. — Dwane Casey Copy Share Image
What surprises me most about God is that the creator of the universe should want a relationship with me. — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
It's no surprise that I ended up in sportscasting. I lived this world with my father, Mike Storen. Dad was a sports… — Hannah Storm Copy Share Image
I am thrilled to be an Olympian, and I think that although we will be underdogs we can beat many teams and… — Steve Nash Copy Share Image
I think you're where you have to be and I'm not a person who wants to control things too much because I… — Marion Cotillard Copy Share Image
KIDNAPPING is such a strong word. I prefer to think of it as a SURPRISE ADOPTION — ALYSSA Copy Share Image
One of the difficult things of making a horror sequel in general is because the horror genre is so founded on surprise. — Ehren Kruger Copy Share Image
Institutional United Methodism in America has given up on cities and given up on young people, so no surprise we are declining… — Mark Tooley Copy Share Image
History is merely a list of surprises. It can only prepare us to be surprised yet again. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image