Belonging Quotes

338 quotes by 281 authors

My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much so, that he… — Teresa of Avila
As a man may be born with a mathematical faculty, and by training that faculty year after year may immensely increase his mathematical capacity, so… — Annie Besant
On vacations: We hit the sunny beaches where we occupy ourselves keeping the sun off our skin, the saltwater off our bodies, and the sand… — Erma Bombeck
It is that, but really, it's about how we don't recognise the little things in life, or appreciate the little things in life like belonging.… — James Caan
I always see America as really belonging to the Native Americans. Even though I'm American, I still feel like a visitor in my own country. — Nicolas Cage
An expectation is a future object, recognised as belonging to me. — Samuel Alexander
I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself. — Maya Angelou
Being engaged in some way for the good of the community, whatever that community, is a factor in a meaningful life. We long to belong,… — Patricia Churchland
In contrast to how a child belongs in the world, adult belonging is never as natural, innocent, or playful. Adult belonging has to be chosen,… — John O'Donohue
The succession of individuals, connected by reproduction and belonging to a species, makes it possible for the specific form itself to last for ages. In… — Ernst Haeckel
...Why is compassion not part of our established curriculum, an inherent part of our education? Compassion, awe, wonder, curiosity, exaltation, humility - these are the… — Yehudi Menuhin
Now I confess myself as belonging to that class in the country who contemplate slavery as a moral, social and political evil... — Abraham Lincoln
You can search high & low to find happiness on earth, yet unless you love yourself, you will never find your true belonging. — Leon Brown
The presence of a grandparent confirms that parents were, indeed, little once, too, and that people who are little can grow to be big, can… — Fred Rogers
Offerings to propitiate the dead then were regarded as belonging to the class of funeral sacrifices, and these are idolatry. Idolatry, in fact, is a… — Tertullian
See things that you want as already yours. Know that they will come to you at need. Then let them come. Don't fret and worry… — Robert Collier
Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance, because believing that you're enough is… — BrenÃ© Brown
There is a privacy about it which no other season gives you.... In spring, summer and fall people sort of have an open season on… — Ruth Stout
Even our misfortunes are a part of our belongings. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Life is ever giving of Itself. We must receive, utilize and extend the gift. Success and prosperity are spiritual attributes belonging to all people. — Ernest Holmes

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