Called Upon Quotes

128 quotes by 117 authors

I was always being called upon to be an honorary boy alongside my brothers. I don't think I'd be a comic now if it hadn't… — Jo Brand
September 11, 2001, revealed heroism in ordinary people who might have gone through their lives never called upon to demonstrate the extent of their courage. — Geraldine Brooks
I am relatively sure, from conversations that I had with former president Bill Clinton, that George Bush seldom called upon him for advice. — Tony Campolo
Each generation doubtless feels called upon to reform the world. Mine knows that it will not reform it, but its task is perhaps even greater.… — Albert Camus
It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion's heart. I had the luck to be called upon… — Winston Churchill
Everyone who understands the nature of God rightly necessarily knows that God is to be believed and hoped in, that he is to be loved… — William Ames
In sickness, with its attendant pain, patience is required. If the only perfect man who ever lived-even Jesus of Nazareth-was called upon to endure great… — Thomas S. Monson
Overcome any bitterness that may have come because you were not up to the magnitude of the pain entrusted to you. Like the mother of… — Vilayat Inayat Khan
The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly. — John F. Kennedy
Sooner or later comes a crisis in our affairs, and how we meet it determines our future happiness and success. Since the beginning of time,… — Robert Collier
Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog. — Doug Larson
However horrible the incidents of war may be, the soldier who is called upon to offer and to give his life for his country is… — Douglas MacArthur
We are not called upon to do all the good possible, but only that which we can do. — Theodore Guerin
Sometime in the eternities to come, we will see that our trials were calculated to cause us to turn to our Heavenly Father for strength… — Delbert L. Stapley
Feeling emotions must be called upon to give feeling to the thought so it will take form. — Charles F. Haanel
I feel very strongly indeed that a Cambridge education for our scientists should include some contact with the humanistic side. The gift of expression is… — William Lawrence Bragg
The Eucharist engages us unreservedly; it is a pact of love, an alliance signed in the deeper recesses of our being. All our potentialities are… — Francois Mauriac
The most called-upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear. — Maya Angelou
I look upon the People and the Nation as handed on to me as an responsibility conferred upon me by God, and I believe, as… — Wilhelm II
Contrary to what many of you may imagine, a career in letters is not without its drawbacks - chief among them the unpleasant fact that… — Fran Lebowitz

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