Called Upon Quotes

128 quotes by 117 authors

At every single moment, we are given the opportunity to choose our future. What we do today will determine what we face next week, next… — Iyanla Vanzant
Death in various forms is sometimes comforting, while resurrection and new life can be demanding and threatening. If I lived as if resurrection were real,… — Parker J. Palmer
The meaning of the Sabbath is to celebrate time rather than space. Six days a week we live under the tyranny of things of space;… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
The strongest steel is forged by the fires of hell. It is pounded and struck repeatedly before it's plunged back into the molten fire. The… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
When the invasion began, the British public was called upon to 'support' troops sent illegally and undemocratically to kill people with whom we had no… — John Pilger
But we know that the very God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time. And sometimes we're called upon to defend… — Sonny Perdue
What is absolutely true is that any good [Television] series has a specific voice. And I think that voice is almost exclusively the domain of… — Howard Gordon
Government and state can never be perfect because they owe their raison d'Ãªtre to the imperfection of man and can attain their end, the elimination… — Ludwig von Mises
We are called upon to become creators, to make the world new. — John Elof Boodin
We usually look outside ourselves for heroes and teachers. It has not occurred to most people that they may already be the role model they… — Rachel Naomi Remen
As for types like my own, obscurely motivated by the conviction that our existence was worthless if we didn't make a turning point of it,… — Saul Bellow
The world is like a courtroom, with God as our judge. We are called upon to fulfill our covenant with God, who asked, "Am I… — Rumi
The exercise of patience involves a continual practice of the presence of God, for we may be called upon at any moment for an almost… — Frederick William Faber
I am again called upon by the voice of my country to execute the functions of its Chief Magistrate. — George Washington
Holiness is not something we are called upon to do in order that we may become something; it is something we are to do because… — Martyn
I have a theory that women are generally given space and appointed to jobs when the situation is tough. I've observed that in many instances.… — Christine Lagarde
As to Caesar, when he was called upon, he gave no testimony against Clodius, nor did he affirm that he was certain of any injury… — Plutarch
such incidents brought me to the verge of despair, but little more and I would have put an end to my life - only art… — Ludwig van Beethoven
There is also the danger in our culture that because a person is called upon to give public statements and is acclaimed by the establishment,… — Ella Baker
If your are ever called upon to chasten a person, never chasten beyond the balm you have within you to bind up. — Brigham Young

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