Clings Quotes

117 Clings quotes by 100 unique authors

It is painful to be consciously of two worlds. The Wandering Jew in me seeks forgetfulness. I am not afraid to live on and on,… — Mary Antin
A Christian is not somebody who stays away from all the wicked things he loves and clings to all the righteous things he hates so… — Paul Washer
A little bit of fragrance always clings to the hands that gives you roses — Robin Sharma
The world clings to its old mental picture of the stock market because it’s comforting; because it’s so hard to draw a picture of what… — Michael Lewis
Words contract a significance which clings to them long after the condition of things to which they owe it has passed away. — Joseph Barber Lightfoot
Repentance out of mere fear is really sorrow for the consequences of sin, sorrow over the danger of sin — it bends the will away… — Timothy Keller
Two ideas are psychologically deep-rooted in man: self-protection and self-preservation. For self-protection man has created God, on whom he depends for his own protection, safety… — Walpola Rahula
Conservatism clings to what has been established, fearing that, once we begin to question the beliefs that we have inherited, all the values of life… — Morris Raphael Cohen
Nobody can fight properly and boldly for the faith if he clings to a fear of being stripped of earthly possessions. — Peter Damian
Nothing in the whole world is so athirst for beauty as the soul, nor is there anything to which beauty clings so readily. — Maurice Maeterlinck
Life is obstinate and clings closest where it is most hated. — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer… — Walter Bagehot
The rustling of the silk is discontinued, Dust drifts over the courtyard, There is not sound of footfall, and the leaves Scurry into heaps and… — Ezra Pound
The heart clings to collected treasure. Stored-up possessions get between me and God. Where my treasure is, there is my trust, my security, my comfort,… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Love is the essence of life; love touches all of our work. Love never leaves us. It clings to us, and we cling to it. — Emmanuelle Riva
Madness is a special form of the spirit and clings to all teachings and philosophies, but even more to daily life, since life itself is… — Carl Jung
A poet clings to his own tradition and avoids internationalism. — Salvatore Quasimodo
Only a person with convictions has a genuine possibility to be tolerant. He who accepts no absolute values but clings to polite doubt cannot be… — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
We live in a vast and awesome universe in which, daily, suns are made and worlds destroyed, where humanity clings to an obscure clod of… — Carl Sagan
When someone who's starved of love is shown something that looks like sincere affection, is it any wonder that she jumps at it and clings… — Sayo Masuda
For the unified mind in accord with the Way all self-centered striving ceases. Doubts and irresolutions vanish and life in true faith is possible. With… — Sengcan
The child, offered the mother's breast, Will not in the beginning grab it; But soon it clings to it with zest. And thus at wisdom's… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It is only the dull, sleepy mind that creates and clings to habit. A mind that is attentive from moment to moment - attentive to… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion. — Tacitus
Today the insatiable quest for profit promotes the new slavery. In bewildering ways, the new is more pernicious than the old, for the New American… — Gerry Spence

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