Deliberate Quotes

332 Deliberate quotes by 270 unique authors

Whatever the Way, the master of strategy does not appear fast….Of course, slowness is bad. Really skillful people never get out of time, and are… — Miyamoto Musashi
All morning, Spence has been a well-oiled machine of activity. Everyone doing her bit, quietly and efficiently. It's strange how deliberate people are after a… — Libba Bray
But it's precisely in this cold, loathsome half-despair, half-belief, in this deliberate burying of yourself underground for forty years out of sheer pain, in this… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
I don't want it to be attributed to a loss of control on my part. When I throw you out of the window, I want… — Ilona Andrews
There was a deliberate voluptuousness that was both thrilling and repulsive. And as she arched her neck she actually licked her lips like an animal… — Bram Stoker
She didn't even have to smile, and she rarely did outside her house--it was the eyes, her dancer's carriage, the way she seemed to deliberate… — Alice Sebold
there is only one unpardonable sin--deliberate cruelty. All else can be forgiven. — Truman Capote
Faith is not intelligent understanding, faith is deliberate commitment to a Person where I see no way. — Oswald Chambers
I have frequently detected myself in such kind of mistakes... in a total misapprehension of character at some point or other: fancying people so much… — Jane Austen
A deliberate plan is not always necessary for the highest art; it emerges. — Paul Johnson
Here was an occasion, she thought, for indulging in that deliberate rudeness which only persons with habitually good manners have the right to commit... — Stella Gibbons
There is another sort of day which needs celebrating in song -- the day of days when spring at last holds up her face to… — Elwyn Brooks White
The plain fact is that education is itself a form of propaganda - a deliberate scheme to outfit the pupil, not with the capacity to… — H. L. Mencken
Each of us, famous or infamous, is a role model for somebody, and if we aren't, we should behave as though we are -- cheerful,… — Maya Angelou
Not too fast," called Raoul. "Let's not scare anyone." "His majesty said with all deliberate speed!" chirped the courier. He flinched under Lerant's glare. "That's… — Tamora Pierce
It was funny to hear her voice aloud. Her thoughts and perceptions usually existed so deep inside her, they rarely made it to the surface… — Ann Brashares
she was aware of his love - how could she not? She perceived it every time he looked at her. He was not demonstrative, but… — Cecilia Dart-Thornton
It is either coincidence piled on top of coincidence," said Hollus, "or it is deliberate design. — Robert J. Sawyer
I couldn’t have asked for more than God in deliberate grace has surprised me with! — Jim Elliot
It was not in my nature to be an assertive person. I was used to looking to others for guidance, for influence, sometimes for the… — Jhumpa Lahiri
We're not destroying the world because we're clumsy. We're destroying the world because we are, in a very literal and deliberate way, at war with… — Daniel Quinn
Bones glanced behind me, with just the barest inclination of his head. I walked away from him, muttering, "Don't worry, you don't need to have… — Jeaniene Frost
We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness. — Francis Chan
Oh, gentlemen, perhaps I really regard myself as an intelligent man only because throughout my entire life I've never been able to start or finish… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Sometimes one is guided by what they say of themselves, and very frequently by what other people say of them, without giving oneself time to… — Jane Austen

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