Encounter Quotes

716 Encounter quotes by 535 unique authors

We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. It may even be necessary to encounter the defeat so that we can know… — Maya Angelou
When you become defensive, blame others, and do not accept and surrender to the moment, your life meets resistance. Any time you encounter resistance, recognize… — Deepak Chopra
And so we polish our own lives, creating landscapes and canyons and peaks with the very silt we try to avoid, the dirt we disavow… — Terry Tempest Williams
Sin is not a stain that I must wash out. What I need to do is ask forgiveness and reconcile myself, not go to the… — Pope Francis
All of us encounter, at least once in our life, some individual who utters words that make us think forever. There are men whose phrases… — Benjamin Disraeli
After an encounter with the living Son of the living God, nothing is ever again to be as it was before. — Jeffrey R. Holland
Prior to an individual's encounter with the love of God at a particular time in history, however, there has to be another, more fundamental and… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
This pious practice, by which the Blessed Virgin Mary is honored and the Christian people enriched with spiritual gifts, gladdens and consoles us. Mary remains… — Pope Paul VI
I shall never forget my first encounter with gorillas. Sound preceded sight. Odor preceded sound in the form of an overwhelming, musky-barnyard, humanlike scent. The… — Dian Fossey
There's no use wasting are energy being afraid of the devils, demons and things that go bump in the night... Because ultimately we'll never encounter… — Dean Koontz
Suppose you turn your attention inward in search of this 'I'. You may encounter nothing more than an ever changing stream of consciousness, a flow… — Jim Holt
All too infrequently do I encounter a new voice as delightful, compelling, and intelligent as that of Molly Tanzer. — CaitlÃn R. Kiernan
[On Sophie Germain] When a person of the sex which, according to our customs and prejudices, must encounter infinitely more difficulties than men... succeeds nevertheless… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
Whatever you encounter, may that be part of the path. — Tara Brach
The main thing I don't like about myself is an absurd level of self-consciousness that makes any sort of social encounter an ordeal for me. — Jarvis Cocker
A momentâ€™s encounter can decide the direction of oneâ€™s entire life — Daisaku Ikeda
But over the years, I've learned not to believe too much in luck or accidents; T think everything happens for a reason. There's something to… — Syd Field
A city's greatness is manifest in a people confident in their ability to take risks, to encounter — Pier Giorgio Di Cicco
My greatest desire is that you would encounter His presence; and everything about your life would be different. — Karen Wheaton
Prayer is both conversation and encounter with God. — Timothy Keller

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