Encounters Quotes

743 Encounters quotes by 571 unique authors

Do not be discouraged by the resistance you will encounter from your human nature; you must go against your human inclinations. Often, in the beginning,… — Brother Lawrence
Behind a rack of framed photos of Snow, we encounter a wounded Peacekeeper propped up against a strip of brick wall. He asks us for… — Suzanne Collins
Losing prepares you for the heartbreak, setback, and the tragedy that you will encounter in the world more than winning ever can. By licking your… — Pat Conroy
I thought about the bigger picture of my life, and about the people—and particularly the guys—I would encounter during my lifetime. How would I ever… — Rachel Cohn
At some point, I realized I was Kaitlyning the encounter, so I decided to text Kaitlyn and ask for some advice. — John Green
I may be mistaken but it seems to me that a man may be judged by his laugh, and that if at first encounter you… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
When you encounter another person, when you have dealings with anyone at all, it is as if a question is being put to you. So… — Marilynne Robinson
Meg was going to have to learn for herself what Laurie had figured out over the summer — that it was better to leave well… — Tom Perrotta
I believe there are no random meetings in our lives – that everyone we touch, who touches us, has been put in our path for… — Susanna Kearsley
No encounter occured that day, and I was glad of it; I took out of my pocket a little Homer I had not opened since… — Andre Gide
When I encounter a sunrise, a painting, a woman, or an idea that makes my heart bound like a young calf, then I know I… — Nikos Kazantzakis
...the person you encounter is often more than the person you see. — Clare Vanderpool
This was their first encounter with the fact that a full stomach meant good spirits; an empty one, bickering and gloom. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Dr. Fell, do you believe a man could become so obsessed with a woman, from a single encounter? Could he daily feel a stab of… — Thomas Harris
It is not necessarily at home that we best encounter our true selves. The furniture insists that we cannot change because it does not; the… — Alain de Botton
I encounter millions of bodies in my life; of these millions, I may desire some hundreds; but of these hundreds, I love only one. — Roland Barthes
To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail. — Abraham Maslow
The circumstances which a man encounters with suffering are the result of his own mental inharmony. — James Allen
The observations and encounters of a solitary, taciturn man are vaguer and at the same times more intense than those of a sociable man; his… — Thomas Mann
If I'm alone at home, I get increasingly restless, bothered by the idea that I'm missing some crucial encounter out there somewhere. But if I'm… — Kazuo Ishiguro
I wondered why I was so startled by the encounter when there was something that seemed utterly inevitable about the moment. Not in any grand,… — Emily Giffin
Our sadness won’t be of the searing kind but more like a blend of joy and melancholy: joy at the perfection we see before us,… — Alain de Botton
What do we mean by saying that existence precedes essence? We mean that man first of all exists, encounters himself, surges up in the world-and… — Jean-Paul Sartre
We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share. This is a precious moment, but it is transient.… — Deepak Chopra
Over the course of many encounters and many years, I have successfully developed a standard operating procedure for dealing with big, nasty monsters. Run away. — Jim Butcher

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