Fitting Quotes
256 quotes by 241 authors
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Lent is a fitting time for self-denial; we would do well to ask ourselves what we can give up in order to help and enrich…
— Pope Francis
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We have no right to judge where we should be put, or to have preconceived notions as to what God is fitting us for. God…
— Oswald Chambers
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One symptom of his (Hitler) being strangely at variance with reality, or the nature of things,was his gift for wearing inappropriate of ludicrous clothing...When he…
— A. N. Wilson
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It is the dictate of history to bring to the fore the kind of leaders who seize the moment, who cohere the wishes and aspirations…
— Nelson Mandela
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Good writing ... involves the agony of turning profoundly difficult thoughts into lucid form, then forcing them into the tight-fitting uniform of language, making them…
— Pat Conroy
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Right now I'm not fitting into the coach's plans and so I just want to make sure I can do the best I can and…
— Danny Cipriani
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The work of the inventor consists of conceptualizing, combining, and ordering what is possible according to the laws of nature. This inner working out which…
— Friedrich Dessauer
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It is fitting for a great nation to yield.
— Laozi
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From my birth I have aspired like the eagle - but unlike the eagle, my wings have failed. . . . Congratulate me then that…
— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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I see the Christian world like this: we've inherited a divided map of the truth, and each of us has a piece. Our traditions teach…
— Michael Spencer
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To be alone by being part of the universe-fitting in completely to an environment of woods and silence and peace. Everything you do becomes a…
— Thomas Merton
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It's quite fitting that Slash is getting a star on the very street Axl Rose will one day be sleeping on,
— Charlie Sheen
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The research included neutron resonance spectroscopy, the angular distribution of pion elastic and inelastic scattering on nuclei with optical model fitting.
— James Rainwater
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I spent most of my career, including my time at McKinsey, never acknowledging that I was a woman. And, you know, fast forward - I'm…
— Sheryl Sandberg
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With Usura With usura hath no man a house of good stone each block cut smooth and well fitting.
— Ezra Pound
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... we grapple with this 'law of sin' (Rom. 8:2) and expel it from our body, establishing in its place the surveillance of the intellect.…
— Gregory Palamas
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...the title 'Righteousness' is given to God because He assigns what is appropriate to all things; he distributes their due proportion, beauty, rank, arrangement, their…
— Pope Dionysius
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The vast majority of the population seems to look down their noses upon self-reliance as some quaint dusty relic, entertained only by the hyperparanoid or…
— Cody Lundin
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Wear your ego like a loose fitting garment.
— Gautama Buddha
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One good thing that comes from living the nomadic life demanded by an expedition is that one sheds the fake skin donned from living too…
— Karen Hawkins
Who Wrote These Fitting Quotes
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