Grip Quotes

372 Grip quotes by 315 unique authors

Here we find the moat of thieves. And just as a lizard, with a quick, slick slither, Flicks across the highway from hedge to hedge,… — Dante Alighieri
You can't breathe dead hippo waking, sleeping, and eating, and at the same time keep your precarious grip on existence. — Joseph Conrad
Wisdom is not about what you know, but how you know it. If knowledge is a measure of the grasp an individual has of a… — Unknown Author
Those born blind cannot see; similarly blind are those in the grip of lust. Proud men have no perception of evil; and those bent on… — Chanakya
Our world spins upside down and sometimes we have to lose our grip on the things we value in this life in order to grab… — Jon Foreman
The decision to relax rather than to grip, even in the face of impatience or fear, is a conscious and brave choice. — B.K.S. Iyengar
Humans have been in the grip of pain for eons, ever since they fell from the state of grace, entered the realm of time and… — Eckhart Tolle
Convictions are not merely beliefs we hold; they are those beliefs that hold us in their grip. — Albert Mohler
My preference for clear structures is the result of my desire - perhaps illusory - to keep track of things and maintain my grip on… — Andreas Gursky
Families hold each other in an iron grip of definition. One must break the grip, somehow. — Paula Fox
You most likely need a thesaurus, a rudimentary grammar book, and a grip on reality. This latter means: there's no free lunch. Writing is work.… — Margaret Atwood
One of the commonest mistakes and one of the costliest is thinking that success is due to some genius, some magic - something or other… — Maltbie Davenport Babcock
Eagleton has spent his life inside two mental boxes, Catholicism and Marxism, of both of which he is a severe internal critic—that is, he frequently… — A.C. Grayling
Jesus is moved to happiness every time He sees that you appreciate what He has done for you. Grip His pierced hand and say to… — Ole Hallesby
Am I prepared to let God grip me by His power and do a work in me that is worthy of Himself? Sanctification is not… — Oswald Chambers
When a caterpillar spins its cocoon, it goes through a transformative process and then emerges as a butterfly. Similarly, when we go through a practice… — Michael Beckwith
Who will take medicine unless he knows he is in the grip of disease? — C.S. Lewis
Let us keep a firm grip upon our money, for without it the whole assembly of virtues are but as blades of grass. — Bhartrhari
Meditation is a deliberate attempt to pierce into the higher states of consciousness and finally go beyond it. The art of meditation is the art… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
[...] intelligent people only have a certain amount of time (measured in subjective time spent thinking about religion) to become atheists. After a certain point,… — Eliezer Yudkowsky
Across the Atlantic, commercial therapy of all kinds provides so many more comfortable outlets for people when they are under pressure. The English tradition is… — Peter York
Be like a tree in pursuit of your cause. Stand firm, grip hard, thrust upward. Bend to the winds of heaven. And learn tranquility. — Richard St. Barbe Baker
New Orleans is not in the grip of a neurosis of a denied past; it passes out memories generously like a great lord; it doesn't… — Umberto Eco
Old soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries. — Douglas MacArthur
Only when all conceptions of space and time, life and death, are exploded, when the grip of the past and fear of the future become… — Alberto Villoldo

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