Inviting Quotes

174 quotes by 161 authors

During the course of our life we now and then enjoy some pleasures so inviting, and have some encounters of so tender a nature, that… — Jean de la Bruyere
Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a… — Martha Graham
I think there is no better way to invite a human being to view their body differently than by inviting them to be an athlete,… — Alanis Morissette
It strikes me as bad manners for a magazine to accept one of my advertisements and then attack it editorially - like inviting a man… — David Ogilvy
Temptation is the devil looking through the keyhole. Yielding is opening the door and inviting him in. — Billy Sunday
If watching television doesn't hasten death, it surely manages to make death very inviting; for television so shamelessly sentimentalizes and romanticizes death that it makes… — John Irving
But the beginning of things, of a world especially, is necessarily vague, chaotic, and exceedingly disturbing. How few of us ever emerge from such beginning!… — Kate Chopin
Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction. — Anne Frank
I believe that we learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living,… — Martha Graham
If you use a colloquialism or a slang word or phrase, simply use it; do not draw attention to it by enclosing it in quotation… — William Strunk, Jr.
Every individual has to assume responsibility for his or her own actions, even the poor and the young. A social system that decrees otherwise is… — Tom Robbins
No one else has access to the world you carry around within yourself; you are its custodian and entrance. No one else can see the… — John O'Donohue
The book smelled dusty and old but also carried a sweet tang, a hint of something inviting. She opened to the first page and started… — Shannon Hale
He was walking into Faerie, in search of a fallen star, with no idea how he would find the star, nor how to keep himself… — Neil Gaiman
The voice of the sea is seductive, never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander in abysses of solitude. — Kate Chopin
Sometimes you walk past a pretty girl on the street there's something beyond beauty in her face, something warm and smart and inviting, and in… — Jonathan Tropper
Malachi scowled. "I don't remember the Clave inviting you into the Glass City, Magnus Bane." "They didn't," Magnus said. "Your wards are down." "Really?" the… — Cassandra Clare
[B]riefing is not reading. In fact it is the antithesis of reading. Briefing is terse, factual and to the point. Reading is untidy, discursive and… — Alan Bennett
I am inviting you to go deeper, to learn and to practice so that you become someone who has a great capacity for being solid,… — Nhat Hanh
Watching a coast as it slips by the ship is like thinking about an enigma. There it is before you, smiling, frowning, inviting, grand, mean,… — Joseph Conrad

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