Keeping Quotes

2075 Keeping quotes by 1572 unique authors

Life is a series of surprises and would not be worth taking or keeping if it were not. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Weetzie wished she could shake blue glitter around all of them - keeping them sparkling and safe. — Francesca Lia Block
There are means that cannot be excused. And I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice. I don't want… — Albert Camus
Happiness is the object and design of our existence; and will be the end thereof, if we pursue the path that leads to it; and… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
I hate this guy,” Ari muttered, keeping his head down “There’s a club,” I told him. “The Haters of ter Borcht Club. Have you gotten… — James Patterson
How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us, and keeping that picture in mind, we manage ourselves each… — Stephen Covey
I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters. — David Gerrold
He wanted to pay her; he thought women ought to be paid for keeping men from dying or going out of their minds. — Marguerite Duras
So it's back once more, back up the slope. Why do they always ruin my rope with their cuts? I felt so ready the other… — Rainer Maria Rilke
If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping… — Albert Einstein
She told me that every other step was just for me.' But that's only half of the dance,' I said. Yeah,' my father said. 'She… — Sherman Alexie
We knew the pain of winter rushing up your skirt, and the ache of keeping your knees together in class, and how drab and infuriating… — Jeffrey Eugenides
Billy had a framed prayer on his office wall which expressed his method for keeping going, even though he was unenthusiastic about living. A lot… — Kurt Vonnegut
My language limitations here are real. My vocabulary is adequate for writing notes and keeping journals but absolutely useless for an active moral life. If… — Grace Paley
Love like rain, can nourish from above, drenching couples with soaking joy. But sometimes, under the angry heat of life, love dries on the surface… — Mitch Albom
The painful things seemed like knots on a beautiful necklace, necessary for keeping the beads in place. — Anita Diament
I envied those who could believe in a God and I distrusted them. I felt they were keeping their courage up with a fable of… — Graham Greene
That there are men in all countries who get their living by war, and by keeping up the quarrels of Nations is as shocking as… — Thomas Paine
Not afraid of poverty and drabness and who is untouched by it, untouched by the drunkenness of her friends; (she) who judges, selects, discards people… — Anais Nin
Beautiful things grow to a certain height and then they fail and fade off, breathing out memories as they decay. And just as any period… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Dancing through life Swaying and sweeping And always keeping cool Life is faught less When you're thoughtless Those who don't try Never look foolish Dancing… — Stephen Schwartz
I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the most sacred--that of keeping their own nobleness, goodness, pure and… — Harriet Beecher Stowe
If we were not so single-minded about keeping our lives moving and for once could do nothing, perhaps a huge silence might interrupt this sadness… — Pablo Neruda
[M]an has been accustomed, ever since he was a boy, to having a dozen incompatible philosophies dancing about together inside his head. He doesn't think… — C.S. Lewis
Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature's laws wrong, it learned to walk without having feet.… — Tupac Shakur

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