Mere Quotes

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Just as drowning cannot be equated with swimming, mere existence is not the same as abundant life. We have been offered a new way to… — Jon Foreman
For a while in my teens, I was sure I had it. It was about getting to heaven. If heaven existed and lasted forever, then… — Alan Alda
Today Jesus Christ is being dispatched as the Figurehead of a Religion, a mere example. He is that, but he is infinitely more; He is… — Oswald Chambers
Constant labor of one uniform kind destroys the intensity and flow of a man's animal spirits, which find recreation and delight in mere change of… — Karl Marx
I can't tell if a straw ever saved a drowning man, but I know that a mere glance is enough to make dspair pause. For… — Joseph Conrad
When we understand the outside of things, we think we have them. Yet the Lord puts his things in subdefined, suggestive shapes, yielding no satisfactory… — George MacDonald
You know, I think that allowing somebody, one mere person to believe that he or she is like, the vessel you know, like the font… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Has God decreed all things that come to pass? Then there is nothing that falls out by chance, nor are we to ascribe what we… — Thomas Boston
There is a witchery in the sea, its songs and stories, and in the mere sight of a ship, and the sailor's dress, especially to… — Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
No longer mere earthbeings and planetbeings are we, but bright children of the stars! And together we shall dance in and out of ten billion… — Sid Meier
Until Jesus Christ is the obsession of your heart, you'll always be looking to mere men to meet your needs that only Him can fill.… — Leslie Ludy
It should be emphasized that the balagtasan also served a higher social and political function. More than mere entertainment, it enhanced the tradition role of… — Unknown Author
Bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. Take what I cannot give - my heart, body, thoughts, time, abilities, money, health, strength,… — Elizabeth Prentiss
In my fantasies, I was always caught up in heroic struggles, and I saw myself saving lives, sacrificing myself for others. I had far loftier… — Irene Gut Opdyke
Have you ever wondered, perhaps, why opinions which the majority of people quite naturally hold are, if anyone dares express them publicly, denounced as 'controversial,… — Enoch
But nothing will persuade me that the mere fact of being in a place is enough in itself to justify the effort of getting out… — Jenny Diski
Lists help us manage the chaos of our livesâ€”to impose order, if only for a moment. Writing a list clears the mind. â€¦ Once everything… — Sasha Cagen
You will be surprised to learn how some very knowing people have misunderstood Plotto. On glancing at it, some of the intelligentia have jumped at… — William Wallace Cook
Their task [creative artists], therefore, is to communicate directly from one inward world to another, in such a way that an actual shock of experience… — Joseph Campbell
The state of mind must be belief, not mere hope or wish. Open-mindedness is essential for belief. Closed minds do not inspire faith, courage, and… — Napoleon Hill

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