Necessity Quotes

1320 Necessity quotes by 894 unique authors

A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity. — David Gemmell
Remember you come here having already understood the necessity of struggling with yourself — only with yourself. Therefore thank everyone who gives you the opportunity. — G I Gurdjieff
The reason death sticks so closely to life isn’t biological necessity – it’s envy. — Yann Martel
Is it possible to tell the truth in a society of lies? Or must you always, of necessity, become a liar? — Lauren Oliver
Guilt was a fascinating thing: it seemed not to weaken over time. If anything it grew stronger as the circumstances faded from memory, as the… — Michael Grant
How true is that necessity is the mother of invention, how very true. — Yann Martel
God's will is that none should perish. Judgement isn't His desire...but His necessity. The good must bring evil to an end, or else it would… — Jonathan Cahn
Christ alone, of all the philosophers, magicians, etc., has affirmed eternal life as the most important certainty, the infinity of time, the futility of death,… — Vincent Van Gogh
I usually take a walk after breakfast, write for three hours, have lunch and read in the afternoon. Demons don’t like fresh air - they… — Ingmar Bergman
My attitude is born out of necessity. I've made mistakes. I've made decisions I regretted. I know what it's like to live with regret. I… — Maya Banks
I was impressed for the ten thousandth time by the fact that literature illuminates life only for those to whom books are a necessity. Books… — Anthony Powell
Necessity used to be the mother of invention, but then we ran out of things that were necessary. The postmodern mother of invention is desire;… — Chuck Klosterman
I don't believe in "original sin." I don't believe in "guilt." I don't believe in villains or heroes - only right or wrong ways that… — Tennessee Williams
Vulnerability is not knowing victory or defeat, it’s understanding the necessity of both; it’s engaging. It’s being all in. — BrenÃ© Brown
She taught me all about real sacrifice. That it should be done from love... That it should be done from necessity, not without exhausting all… — Veronica Roth
Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one to take sides. We live in the age of the… — Oscar Wilde
No first step can be really great; it must of necessity possess more of prophecy than of achievement; nevertheless it is by the first step… — Unknown Author
No human being escapes the necessity of conceiving some good outside himself towards which his thought turns in a movement of desire, supplication, and hope. — Simone Weil
Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something else besides… — Eric Sevareid
Faith, like light, should always be simple and unbending; while love, like warmth, should beam forth on every side, and bend to every necessity of… — Martin Luther
There is a necessity for a regulating discipline of exercise that, whilst evoking the human energies, will not suffer them to be wasted. — Thomas de Quincey
By far the strongest poison to the human spirit is the inability to forgive oneself or another person. Forgiveness is no longer an option but… — Caroline Myss
Forgiveness is an absolute necessity for continued human existence. — Desmond Tutu
A democrat need not believe that the majority will always reach a wise decision. He should however believe in the necessity of accepting the decision… — Bertrand Russell
God makes the world not out of necessity but by a divine Whim, and the world he makes is a whimsically romantic place. We're all… — Robert Farrar Capon

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