Occasion Quotes

728 Occasion quotes by 590 unique authors

The occasion is piled high with difficulty. We must rise to the occasion. — Abraham Lincoln
Thank you for your kind invitation. However, as a gay man, I must decline. I am deeply troubled by the current attitude toward and treatment… — Wentworth Miller
Many years ago I remember a famous actress explaining to me with perfect seriousness that before making an entrance she always stood aside to allow… — Noel Coward
Since Christ is the only way to the Father, in order to highlight His living and saving presence in the Church and the world, the… — Pope John Paul II
Miss not the occasion; by the forelock take that subtle power, the never-halting time. — William Wordsworth
Whatever evil befalls us, we ought to ask ourselves... how we can turn it into good. So shall we take occasion, from one bitter root,… — Leigh Hunt
Absolutely speaking, Do unto others as you would that they should do unto you is by no means a golden rule, but the best of… — Henry David Thoreau
Great men of action... never mind on occasion being ridiculous; in a sense it is part of their job, and at times they all are. — Oswald Mosley
Don't wait until you die to learn the warrior's way. Do it now, each night, just before you drift off to sleep. As you review… — Dan Millman
Life is short, and the Art long; the occasion fleeting; experience fallacious, and judgment difficult. The physician must not only be prepared to do what… — Hippocrates
On one occasion when [William] Smart found him engrossed with his fundamental theory, he asked Eddington how many people he thought would understand what he… — Arthur Eddington
He works in us and with us, not against us or without us; so that his assistance is an encouragement to the facilitating of the… — John Owen
And you will, by the dignity of your Conduct, afford occasion for Posterity to say, when speaking of the glorious example you have exhibited to… — George Washington
Islam brings hope and comfort to millions of people in my country, and to more than a billion people worldwide. Ramadan is also an occasion… — George W. Bush
Heaven, on occasion, half opens its arms to us; and that is the great moment. — Victor Hugo
Only three or four outs directly affect the outcome of any given game...One of the greatest challenges of pitching is to recognize these critical situations… — Tom Seaver
It has the property of detonating very violently in certain circumstances. On one occasion a small amount of ether solution of pyroglycerin condensed in a… — Unknown Author
There can be no doubt that smoking nowadays is largely a miserable automatic business. People use tobacco without ever taking an intelligent interest in it.… — J. B. Priestley
Cults and prophets proclaiming the imminent end of the world have been with us for several millenia, and it has been another sour sort of… — Daniel Dennett
We are not here just to survive and live long .... We are here to live and know life in it's multi-dimensions, to know life… — Rajneesh
If it were possible to make an accurate calculation of the evils which police regulations occasion, and of those which they prevent, the number of… — Wilhelm von Humboldt
To discipline ourselves through fasting brings us in tune with God, and fast day provides an occasion to set aside the temporal so that we… — Howard W. Hunter
On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one's mind. It becomes a pleasure. — Oscar Wilde
So I want to identify, if I can, the most important thing that we discover in life. At least, it is the most important thing… — Michael Kirby
I am sure that no one coming to this ceremony expected a High Court judge to use the occasion to talk about that four-letter word,… — Michael Kirby

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