Occasions Quotes

1024 Occasions quotes by 788 unique authors

When you're a caregiver, you need to realize that you've got to take care of yourself, because, not only are you going to have to… — Naomi Judd
Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak but they show what he is. — Thomas a Kempis
During my 40-year coaching career at West Point, Indiana and Texas Tech, my teams reached the Final Four on five occasions, winning the national championship… — Bobby Knight
Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand, poetry sinks and swoons under a moderate weight of prose. — Walter Savage Landor
The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the… — Abraham Lincoln
A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions. — James Russell Lowell
I love being alive so much. When you come out of comas in your childhood, every moment awake is a joyous occasion. — John Lydon
Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. — W. Somerset Maugham
Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them. — Orison Swett Marden
Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you just… — Orison Swett Marden
Christ appeared alive on several occasions after the cataclysmic events of that first Easter. — Josh McDowell
A commercial society whose members are essentially ascetic and indifferent in social ritual has to be provided with blueprints and specifications for evoking the right… — Marshall McLuhan
There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes his whole universe for a vast… — Herman Melville
Contraceptives should be used on every conceivable occasion. — Spike Milligan
I still suffer terribly from stage fright. I get sick with fear. Not every night, but at the beginning and on occasion - not necessarily… — Helen Mirren
All anger is not sinful, because some degree of it, and on some occasions, is inevitable. But it becomes sinful and contradicts the rule of… — Wilson Mizner
Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion. — Moliere
Before I took the veil, I was ornamented for the ceremony, and was clothed in a rich dress belonging to the Convent, which was used… — Maria Monk
I remember when I was in high school I didn't have a new dress for each special occasion. The girls would bring the fact to… — Marilyn Monroe
On occasion we need to make a second effort - and a third effort, and a fourth effort, and as many degrees of effort as… — Thomas S. Monson
The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions. — Baron de Montesquieu
On the one occasion where I did try writing a screenplay, I found the rewriting just unendurable. — Alan Moore
I'm a firm believer that lighting affects mood, and twinkly lights on strings bring something magical to occasions ranging from concerts to weddings, though I'm… — Erin Morgenstern
When I am traveling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during the night when I cannot sleep; it is on such… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Researchers who examined the voting records of wine judges found that 90 percent of the time they give inconsistent ratings to a particular wine when… — Nathan Myhrvold

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