Often Happens Quotes

57 quotes by 52 authors

We are trying not so much to make God listen to us as to make ourselves listen to him; we are trying not to persuade… — William Barclay
It often happens that we pray God to deliver us from some dangerous temptation, and yet God does not hear us but permits the temptation… — Alphonsus Liguori
Necessity is not the mother of invention. Knowledge and experiment are its parents. It sometimes happens that successful search is made for unknown materials to… — Willis R. Whitney
The research worker, in his efforts to express the fundamental laws of Nature in mathematical form, should strive mainly for mathematical beauty. He should take… — Paul Dirac
As so often happens in philosophy, clever people accept a false general principle on a priori grounds and then devote endless labour and ingenuity to… — C. D. Broad
Great achievement often happens when our backs are up against the wall. Pressure can actually enhance your performance. — Robin Sharma
The Achaeans soon experienced, as often happens, that a victorious and powerful ally is but another name for a master. — Alexander Hamilton
It quite often happens that the old man is subject to the delusion of a great moral renewal and rebirth, and from this experience he… — Friedrich Nietzsche
It often happens that the universal belief of one age, a belief from which no one was free or could be free without an extraordinary… — John Stuart Mill
It often happens that those of whom we speak least on earth are best known in heaven. — Nicolas Caussin
Domestic violence can be so easy for people to ignore, as it often happens without any witnesses and it is sometimes easier not to get… — Honor Blackman
As so often happens with Washington scandals, it isn't the original scandal that gets people in the most trouble - it's the attempted cover-up. — Tom Petri
When John Heartfield and I invented photomontage in my South End studio at five o'clock on a May morning in 1916, neither of us had… — George Grosz
In fact, I think that our society expects schools to get students to the point where they do things only for outside rewards. People who… — Kirsten Olson
It often happens that the quotations constitute the most valuable part of a book. — Vicesimus Knox
As so often happens in politics, what appears to be politically expedient for those in power rarely overlaps with the public interest. The lesser evils… — Jason Stearns
As often happens during a war, some parts of the country prospered, notwithstanding the constant loss. — Albert Bushnell Hart
It often happens that a man develops a deeper love and friendship with his pet cat or dog than he does with most of the… — Henry David Thoreau
It often happens that, if a lie be believed only for an hour, it has done its work, and there is no further occasion for… — Jonathan Swift
It often happens to children - and sometimes to gardeners - that they are given gifts of value of which they do not perceive until… — Wayne Winterrowd

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