Ordinary Quotes

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I like the world we've got. If there is anything special and magical, I have to find it in the ordinary stuff. — Graham Swift
Christianity makes of life a moral drama in which we play a starring role and in which the most ordinary events take on a grand… — Dinesh D'Souza
Eschew the ordinary, disdain the commonplace. If you have a single-minded need for something, let it be the unusual, the esoteric, the bizarre, the unexpected. — Chuck Jones
What separates an ordinary woman from an extraordinary one? The belief that she is ordinary. — Jody Williams
For me, the difference between an ‘ordinary’ and an ‘extraordinary’ person is not the title that person might have, but what they do to make… — Jody Williams
I think there’s a mythology that if you want to change the world, you have to be sainted, like Mother Teresa or Nelson Mandela or… — Jody Williams
There is a denial of the value of the individual. Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it. The individual is sacrificed… — Clement Attlee
In language that's lyrical and haunting, Cheryl Strayed writes about bliss and loss, about the kind of grace that startles and transforms us in ordinary… — Ursula Hegi
Ordinary people who faithfully, diligently, and consistently do simple things that are right before God will bring forth extraordinary results. — David A. Bednar
Never stop hoping for all of the righteous desires of your heart. But don't close your eyes and hearts to the simple and elegant beauties… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Success in investing doesn’t correlate with I.Q. Once you are above the level of 25; once you have ordinary intelligence, what you need is the… — Warren Buffett
These masters of the universe must be tamed in the interests of the ordinary families whose jobs and livelihoods are being put at risk... The… — Vince Cable
The church is only the church when it exists for others. To make a start, it should give away all its property to those in… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Everything has two aspects; the current aspect, which we see nearly always and which ordinary men see, and the ghostly and metaphysical aspect, which only… — Giorgio de Chirico
I'm intrigued by how ordinary behavior exists so close beside its opposite. — Richard Ford
I do not believe in evil- I believe that we are human and fallible, that we things and spoil them in an ordinary way. — Anne Enright
We are apt to mistake our vocation by looking out of the way for occasions to exercise great and rare virtues, and by stepping over… — Hannah More
If you don’t see the wonder in the most ordinary phenomenon, you’re not going to resonate very much. — Artie Shaw
And let me say this as a politician I can promise you this, political leaders will never take risks if the people do not push… — Barack Obama
The prizes go to those who meet emergencies successfully. And the way to meet emergencies is to do each daily task the best we can;… — William Feather
When we haven't the time to listen to each other's stories we seek out experts to tell us how to live. The less time we… — Rachel Naomi Remen
I'm starved for love. Not ordinary love but real love. The love that's like music or something. — J P Donleavy
The most striking about modern industry is that it requires so much and accomplishes so little. Modern industry seems to be inefficient to a degree… — E F Schumacher
One of the difficulties about interviewing people in Rwanda is that the country is trying to get on with ordinary life and some people just… — Tony Greig
When the ordinary thought of a highly cultivated people begins to regard 'having children' as a question of pro's and con's, the great turning point… — Oswald Spengler

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