Ordinary Quotes

2227 Ordinary quotes by 1506 unique authors

To the non-initiate, whose experience of sexuality and bodily pleasure may be distorted by negative cultural conditioning, the introduction of sexuality into a sacred context… — Zeena Schreck
It seems so tragic to me that so many filmmakers are making movies up against this extra-ordinary revolution with one eye closed and two hands… — Peter Greenaway
Our perspective is what holds the key to whether the solution is ordinary or extraordinary. — Dewitt Jones
Creativity is the ability to look at the ordinary and see the extraordinary. — Dewitt Jones
Surrender your will to Him. Unconditionally. Withhold nothing. Turn it all over to Him; all of your desires, wishes, dreams and hopes. Trust in Him.… — Lawrence E. Corbridge
All truth is very ordinary. It is peoples' fantasies of what is true that is so extraordinary. — Brian Perkins
Photography is an art of observation - it's about creating something extraordinary out of the ordinary. You choose a frame and then wait until the… — Elliott Erwitt
Do ordinary things with extraordinary love. — Mother Teresa
I don’t think there is any such thing as an ordinary mortal. Everybody has his own possibility of rapture in the experience of life. All… — Joseph Campbell
Valentine's Day is devoted to love. Why don't we have a day devoted to hatred? The raw, visceral hatred that is felt every hour of… — George Carlin
To me there is nothing complicated about ordinary equality. — Alice Paul
Holiness doesn't mean doing extraordinary things, but doing ordinary things with love and faith. — Pope Francis
It takes no effort to be ordinary. Ordinary is not even a challenge. You can do nothing and be ordinary. — Bernard Hopkins
Nor was I the only one struggling.To live an ordinary life, like any ordinary person, must have been the vain dream of countless others. — Sayo Masuda
When we trust our creativity we encounter a supreme kind of enjoyment - an amazement at the natural unfolding of life beyond our ordinary way… — Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
Your life is something opaque, not transparent, as long as you look at it in an ordinary human way. But if you hold it up… — Albert Schweitzer
The impression that you are a demigod worried me. I wanted to be like an ordinary human being with virtues and vices. — Nelson Mandela
Nothing extraordinary is achieved through ordinary means. — Scott Belsky
We have the idea that God is going to do some exceptional thing- that He is preparing and equipping us for some extraordinary work in… — Oswald Chambers
The real art is not to come up with extraordinary clever words but to make ordinary simple words do extraordinary things. To use the language… — Graham Swift
What people sometimes interpret as quirky is my attempt to subvert the concept of luxury by introducing elements that are considered ordinary or commonplace. — Miuccia Prada
In the most ordinary terms, egolessness is a flexible identity. It manifests as inquisitiveness , as adaptability, as humor, as playfulness. It is our capacity… — Pema Chodron
When ordinary people wake up, elites begin to tremble in their boots. They can't get away with their abuse. They can't get away with subjection.… — Cornel West
In ordinary life, we are not aware of the unity of all things, but divide the world into separate objects and events. This division is… — Fritjof Capra
If our children are going to walk away from Christ, we need to raise them in such a way that they understand that to walk… — Erwin McManus

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