Ours Quotes

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We all wanted what we wanted, and when the Lord fulfilled HIS purpose rather than ours, we struck out against him. In anger. In disappointment.… — Francine Rivers
We live in our own souls as in an unmapped region, a few acres of which we have cleared for our habitation; while of the… — Edith Wharton
Savages we call them, because their manners differ from ours, which we think the perfection of civility; they think the same of theirs. — Benjamin Franklin
What all these victims need above all is to know that they are not alone; that we are not forgetting them, that when their voices… — Elie Wiesel
My dear young fellow,' the Old-Green-Grasshopper said gently, 'there are a whole lot of things in this world of ours you haven't started wondering about… — Roald Dahl
Trust me, little one. Everyone makes mistakes. Even the gods, and ours are much worse than those of humans. Unlike humans, we don’t suffer alone.… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
No religion except ours has taught that man is born in sin; none of the philosophical sects has admitted it; none therefore has spoken the… — Blaise Pascal
I never go to weddings. Waste of time. Person can get married a dozen times. Lots of folks do. Family like ours, know everybody in… — Edna Ferber
We are given our place in time as we are given our eyes: weak, strong, clear, squinting, the thing is not ours to choose. Well,… — Gore Vidal
Grief is a curious thing, when it happens unexpectedly. It is a Band-aid being ripped away, taking the top layer off a family. And the… — Jodi Picoult
He’s ours now. Not made by evil, but birthed by human cruelty. (Mortent Leader) — Sherrilyn Kenyon
My skin prickled and I looked back at the ocean. None of us ask for the things we inherit; they are thrust upon us, willy-nilly.… — Aimee Friedman
And we could have all this,' she said. 'And we could have everything and every day we make it more impossible.' 'What did you say?'… — Ernest Hemingway
The love of God is a hard love. It demands total self-surrender, disdain of our human personality. And yet it alone can reconcile us to… — Albert Camus
Even as I speak, the very last polar bear may be dying of hunger on account of climate change, on account of us. And I… — Kurt Vonnegut
I never lied to you. (Kiara) Of course you did –you said you could see the real us– that we weren’t as bad as we… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Let no stranger intrude here, no invader trespass. This was ours, and this we would defend. — John Marsden
Why have I always been forbidden to touch him? (Stryker) Ours it not to question why. Ours is but to live or die. (Apollymi) — Sherrilyn Kenyon
The animal should not be measured by man. In a world older than ours they move finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the sense… — Henry Beston
Heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives! You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There… — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
Oh continue to love me - never misjudge the most faithful heart of your beloved. ever thine ever mine ever ours — Ludwig van Beethoven
But sometimes the world disrobes, slips its dress off a shoulder, stops time for a beat. If we look up at that moment, it's not… — Anne Michaels
I bring you a message from a friend of ours," she said quietly. "He wanted you to know that he's not dead. He can't be… — Brandon Sanderson
There may be more beautiful times, but this one is ours. — Jean-Paul Sartre
The continuity of life is never broken; the river flows onward and is lost to our sight, but under its new horizon it carries the… — John Greenleaf Whittier

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