Outstretched Quotes

59 Outstretched quotes by 48 unique authors

Heroes didn't leap tall buildings or stop bullets with an outstretched hand; they didn't wear boots and capes. They bled, and they bruised, and their… — Jodi Picoult
Ignorance and prejudice are the handmaidens of propaganda. Our mission, therefore, is to confront ignorance with knowledge, bigotry with tolerance, and isolation with the outstretched… — Kofi Annan
The terrible thing about love is that it takes away your safety net, your balancing pole. Even the tightrope you walk upon will disappear beneath… — Christopher Barzak
Life was dense, dark, ancient. They watched Dean, serious and insane at his raving wheel, with eyes of hawks. All had their hands outstretched. They… — Jack Kerouac
Sometimes rescue comes to you. It just shows up, and you do nothing. Maybe you deserve it, maybe you don't. But be ready, when it… — Sara Zarr
It is when we try to grapple with another man's intimate need that we perceive how incomprehensible, wavering and misty are the beings that share… — Joseph Conrad
You - will - never - touch - our - children - again!' screamed Mrs. Weasley. Bellatrix laughed, the same exhilarated laugh her cousin Sirius… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
What more ghastly image can be called up than that of a man betrayed by his body who, simply because he did not die in… — Albert Camus
Charles de Foucauld, the found of the Little Brothers of Jesus, wrote a single sentence that's ahad a profound impact on my life. He said,… — Brennan Manning
Summer is a Latvian chicken. We make foolish choices. We think we’re young again. We run with outstretched arms toward an object of love and… — Gary Shteyngart
All right, then. Emergency medical situation, take two.” He leaped to his feet, staggered, keeled over, then lifted his head weakly. “Chloe? Is that you?”… — Kelley Armstrong
Behold! I am weary of my wisdom, like the bee that has gathered too much honey; I need hands outstretched to take it from me.… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Bidding the wizard farewell, he turned to his daughter, who held up her finger and said, “Daddy, look — one of the gnomes actually bit… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
We pass more women with swollen bellies hurrying towards the godshouse and Arjuro presses a kiss to Tariq's outstretched fingers. 'She's mocking me, runt of… — Melina Marchetta
Crow walked toward her, arms outstretched like a man in a dream, which he was, in a way. Sometimes a dream is enough. — Cinda Williams Chima
Right now there’s a man on the street outside my door with outstretched hands full of heartbeats no one can hear. He has cheeks like… — Andrea Gibson
We must apply our humble efforts to the construction of a more just and humane world. And I want to declare emphatically: Such a world… — Adolfo Perez Esquivel
Dwell not on the past. Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind. Nothing really matters except what you do now in this… — Eileen Caddy
It is hard being a football loather, a football unfan. I sometimes feel as lonely as the sole survivor in the last reel of a… — Craig Brown
The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The glory of friendship is not in the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is in the spiritual inspiration… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile...it's the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, Nor the kindly smile nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I did not know how it is going to be when I met you first, but I want to let you know that my hand… — Superman
There is a moment in her program . . . when she suddenly moves backwards so that her blonde hair flies forward and her arms… — Unknown Author

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