Persists Quotes

97 quotes by 87 authors

At the beginning of a novel, a writer needs confidence, but after that what's required is persistence. These traits sound similar. They aren't. Confidence is… — Walter Kirn
In the midst of death life persists, in the midst of untruth, truth persists, in the midst of darkness light persists. — Mahatma Gandhi
What you resist persists. And only what you look at, and own, can disappear. You make it disappear by simply changing your mind about it. — Neale Donald Walsch
There's no question that Saddam Hussein is a threat to the United States and to our allies. If Saddam persists in thumbing his nose at… — Howard Dean
It is out of fashion in these days to look backward rather than forward. About the only American given to it is some unreconstructed Southerner,… — John Crowe Ransom
There is a strange kind of tragic enigma associated with the problem of racism. No one, or almost no one, wishes to see themselves as… — Albert Memmi
Yoga is as old and traditional as civilization, yet it persists in modern society as a means to achieving essential vitality. But yoga demands that… — B.K.S. Iyengar
... in the midst of death life persists ... — Mahatma Gandhi
I believe that the sum total of the energy of mankind is not to bring us down but to lift us up, and that is… — Mahatma Gandhi
I have found that life persists in the midst of destruction and, therefore, there must be a higher law than that of destruction. Only under… — Mahatma Gandhi
The poet is born with the capacity of arranging words in such a way that something of the quality of the graces and inspirations he… — Aldous Huxley
Revolutionaries are rarely motivated primarily by material considerations-though the illusion that they are persists in the West. — Henry A. Kissinger
Where anti-Semitism persists, the well being of all our people is at risk. — Paul Sarbanes
There is a feeling which persists in England that making a sandwich interesting, attractive, or in any way pleasant to eat is something sinful that… — Douglas Adams
What does it mean to be Catholic and not a Catholic? I feel adrift, homeless. My Catholic imagination allows me to see the soul as… — Julianna Baggott
The universal line of distinction between the strong and the weak is that one persists; the other hesitates, falters, trifles, and at last collapses or… — Edwin Percy Whipple
The extreme rarity of transitional forms in the fossil record persists as a trade secret of Paleontology. Evolutionary trees that adorn our textbooks have data… — Stephen Jay Gould
It is no surprise that the Republican-controlled Senate intelligence committee has once again caved in to the wishes of the White House and refused even… — Harry Reid
Eternity' is there, We say, as of a station. Meanwhile, he is so near, He joins me in my Ramble? Divides abode with me? No… — Emily Dickinson
The fear of death is the fear of the end of an illusion; so long as the illusion persists so long will the fear remain. — Christmas Humphreys

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