Proper Quotes

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Proper praying is like a person who wanders through a field gathering flowers-one by one, until they make a beautiful bouquet. In the same manner,… — Nachman of Breslov
[Criticizing as "appalingly complacent" a Conservative Government report that by the '60s, Britain would be producing all the scientists needed] Of course we shall, if… — Harold Wilson
Just as our bodies need proper food to live and develop, our souls need love to blossom. The strength and nourishment that love can give… — Mata Amritanandamayi
Children, daily practice of yoga or sun salutations (surya-namaskara) is very good for health and for spiritual practice. Lack of proper exercise is the cause… — Mata Amritanandamayi
Married life, if lived with the proper love and understanding, helps awaken the feminine within a man, and the masculine within a woman. — Mata Amritanandamayi
I have a fear of poverty in old age. I have this vision of myself living in a skip and eating cat food. It's because… — Jenny Eclair
Whoever after due and proper warning shall be heard to utter the abominable word "Frisco", which has no linguistic or other warrant, shall be deemed… — Emperor Norton
I'm just one woman away, my mother, from being the same as Mike Tyson. I would've ended up like him if my mama had not… — Evander Holyfield
Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement. No sound ought to be heard in the church but the healing voice of Christian… — Edmund Burke
I have had the irreplaceable opportunity of learning my profession with the proper tools, the most important of which is not a pencil or a… — Moss Hart
There is a great gulf between the really creative person and normal people. The totally creative person does not have the rest of his life… — Caitlin Thomas
If Milosevic is to be tried, he has to be tried by a proper court, an impartial, properly constituted court which has international respect. — Harold Pinter
I never could get a proper job. — Tibor Fischer
... many a suicide might be averted if the person contemplating it could find the proper assistance when such a crisis impends. — Clifford Whittingham Beers
It is proper to ask for sorrow with Christ in sorrow, anguish with Christ in anguish, tears and deep grief because of the great affliction… — Ignatius Loyola
It is the same with revolution; so long as the proper spirit is spreading amongst our young men, we are satisfied that it spreads without… — Henry Lawson
Whether it's possible or not, being a doctor, you take an oath. To care for your patient, not to kill them. You take an oath… — Jermaine Jackson
Anger clearly has its proper place at work, which is neither wholly absent nor ever present. The manager who is an emotional blank is just… — Julian Baggini
The people on my mum's side of the family are atheist intellectuals who are ueber-proper. My dad's side of the family are missionaries who are… — Evangeline Lilly
Man may act according to that principle or inclination which for the present happens to be strongest, and yet act in a way disproportionate to,… — Joseph Butler

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