Quickens Quotes
33 quotes by 30 authors
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The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens…
— Amos Bronson Alcott
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When we invite the Holy Ghost to fill our minds with light and knowledge, He "quickens" us, that is to say, enlightens and enlivens the…
— Keith K. Hilbig
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Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.
— Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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The heart is the household divinity which, discharging its function, nourishes, cherishes, quickens the whole body, and is indeed the foundation of life, the source…
— William Harvey
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My special cause, the one that alerts my interest and quickens the pace of my life, is to preserve the wildflowers and native plants that…
— Lady Bird Johnson
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Jesmyn Ward returns to the world of her first two books, but here in the mode of non-fiction. A clear-eyed witness to the harrowing stories…
— Nicholas Delbanco
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The ordinances do not impart eternal life to the believer, but they do confirm, strengthen, and heighten our awareness and enjoyment of that life. The…
— Sam Storms
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Not just any talk is conversation; not any talk raises consciousness. Good conversation has an edge: it opens your eyes to something, quickens your ears.…
— James Hillman
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Absence in love is like water upon fire; a little quickens, but much extinguishes it.
— Hannah More
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Short absence quickens love; long absence kills it.
— Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
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A criminal trial is like a Russian novel: it starts with exasperating slowness as the characters are introduced to a jury, then there are complications…
— Clifford Irving
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The bath soothes the nerves. It promotes general perspiration, quickens the circulation, overcomes obstruction in the system, and acts beneficially on the kidneys and the…
— Ellen G. White
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Sinners in their natural state lie dead, lifeless, and moveless; they can no more believe in Christ, nor repent, than a dead man can speak…
— Thomas Boston
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The BIBLE redirects my will, cleanses my emotions, enlightens my mind, and quickens my total being
— E. Stanley Jones
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If we lean into what we love instead of soldiering toward what we 'should,' our pace quickens, our energy rises, optimism sets in. What we…
— Julia Cameron
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The way a good rod first flexes and then extends its muscles as the line quickens, tightens, rises off the water and does figure eights…
— John Hillaby
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It seems like what happens when we play games is that we go into a psychological state called eustress, or positive stress. It's basically the…
— Jane McGonigal
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One by one the objects are defined? It quickens: clarity, outline of leaf But now the stark dignity of entrance?Still, the profound change has come…
— William Carlos Williams
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Any glimpse into the life of an animal quickens our own and makes it so much the larger and better in every way.
— John Muir
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Any glimpse into the life of an animal quickens our own and makes it so much the larger and better in every way." ... "Surely…
— John Muir
Who Wrote These Quickens Quotes
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