Soberly Quotes

28 quotes by 27 authors

Whatever we focus on is bound to expand. Where we see the negative, we call forth more negative. And where we see the positive, we… — Marianne Williamson
A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contently. — Benjamin Franklin
To overcome negative emotions, consulting intuition is always useful. How can it guide you. During nervous periods, it offers a more centered alternative to agitation.… — Judith Orloff
The philosopher is like a man fasting in the midst of universal intoxication. He alone perceives the illusion of which all creatures are the willing… — Henri Frederic Amiel
It is time for the truth to be brought out... Behind the scenes, high-ranking Air Force officers are soberly concerned about the UFOs. But through… — Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter
Stand up, on this Thanksgiving Day, stand upon your feet. Believe in man. Soberly and with clear eyes, believe in your own time and place.… — Phillips Brooks
How to get the best of it all? One must conquer, achieve, get to the top; one must know the end to be convinced that… — George Leigh Mallory
The wood-carver can fashion whatever he will. Yet his products are but toys of the moment, to be glanced at in jest, not fashioned according… — Murasaki Shikibu
Are you becoming more sweet-spirited, more like Jesus? Are you looking soberly in the mirror each day and praying, â€˜Lord, I want to conform to… — David Wilkerson
If death is truly a curse,' Spock said, as soberly as some power pronouncing a hundred years of sleep, but with a glint of private,… — Diane Duane
Cloning may be good and it may be bad. Probably it's a bit of both. The question must not be greeted with reflex hysteria but… — Richard Dawkins
Listen soberly: Just be 'I Am'; just stay here! ... There's nothing that can stop you from following this simple advice. — Mooji
Sorrow is God's plowshare that turns up and subsoils the depths of the soul, that it may yield richer harvests. If we had never fallen,… — Lettie Cowman
We cannot learn to love other tourists,-the laws of nature forbid it,-but, meditating soberly on the impossibility of their loving us, we may reach some… — Agnes Repplier
As from a star I saw, coldly and soberly, the separateness of everything. I felt the wall of my skin; I am I. That stone… — Sylvia Plath
If your news must be bad, tell it soberly and promptly. — Henry Howarth Bashford
All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly. — Moliere
A wiser rule would be to make up your mind soberly what you want, peace or war, and then to get ready for what you… — William Graham Sumner
When he ran from a cop, his transitions from accelerating walk to easy jog trot to brisk canter to headlong gallop to flogged-piston sprint .… — James Agee
Democracy doesn't require a whole lot of work of its citizens, but it requires some: It requires taking a good look outside once in a… — Matt Taibbi

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