Solely Quotes

505 Solely quotes by 418 unique authors

Hold still," my father would say, while I held the ship in the bottle and he burned away the strings he'd raised the mast with… — Alice Sebold
These are used solely for Blood Rites. (Leo) Is that like special ed? (Susan) — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Ross believed in past lives. Moreover, he believed that the person you fell in love with in each life was the same person you fell… — Jodi Picoult
Solely in the world of languages is the amateur of value. Well-intentioned sentences full of mistakes can still build bridges between people. — KatÃ³ Lomb
The world runs on from one folly to another; and the man who, solely from regard to the opinion of others, and without any wish… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I have not only labored solely for the benefit of others (receiving for myself a miserable pittance), but have been forced to model my thoughts… — Edgar Allan Poe
The value and quality of any love is determined solely by the lover himself. — Carson McCullers
How can love be worthy of its name if one selects solely the pretty things and leaves out the hardships? It is easy to enjoy… — Elif Safak
What moralists describe as the mysteries of the human heart are solely the deceiving thoughts, the spontaneous impulses of self-regard. The sudden changes in character,… — Honore de Balzac
The Master said, “If your conduct is determined solely by considerations of profit you will arouse great resentment. — Confucius
I often wondered whether any of the others grasped that I had done it solely to avoid looking a fool. — George Orwell
But yeah, Ann [Trason] insisted, running was romantic; and no, of course her friends didn't get it because they'd never broken through. For them, running… — Christopher McDougall
You can’t look too far ahead. Do that and you’ll lose sight of what you’re doing and stumble. I’m not saying you should focus solely… — Haruki Murakami
The fact that fashion goes out of fashion and then comes back into fashion based solely on what a few people somewhere think they can… — Randy Pausch
The first step in conforming our intellect to God's truth is to die to our vanity, pride, and craving for respect from colleagues and the… — Nancy Pearcey
I do not mean to mock or ridicule your life's work, for in one way at least it mimics my own: We have dedicated our… — Rick Yancey
Now let me be clear; millions of women around the world nurse their children beautifully for years without giving anybody else a hard time about… — Tina Fey
He had withdrawn solely for his own personal pleasure, only to be near to himself. No longer distracted by anything external, he basked in his… — Patrick SÃ¼skind
No man should go through life without once experiencing healthy, even bored solitude in the wilderness, finding himself depending solely on himself and thereby learning… — Jack Kerouac
No story has a beginning, and no story has an end. Beginnings and endings may be conceived to serve a purpose, to serve a momentary… — CaitlÃn R. Kiernan
Never let yourself be diverted, either by what you wish to believe, or what you think could have beneficent social effects if it were believed;… — Bertrand Russell
We repeat again: strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one’s balance in spite of them. Even with… — Carl von Clausewitz
The materialist is sure that history has been simply and solely a chain of causation, just as the [lunatic] is quite sure that he is… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
True prayer is done in secret, but this does not rule out the fellowship of prayer altogether, however clearly we may be aware of its… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
A stranger to myself and to the world, armed solely with a thought that negates itself as soon as it asserts, what is this condition… — Albert Camus

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