Stretch Quotes

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To-day the whole Christian world prostrates itself in adoration around the crib of Bethlehem and rehearses in accents of love a history which precedes all… — James Gibbons
The earth's distances invite the eye. And as the eye reaches, so must the mind stretch to meet these new horizons. I challenge anyone to… — Hal Borland
To me there is something completely and satisfyingly restful in that stretch of sea and sand, sea and sand and sky - complete peace, complete… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
If an artist tries consciously to do something to others, it is to stretch their eyes, their thoughts, to something they would not see or… — Henry Moore
A tough manager will have realistic quotas for his employees that he keeps to himself and aggressively stretch quotas, anywhere from ten percent higher to… — Twyla Tharp
If I stretch my arms and wonder where my fingers are - that is all the space I need as a painter. — Willem de Kooning
If you get a certain amount of notoriety for doing something, and you can stick to that type of project for the rest of your… — Clint Eastwood
One must develop skills that stretch capacities, that make one more than what one is. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
If you don't set your writing - teaching - at a level that makes them stretch, they are never going to develop their intellectual muscle. — M H Abrams
A modeled form is less striking than one which is not. Modeling prevents shock and limits movement to the visual depth. Without modeling or chiaroscuro… — Joan Miro
Some of us awake in the night with strange phantasms of enchanted hills and gardens, of fountains that sing in the sun, of golden cliffs… — H P Lovecraft
I marvel that whereas the ambitious dreams of my self, Caesar, and Alexander should have vanished into thin air, a Judean peasant-Jesus-s hould be able… — Napoleon Bonaparte
Marriage is not a static state between two unchanging people. Marriage is a psychological and spiritual journey that begins in the ecstasy of attraction, meanders… — Harville Hendrix
Jump out of bed and I stumble to the kitchen, pour myself a cup of ambition and yawn and stretch and try to come alive. — Dolly Parton
O love, whose lordly hand Has bridled my desires, And raised my hunger and my thirst To dignity and pride, Let not the strong in… — Khalil Gibran
You must have the discipline and temperament to resist your impulses. Human beings have precisely the wrong instincts when it comes to the markets. If… — Irving Kahn
Doubtless almost any intense emotion may open our 'inward eye' to the beauty of reality. Falling in love appears to do it for some people.… — Margaret Prescott Montague
We often say God is never late, but generally He isnâ€™t early either. Why? Because He uses times of waiting to stretch our faith in… — Joyce Meyer
If people really want to go, and really try all their lives, I think they will get in; for I don't believe there are any… — Louisa May Alcott
People never grasp the fact that they're going to have to go through the same thing again. They get to the sort of five-year stretch… — John Lennon

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