Summoned Quotes

72 quotes by 67 authors

Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity which lies hidden in a woman's heart, is startled to… — Henry Adams
Bring thyself to account each day ere thou art summoned to a reckoning; for death, unheralded, shall come upon thee and thou shalt be called… — BahÃ¡'u'llÃ¡h
But if these beings guard you, they do so because they have been summoned by your prayers. — Ambrose
Miracles are instantaneous, they cannot be summoned, but come of themselves, usually at unlikely moments and to those who least expect them. — Katherine Anne Porter
You have summoned me in my weakness. You must sustain me in your strength. — Franklin Pierce
The resolve to diet is most easily summoned on a full stomach. — Terry Rossio
I was summoned by my Country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love. — George Washington
All that is noble is in itself of a quiet nature, and appears to sleep until it is aroused and summoned forth by contrast. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There is always magic to be summoned at any point. I love to live in a world of magic, but not a fake world of… — Stevie Nicks
To speak of God, to think of God, is in every respect to show what one is made of. I have always wagered against God… — Andre Breton
I never consciously place symbolism in my writing. That would be a self-conscious exercise and self-consciousness is defeating to any creative act. Better to get… — Ray Bradbury
I limbered up just a little before entering the stadium, and even so I felt a twinge in my thigh, no doubt the fruit of… — Jules Ladoumegue
In the hero stories, the call to go on a journey takes the form of a loss, an error, a wound, an unexplainable longing, or… — David Richo
There is more real devotional feeling summoned from the temple of the mind by great music than by any sermon ever delivered. — Robert Green Ingersoll
The breakage and agony rending us today will be our salvation if they drive us by new routes to meet it. . . . As… — Helen Keller
The young remember most deeply.... When we are old and failing, it is the memories of childhood which can be summoned most clearly. — Dan Simmons
The soldier is summoned to a life of active duty and so is the Christian. — William Gurnall
Character cannot be summoned at the moment of crisis if it has been squandered by years of compromise and rationalization. The only testing ground for… — Dan Coats
I was surprised when shortly after New Year's Day of 1983, the Governor of Texas summoned me to his office, because I hadn't been aware… — James A. Michener
But I hope that by the decision and authority of wise princes that sometime devout and learned men from the churches of other nations and… — Philipp Melanchthon

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