Tense Quotes

252 quotes by 210 authors

As soon as you have a language that has a past tense and a future tense you're going to say, 'Where did we come from,… — Margaret Atwood
To talk to someone who does not listen is enough to tense the devil. — Pearl Bailey
I practice staying calm all the time, beginning with situations that aren't tense. — Martha Beck
Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense. — George Ade
A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. When the opponent expands, I… — Bruce Lee
Trust perfected is prayer perfected. Trust looks to receive the thing asked for and gets it. Trust is not a belief that God can bless… — Edward McKendree Bounds
Maybe as times get worse we get better. Our pain makes us feel other people's too; our fear lets us practice valor; we are tense,… — Nancy Gibbs
You cannot look at a sleeping cat and feel tense. — Jane Pauley
The silence of a shut park does not sound like the country silence; it is tense and confined. — Elizabeth Bowen
The body is consuming energy when tense, and restoring energy when it is relaxed. — Ronnie Lott
We had to be to the stadium at six o'clock for home games, and traffic was so bad it would take us an hour and… — Michael Jordan
Remember, don't start trying to relax; that is the most absurd thing in the world. And there are many stupid people writing books about relaxation.… — Rajneesh
Religion is not a result of something that you practice. Religion enters in you any moment you relax. Religion is a flowering of relaxation, not… — Rajneesh
Try to relax, and you will find out that you feel more tense than ever. Try harder and you will feel more tense and more… — Rajneesh
There is no possibility of relaxation if you have a mind and an ego; the ego is the center of the mind. You will be… — Rajneesh
Whenever you drop something by fight, it is never dropped. You can drop smoking by fighting, and then you will start doing something else which… — Rajneesh
You cannot stop smoking directly because it has many related things, implications. You are tense, and if you stop smoking you will start something else… — Rajneesh
For me, the best time to pray is the very moment a tense situation or an unspiritual attitude overtakes me. God the Holy Spirit is… — Billy Graham
What libraries give you is all three tenses - the past tense - the present tense in which we live and the future that we… — Pete Hamill
The accumulation of small, optimistic acts produces quality in our culture and in your life. Our culture resonates in tense times to individual acts of… — Jennifer James

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