Understand Why Quotes

614 quotes by 492 authors

So we make stories of our own, in fevered and envious imitation of our Maker, hoping that we'll tell, by chance, what God left untold.… — Clive Barker
But if you believe yourself worthy of the thing you fought so hard to get, then you become an instrument of God, you help the… — Paulo Coelho
I can't understand why I flunked American history. When I was a kid there was so little of it. — George Burns
I never meant to call you Mudblood, it just-" Lily: "Slipped out? Itâ€™s too late. Iâ€™ve made excuses for you for years. None of my… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
People, he thought, were as hungry for a sight of joy as he had always been--for a moment's relief from that gray load of suffering… — Ayn Rand
Anyone who has chanced like me to roam through desolate mountains and studied at length their fantastic shapes and drunk the invigorating air of their… — Mikhail Lermontov
I donâ€™t understand why they trippinâ€™, If you ask me, Flow is just as nice as, I admit the propane, I just spit, probably, Just… — Kanye West
Haters are confused admirers who canâ€™t understand why everybody else likes you — Paulo Coelho
Louis-Cesareâ€™s anger suddenly filled the small room like water, and in a heartbeat his eyes went from silver tinged to as solid as two antique… — Karen Chance
We all, sometimes, leave each other there under the skies, and we never understand why. — Truman Capote
I cannot understand why my arm is not a lilac tree. — Leonard Cohen
Even at the age of eight she would fall asleep by pressing one hand into the other and making believe she was holding the hand… — Milan Kundera
I am at a loss to understand why people hold Miss Austen's novels at so high a rate, which seem to me vulgar in tone,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Familiarity breeds contempt. By bringing them in close, they realize that youâ€™re just as human as they are. Thatâ€™s when the madness sets in. They… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from the inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us.… — Mitch Albom
I don't understand why it's a sin if you love something and want to keep it from having to suffer. — Jodi Picoult
All you have to do is desire it, and if you desire it enough and understand why -- really know -- it will come. — Alice Sebold
People didn't change. they liked what they liked even if they didn't understand why. — Nicholas Sparks
Everything will happen as was written by the Lord," replied the prophet. "There are moments when tribulations occur in our lives, and we cannot avoid… — Paulo Coelho
Unless I understand the Cross, I cannot understand why my commitment to what is right must be precedence over what I prefer. — Ravi Zacharias

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