Visitation Quotes

34 quotes by 30 authors

Metaphysical ghosts cannot be killed, because they cannot be touched; but they may be dispelled by dispelling the twilight in which shadows and solidities are… — George Henry Lewes
A generous prayer is never presented in vain; the petition may be refused, but the petitioner is always, I believe, rewarded by some gracious visitation. — Robert Louis Stevenson
I couldn't have foreseen all the good things that have followed my mother's death. The renewed energy, the surprising sweetness of grief. The tenderness I… — Mary Schmich
Open your heart, your gaze, to the visitations of angels, even if the gifts they bring may not be centeredness and balance but eccentricity and… — James Hillman
We would like otherworldly visitations to come as distinct voices with clear instructions, but they may only give small signs in dreams, or as sudden… — James Hillman
When the Irishman is found outside of Ireland in another environment, he very often becomes a respected man. The economic and intellectual conditions that prevail… — James Joyce
The poet is at the disposal of the night. His role is humble, he must clean house and await its due visitation. — Jean Cocteau
Visitation Street is urban opera writ large. Gritty and magical, filled with mystery, poetry and pain, Ivy Pochodaâ€™s voice recalls Richard Price, Junot Diaz, and… — Dennis Lehane
Sleep is the gateway to those nightly visitations of the irrational. — Gayle Greene
Destruction was effected after visitation, for visitation always precedes. — Emanuel Swedenborg
No one who has any self-respect stays in Ireland, but flees afar as though from a country that has undergone the visitation of an angered… — James Joyce
The Lord's visitations of distinguished favor are always to the diligent. That great men may not be ashamed of honest vocations, the greatest that have… — Elias Lyman Magoon
The inspiration for the book came after a visitation from a spiritual being that materialized before me on two consecutive nights. Although I crumpled into… — Brad Steiger
Revival is the visitation of God which brings to life Christians who have been sleeping and restores a deep sense of God's near presence and… — J I Packer
I saw a young sister, just before this service; and I said to her, "When did you find the Lord?" She replied, "It was when… — Charles Spurgeon
The crowning blessing of a true visitation of the Holy Spirit is a mighty harvest for the kingdom of God. — Arthur Wallis
The humble, simple souls, who are little enough to see the bigness of God in the littleness of a Babe, are therefore the only ones… — Fulton J. Sheen
Are there not hours of an immortal birth,â€” Bright visitations from a purer sphere, That cannot live in language? Is there not A mood of… — Robert Montgomery
I thought The Visitation was good fun. We did some of that filming at Ealing on the big set. — Sarah Sutton
It was a world that I wanted to record because it was such a miracle visitation to me. — Laurie Lee

Who Wrote These Visitation Quotes

30 authors contributed a total of 34 Visitation Quotes, led by these top contributors: