We Set Quotes
142 quotes by 125 authors
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Stories are like genies...They can carry us into and though our sorrows. Sometimes they burn, sometimes they dance, sometimes they weep, sometimes they sing. Like…
— Francesca Lia Block
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We don't set out to save the world; we set out to wonder how other people are doing and to reflect on how our actions…
— Pema Chodron
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When we set out on the path, we always have a fairly clear idea of what we hope to find. Women are generally seeking their…
— Paulo Coelho
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We set this house on fire forgetting that we live within.
— Jim Harrison
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We almost made it to thirty seconds without an insult. I think we set a new record.
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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Wherever we go we do harm, forgiving ourselves as wheels do cement for wearing each other out. We set this house on fire, forgetting that…
— Jim Harrison
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A journey, after all, neither begins in the instant we set out, nor ends when we have reached our door step once again. It starts…
— Ryszard Kapuscinski
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AS SOMBRAS DA ALMA. THE SHADOWS OF THE SOUL. The stories others tell about you and the stories you tell about yourself: which come closer…
— Pascal Mercier
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We may have a perfectly adequate way of doing something, but that does not mean there cannot be a better way. So we set out…
— Edward de Bono
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Our only limitations are those we set up in our own minds
— Napoleon Hill
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By choosing recovery and risking to be real, we set the healthy boundaries that say, "I am in charge of my recovery and my life,…
— Unknown Author
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But when we set out to understand somebody’s inside? Is that a trip that ever ends? Is the soul a place of facts? Or are…
— Pascal Mercier
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Caesar Flickerman asks if the president has a date in mind. "Oh, before we set a date, we better clear it with Katniss's mother," says…
— Suzanne Collins
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Until we have the courage to recognize cruelty for what it is -- whether its victim is human or animal -- we cannot expect things…
— Rachel Carson
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I was driven to Whipsnade one sunny morning. When we set out I did not believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God, and…
— C.S. Lewis
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In general, lives seem to veer abruptly from one thing to another, to jostle and bump, to squirm. A person heads in one direction, turns…
— Paul Auster
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What is the use of Christ's words, unless we set an example?
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending. We've done just what we set out to do. Thanks to the lovers,…
— Jim Henson
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No story has a beginning, and no story has an end. Beginnings and endings may be conceived to serve a purpose, to serve a momentary…
— CaitlÃn R. Kiernan
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We set no special value on the possession of a virtue until we percieve that it is entirely lacking in our adversary.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
Who Wrote These We Set Quotes
125 authors contributed a total of 142 We Set Quotes, led by these top contributors: