When Things Quotes

644 quotes by 521 authors

The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on. — Robert Bloch
Sometimes when things get hard, we tend to set our sights on what's hard, that difficult thing that keeps us upset, and we turn our… — Walter Dean Myers
When things are at their blackest, I say to myself, 'Cheer up, things could be worse.' And sure enough, they get worse. — Robert Asprin
The greatness comes not when things go always good for you. But the greatness comes when you're really tested, when you take some knocks, some… — Richard M. Nixon
The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy… — Laura Ingalls Wilder
When things go right, I read. When things go wrong, I read more. — Sara Nelson
It is one of life's bitterest truths that bedtime so often arrives just when things are really getting interesting. — Daniel Handler
I will have nothing to do with a God who cares only occasionally. I need a God who is with us always, everywhere, in the… — Madeleine L'Engle
When things go wrong, you'll find they usually go on getting worse for some time; but when things once start going right they often go… — C.S. Lewis
In a way, it's nice to know that there are Greek gods out there, because you have somebody to blame when things go wrong. For… — Rick Riordan
Life is about moving, itâ€™s about change. And when things stop doing that theyâ€™re dead. — Twyla Tharp
When things are shaky and nothing is working, we might realize that we are on the verge of something. We might realize that this is… — Pema Chodron
It is not by great acts but by small failures that freedom dies. The sense of justice dies slowly in a people. They grow used… — Charles Morgan
There are two Newman's laws. The first one is "It is useless to put on your brakes when you're upside down." The second is "Just… — Paul Newman
But Anatole said suddenly, 'Don't expect God's protection in places beyond God's dominion. It will only make you feel punished. I'm warning you. When things… — Barbara Kingsolver
People sometimes say that the way things happen in the movies is unreal, but actually, it's the way things happen to you in life that's… — Andy Warhol
You can't just plan a moment when things get back on track, just as you can't plan the moment you lose your way in the… — Sarah Dessen
...I have noticed that when things happen in one's imaginings, they never happen in one's life, so I am curbing myself. — Dodie Smith
But if everything was always smooth and perfect, you'd get too used to that, you know? You have to have a little bit of disorganization… — Sarah Dessen
You don't become an 'artist' unless you've got something missing somewhere. Blaise Pascal called it a God-shaped hole. Everyone's got one but some are blacker… — Bono

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