Aspire Quote by Sheila Hancock Download Open image “I'm not a good Quaker, really I'm not, but it's a lovely thing to aspire to.” — Sheila Hancock ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Aspire Good Lovely Quaker Really
The Quaker upbringing was not strict, but it was frugal. Extremely frugal. One was always encouraged to give away one's worldly goods. — Kathy Baker Copy Share Image
Our Quakers love us. We're big with the Quakers. It's all about cleanliness. — Kyan Douglas Copy Share Image
While I deplored and denounced the incivilities of Quakerism in my day (such as the going naked in public by some at sundry times),… — Roger Williams Copy Share Image
I come of Quaker stock. My ancestors were persecuted for their beliefs. Here they sought and found religious freedom. By blood and conviction I… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
That which the people called Quakers lay down as a main fundamental in religion is this- That God, through Christ, hath placed a principle in every man, to inform him of his duty, and to enable him to do it; and that those that live up to this principle are the people of God, and those that live in disobedience… — William Penn Copy Share
Above all, it was the style of Quakerism I was brought up with - an aggressive contempt for popular opinion. The assumption is that… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
We must frankly confess, then, using our empirical common sense and ordinary practical prejudices, that in the world that actually is, the virtues of sympathy, charity, and non-resistance may be, and often have been, manifested in excess. ... You will agree to this in general, for in spite of the Gospel, in spite of Quakerism, in spite of Tolstoi, you… — William James Copy Share
My grandfather was a practising Quaker. My father was a nihilist. But nihilism, if you like, is the beginning of faith anyway. — Sebastian Horsley Copy Share Image
However, ironically, I was baptized Presbyterian, and went to a Quaker school for twelve years — Brian De Palma Copy Share Image
Neither of my parents went to church, but they did everything that you needed to do to be Christian. That's something a Quaker would… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I was this sort of floozy in 'The Rag Trade,' and 'Mr Digby Darling,' and 'Now, Take My Wife' - the titles say it… — Sheila Hancock Copy Share Image
You're never going to get 2,400 people a night for a play. I'm sorry, you really aren't. — Sheila Hancock Copy Share Image
I can't think of anybody among the greats who isn't constantly looking at themselves and feeling dissatisfied. You're greedy in this business: always wanting… — Sheila Hancock Copy Share Image
On 'The X Factor,' they deliberately have people on that are awful just to laugh at them. — Sheila Hancock Copy Share Image
My new catchphrase is: 'Pull yourself together.' I've done the inner child, I've had analysis, I've decided that unless you're mentally ill and need… — Sheila Hancock Copy Share Image
In the old days I'd like to have been a politician, when I think the world was more idealistic. When I was young I… — Sheila Hancock Copy Share Image
There isn't a carer in the world who doesn't say, 'I hate it. My life is being ruined. I didn't see my life like… — Sheila Hancock Copy Share Image
I was struck during the Brexit debate by how little discussion there was about the origins of the concept of a united Europe. — Sheila Hancock Copy Share Image
I have never met anybody who can change their point of view as easily as me. It's profoundly embarrassing. — Sheila Hancock Copy Share Image
I cannot pass by seeing a child shouted at, and people dropping litter. I'm terrible for intervening. There's nothing worse than busybodies like me.… — Sheila Hancock Copy Share Image
I don't want my daughters reading about the day I was furious with one of them and said something horrible, that I didn't mean,… — Sheila Hancock Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
Vow to be valiant. Resolve to be radiant. Determine to be dynamic. Strive to be sincere. Aspire to be attuned. — William Arthur Ward Copy Share Image
“No one has any right to tell you that the way you perceive yourself is wrong. Because by doing so, they also discourage the… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
I love it when television is shot in a cinematic way and I think to aspire to that is no bad thing. — Matthew Rhys Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, everyone knows what it is to be loved and to aspire to love someone, to want to be… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
We should all aspire in life to do a multitude of things well - to be a great father, to be a good husband,… — Matthew Modine Copy Share Image
We try, we fail, we posture, we aspire, we pontificate - and then we age, shrink, die, and vanish. — George Saunders Copy Share Image
I aspire my country eventually has a league where all players play 50 games. — Sunil Chhetri Copy Share Image
I'm exceptional in everything that I do and I aspire to do. — Omarosa Manigault Newman Copy Share Image
One of the reasons you study at great institutions or aspire to work in great corporations is that you hope to acquire the values… — Harsha Bhogle Copy Share Image
So if you aspire to be a good conversationali st, be an attentive listener. To be interesting, be interested. Ask questions that other persons… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
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