Quotes 121 till 140 of 298.
-
It is the custom of the Roman Church which I unworthily serve with the help of God, to tolerate some things, to turn a blind eye to some, following the spirit of discretion rather than the rigid letter of the law.
-
It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.
Source: C.S. Lewis on joy -
It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.
-
It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are.
-
It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive.
-
It's incongruous that the older we get, the more likely we are to turn in the direction of religion. Less vivid and intense ourselves, closer to the grave, we begin to conceive of ourselves as immortal.
-
Lawyers don't serve everyone... Lawyers right now can say, 'I'm not the person to help you on that issue; I don't agree with what you're trying to do;' and they can turn down that person, and they can go somewhere else.
-
Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and attentiveness to the other person. In other words, to learn from the child, we must have empathy, and empathy grows as we learn.
-
Let a man turn to his own childhood - no further - if he will renew his sense of remoteness, and of the mystery of change.
-
Let me be accurate in everything, for though you and I have seen some strange things together, you may at the first think that I, Van Helsing, am mad. That the many horrors and the so long strain on nerves has at the last turn my brain.
Source: Dracula -
Let none turn over books, or roam the stars in quest of God, who sees him not in man.
-
Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
-
Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
-
Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.
-
Love and death are the two great hinges on which all human sympathies turn.
-
Love can make you turn on yourself, and it can do harmful things to you.
-
Luxury
Employ'd a Million of the Poor,
And odious Pride a Million more;
Envy it self, and Vanity,
Were Ministers of Industry;
Their darling Folly, Fickleness,
In Diet, Furniture and Dress,
That strange ridic'lous Vice, was made
The very Wheel that turn'd the Trade.Source: The Fable of the Bees The Grumbling Hive, line 180, p. 10 -
Man is the unnatural animal, the rebel child of nature, and more and more does he turn himself against the harsh and fitful hand that reared him.
-
Man torturing man is a fiend beyond description. You turn a corner in the dark and there he is. You congeal into a bundle of inanimate fear. You become the very soul of anesthesia. But there is no escaping him. It is your turn now...
-
Many foreclosed homes are neglected or abandoned, as legal proceedings or other factors delay their resale. Deteriorating or vacant properties can, in turn, directly affect the quality of life in a neighborhood, for example, by leading to increases in vandalism or crime.
All about-turn famous quotes and sayings you will always find on greatest-quotations.com (page 7)
