A Quotes
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“A disabled body does not mean a disabled life—spirit, faith, and creativity still know how to walk.”
Source: Russian Colonial Food: Journey through the dissolved Communist Empire
“A disadvantage is often a seed of an advantage.”
“A disagreement or incident involving someone who's not that important to you, like a guy who cut you off in traffic or a rude cashier, is something that should roll off your shoulders. Save the effort for resolving conflicts with the people you cherish.”
“A disappointed is merely an assignment for your next appointment.”
“A disappointment is not generally an oversight. It might just be the best one can do the situation being what it is. The genuine error is to quit attempting.”
“A disarmed peace is weake.”
Source: The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose
“A disaster like this
leaves no mark on the earth.
And people like that - they think it gives them
a fresh start.”
Source: Averno
“A disaster where marble has been substituted for imagination.”
“A disastrous flaw in our design is that the heart always defies the brain.”
Source: White Lies
“A disbelief in God does not result in a belief in nothing; disbelief in God usuallyresults in a belief in anything.”
“A discerning eye needs only a hint, and understatement leaves the imagination free to build its own elaborations.”
Source: The Education of a Gardener
“A discerning man, when he eats grapes, takes only the ripe ones and leaves the sour. Thus also the discerning mind carefully marks the virtues which he sees in any person. A mindless man seeks out the vices and failings ... Even if you see someone sin with your own eyes, do not judge; for often even your eyes are deceived.”
“A disciple asked, "Who is a Master?" The Master replied, "Anyone to whom it is given to let go of the ego. Such a person's life is then a masterpiece.”
“A disciple came to the celebrated Master of the Good Name with a question. “Rabbi, how are we to distinguish between a true master and a fake?” And the master of the good name said, “When you meet a person who poses as a master, ask him a question: whether he knows how to purify your thoughts. If he says that he knows, then he is a fake.”
“A disciple does not ask, "How much can I keep?" but, "How much more can I give?" Whenever we start to get comfortable with our level of giving, it's time to raise it again.”
Source: Money, Possessions, and Eternity
“A disciple having asked for a definition of charity, the Master said LOVE ONE ANOTHER.”
“A disciple: I am worried about human suffering all over the world. What is the solution?Spiritual leader: The solution to our miseries lie within central atom of our being, ‘I’. Once this central atom transcends to ‘WE’, human sufferings can be resolved.”
Source: Quote Me Everyday
“A disciple is a disciple maker.”
“A disciple is a learner, a student, an apprentice – a practitioner… Disciples of Jesus are people who do not just profess certain views as their own but apply their growing understanding of life in the Kingdom of the Heavens to every aspect of their life on earth.”
Source: The Great Omission: Reclaiming Jesus’s Essential Teachings on Discipleship
“A disciple is a person who has decided that the most important thing in their life is to learn how to do what Jesus said to do.”
“A disciple is an asshole looking for a human being to attach itself to.”
“A disciple is one who thinks, feels and acts like Jesus Christ. It is being conformed to the image of Christ as Romans 8:28-29 states-that God's No.1 purpose in our lives is to make us like Jesus.”
“A disciple once complained, "You tell us stories, but you never reveal their meaning to us." The master replied, "How would you like it if someone offered you fruit and then chewed it up for you before giving it to you?" If your heart is straight with God, then every creature will be to you a mirror of life and a book of holy doctrine.”
“A disciple said to him, "I am ready, in the quest for God , to give up anything: wealth, friends, family, country, life itself. What else can a person give up?" The Master calmly replied, "One's beliefs about God.”
Source: One Minute Wisdom
“A disciple serves the spiritual master with the sole purpose of getting instructions from him.”
“A disciple was one day recalling how Buddha , Jesus , Mohammed were branded as rebels and heretics by their contemporaries. Said the Master, Nobody can be said to have attained the pinnacle of Truth until a thousand sincere people have denounced him for blasphemy .”
“A disciple, in his reverence for the Master, looked upon him as God incarnate. "Tell me, O Master," he said, "why you have come into this world." "To teach fools like you to stop wasting their time worshiping Masters.”
“A disciple...can never imitate his guide's steps. You have your own way of living your life, of dealing with problems, and of winning. Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself.”
“A disciplina te liberta te aprisionando. A libertinagem te aprisiona te libertando.”
“A discipline enter into a state of self-consciousness, writes its own history and theorizes its practices, when something is unresolved. A prehistory of good empirical practices would be of limited interest, a chronicle of false starts, of trial and error. The practicing physician has no need to know the history of medicine. That history is valuable only when profiled against an alternative history: Asian medicine, for example. The art historians proceed by importing attitudes alien to them, provincializing their own scholarship as a hedge against the possibility of their fatal detachment from possession and beauty.”
Source: A History of Art History
“A discipline I have observed is an attitude of love and reverence to people.”
Source: A Woman Alone: Autobiographical Writings
“A discipline, in thoughts and character, aspires and guides towards the right and accurate direction, for a vigorous and elegant life.”
“A Discipline Lifestyle Has The Same Psychological Effect As A Large Bank Balance".”
“A disciplined body is the prerequisite of an efficient gesture.”
Source: Discipline and Punish The Birth of the Prison Penguin Modern Classics Paperback 9 April 2020
“A disciplined conscience is a man's best friend. It may not be his most amiable, but it is his most faithful monitor.”
“A disciplined mind brings happiness.”
Source: Zen Dogs
“A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.”
Source: The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living
“A disciplined mind, rooted in truth, can do the impossible.”
“A disciplined person is the one who follows the will of the one who gives the orders.”
Source: The Lombardi Rules: 25 Lessons from Vince Lombardi--the World's Greatest Coach
“A discontent employee means not getting the results 100% and the loss of a company advocate as well.”
Source: 17 Reasons Why Businesses Fail :Unscrew Yourself From Business Failure
“A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.”
Source: The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose
“A discordant mind, black with confusion and despair, would finish me off as thoroughly as the cold.”
Source: Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure
“A Discordian is someone who sees windmills and thinks they might be giants”
“A ‘discouraged worker’ is someone of legal employment age who has stopped actively seeking employment because he or she has simply given up looking, hence the term ‘discouraged.’ Well I’m fucking discouraged at having to pay for the lazy sod!”
Source: 100 Common Sense Policies to make BRITAIN GREAT again
“A discovery is generally an unforeseen relation not included in theory.”
“A discovery is like falling in love and reaching the top of a mountain after a hard climb all in one, an ecstasy not induced by drugs but by the revelation of a face of nature that no one has seen before and that often turns out to be more subtle and wonderful than anyone had imagined.”
“A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind.”
“A discovery must be, by definition, at variance with existing knowledge. During my lifetime, I made two. Both were rejected offhand by the popes of the field. Had I predicted these discoveries in my applications, and had those authorities been my judges, it is evident what their decisions would have been.”
“A discreet person . . .
• is strong, yet humble;
• expresses genuine concern and interest;
• exercises caution to avoid unnecessary risks;
• knows intuitively when a situation or conversation is heading in the wrong direction;
• does not need to tear others down to build himself up;
• refrains from using foul language or speaking brashly;
• regulates her reactions and responds appropriately;
• takes the higher road rather than wrestling in the mud;
• remains gracious and poised in the heat of the moment;
• refrains from unnecessary confrontations;
• does not break confidence or share other people’s secrets with which they have been entrusted;
• communicates with deliberation and confidence.”
Source: The Art of Connection: 8 Ways to Enrich Rapport & Kinship for Positive Impact
“A discriminating irreverence is the creator and protector of human liberty.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)