A Quotes
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“A shared path to ecstasy refreshes the soul.”
“A shared secret is like sunken carcasses pressing against the fissured wall of a dam.”
Source: They Called Us Savages
“A shared vision driven by core values is a powerful alchemy.”
Source: Livology: A Global Guide to a Deliberate Life
“A shared vision is not an idea...it is rather, a force in people's hearts...at its simplest level, a shared vision is the answer to the question 'What do we want to create?”
“A sharing person with limited resources and a heart of gold is worth more than a selfish billionaire who is only concerned with his own personal profit.”
“A shark does not ask for permission to rule the waters.
A bear does not ask for permission to rule the woods.
A wolf does not ask for permission to rule the forest.
A camel does not ask for permission to rule the desert.
A lion does not ask for permission to rule the jungle.
Trees do not ask for permission to rule woodlands.
Gravel does not ask for permission to rule mountains.
Light does not ask for permission to rule summer.
Wind does not ask for permission to rule autumn.
Snow does not ask for permission to rule winter.
Water does not ask for permission to rule the sea.
Plants do not ask for permission to rule rainforests.
Animals do not ask for permission to rule wildernesses.
Stars do not ask for permission to rule the sky.
Nature does not ask for permission to rule the world.
An eagle achieves more than a turkey in a lifetime.
A leopard achieves more than a hyena in a lifetime.
A fox achieves more than a rabbit in a lifetime.
A falcon achieves more than a vulture in a lifetime.
A lion achieves more than a sheep in a lifetime.
A leader achieves more than a student in a lifetime.
A saint achieves more than a sinner in a lifetime.
A prophet achieves more than a priest in a lifetime.
A master achieves more than a disciple in a lifetime.
A conqueror achieves more than a warrior in a lifetime.
A hero achieves more than a villain in a lifetime.
A maestro achieves more than an apprentice in a lifetime.
A genius achieves more than a talent in a lifetime.
A star achieves more than a critic in a lifetime.
A legend achieves more than a champion in a lifetime.”
“A sharp bolt of hunger hit Luther hard. His knees almost buckled, his poker face almost grimaced. For two weeks now his sense of smell had been much keener, no doubt a side effect of a strict diet. Maybe he got a whiff of Mabel's finest, he wasn't sure, but a craving came over him. Suddenly, he had to have something to eat. Suddenly, he wanted to snatch the bag from Kendall, rip open a package, and start gnawing on a fruitcake.”
“A sharp difference should exist between general education and specialized knowledge. As particularly today the latter threatens more and more to sink into the service of pure Mammon, general education, at least in its more ideal attitude, must be retained as a counterweight.”
Source: Mein Kampf
“A sharp drop in global temperature 115 thousand years before the fall was the start of sporadic ice ages. The last glacial spell Earthers experienced ended only 12.5 TBF.”
Source: The Story of Humanity: Ecology & Consequence
“A sharp knife cuts the quickest and hurts the least.”
“A sharp needle's words of advice:
As you sew your destiny think twice.
If you slip, your finger may smart
But karma is a sword through your heart."
(Get Off Your High Horse Spell)”
Source: Horse Magick: Spells and Rituals for Self-Empowerment, Protection, and Prosperity
“A sharp pain in her chest became more intoxicating with each breath she took. There it was. The reason she had forced herself to keep her distance from love. Why she had given up on trusting someone not to hurt her. Because a broken heart, no matter how figurative, was an unbearable pain to endure. And sometimes, no matter how much you want to be with someone, there’s never a guarantee that they want you back.”
Source: Holding on to Georgia
“A sharp pain jackknifes my insides, and I can’t stop the sob that rips from my mouth, so primitive and raw it could have come straight from my soul.
Loving him the way I do, it physically hurts.”
Source: Loving Kalvin
“A sharp sense of the ironic can be the equivalent of the faith that moves mountains. Far more quicky than reason or logic, irony can penetrate rage and puncture self-pity.”
Source: act one
“A sharp spear needs no polish.”
“A sharp-tempered woman, or, for that matter, a man, Is easier to deal with than the clever type Who holds her tongue.”
Source: Medea
“A shattered heart cannot be changed by people who do not change their thinking.”
Source: Shattered Heart: Overcoming Death, Loss, Breakup and Separation
“A shattered illusion is a sorrowful experience; but a life without illusion is a sorrowful life”
“A shattering annihilation, a feeling of being inside an explosion, and being fragmented into countless tiny shards. I felt as though I was being turned inside out, as though my innards were extruding through my mouth. My body was apparently rolling on the ground (as I later realized), coiled into a ball like the ourobouros serpent. All distinctions between inner and outer, self and other, above and below, were obliterated. Animal sounds appeared to be coming from my mouth. There were no feelings of fear, indeed no feelings at all, other than a kind of impersonal ecstasy. No sense of body, no sense of self, no “I” – only a sparkling sense of awe-inspiring beauty (RM).”
Source: The Toad and the Jaguar
“A sheep in sheep's clothing.”
“A sheep in the midst of wolves is safe compared with the Christian in the midst of ungodly men.”
Source: The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit: Sermons
“A sheep's idea of bravery : to become a wolf's pet.”
Source: The New Land
“A sheep who goes looking for a wolf is sure to find one.”
“A sheep who teaches something to the shepherd is no more a sheep but a teacher!”
“A sheep without a shepherd, go astray.”
“A sheet spread beneath an apple-tree can receive only apples; a sheet spread beneath the stars can receive only star-dust.”
Source: Wind, Sand and Stars
“A shelf of classics for our young adults: Tolkien, Hesse, Casteneda, Kerouac, Salinger, Tom Robbins, and _The Last Whole Earth Catalog_.”
Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness
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Source: 食戟のソーマ 29 [Shokugeki no Souma 29]
“A sheltered life can be a daring life as well. For all serious daring starts from within.”
“A shepherd may be a very able, trusty, and good shepherd, without a sweetheart-better, perhaps, than with one. But what is he without his dog?”
Source: The Shepherd's Calendar
“A shepherd may like to travel, but he should never forget his sheep.”
Source: The Alchemist
“A shepherd on a hilltop who looks at a mess of stars and thinks, ‘There’s a hunter, a plow, a fish,’ is making mental connections that have as much real force in the universe as the very fires in those stars themselves.”
“A shepherd with a heron-mark sword," said a low, woman's voice. "That's almost enough to make me believe anything. What trouble are you in, downcountry boy?"
Startled, Rand jumped to his feet. It was the crop-haired young woman who had been with Moiraine when he came out of the bath chamber, still dressed in a boy's coat and breeches. She was a little older than he was, he thought, with dark eyes even bigger than Egwene's, and oddly intent.
"You are Rand, aren't you?" she went on. "My name is Min.”
Source: The Eye of the World
“A shepherd, in whom the spirit of God works, is more highly esteemed before God than the wisest and most potent in self-wit, without the divine dominion.”
“A sheriff arrested me. I could be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure my men-in-uniform fetish began that day. The sheriff was hot. And he handcuffed me. I've never been the same.”
Source: First Grave on the Right
“A Shield for An Arrow, A Proof for a Gun, But Love Conquers Them All.”
“A shift in mindset is required to thrive in the current era and this cannot be achieve at an academic level, social latitude or political sphere but at a personal level.”
Source: Disrupt Yourself Or Be Disrupted
“a shift in thinking’ toward someone who has wronged you, ‘such that your desire to harm that person has decreased and your desire to do him good (or to benefit your relationship) has increased.’ Forgiveness, at a minimum, is a decision to let go of the desire for revenge and ill-will toward the person who wronged you. It may also include feelings of goodwill toward the other person. Forgiveness is also a natural resolution of
the grief process, which is the necessary acknowledgment of pain and loss.”
“A shift is necessary toward lifestyles less geared to environmental damaging consumption patterns.”
“A shifty, fickle object is woman, always. (Varium et mutabile semper femina.)”
“A shilling life will give you all the facts.”
“A shimmery bronzer is the perfect way to look alive. If you don't want to wear makeup, mix some with moisturizer. You'll look pretty but not made-up.”
“A Shinigami has to treat all spirits equally. You cannot just conveniently save those you can see, those you can reach. You must save all spirits. To go anywhere for them, to even give your life to save them.” - Rukia Kuchiki”
Source: Bleach, Vol. 1
“A shining city is perhaps all the president sees from the portico of the White House and the veranda of his ranch, where everyone seems to be doing well. But there's another part to the shining city. In this part of the city there are more poor than ever, more families in trouble, more and more people who need help but can't find it.”
“A shining isle in a stormy sea, We seek it ever with smiles and sighs; To-day is sad. In the bland To-be, Serene and lovely To-morrow lies.”
“A shiny ring isn't romantic to me. I think thought and love into what you do for the person you're in love with - that's romance.”
“A ship does not sail with yesterday's wind.”
Source: The Walking Drum
“A ship doesn't sink while on water; it only succumbs when water gets inside. Ignore the insult and focus on the result.”
“A ship in a harbour is a safe ship, but that's not what ships are built for. In the same way, a woman in a good relationship feels safe. But truth is, she innately knows she was not built for unnecessary safety, but rather for a sea of passion.”
“A ship in a harbour is a safe ship, but that's not what ships are built for. In the same way, a woman in a good relationship feels safe. But truth is, she innately knows she was not built for unnecessary safety, but rather for ultimate passion.”