A Quotes
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“Abandon the secret chamber and the spiritual life will decay.”
Source: Sermons on Various Subjects, Divine and Moral: With a Sacred Hymn Suited to Each Subject. Design'd for the Use of Christian Families as Well as for the Hours of Devout Retirement
“Abandon the urge to simplify everything, to look for formulas and easy answers, and to begin to think multidimensionally, to glory in the mystery and paradoxes of life, not to be dismayed by the multitude of causes and consequences that are inherent in each experience -- to appreciate the fact that life is complex.”
Source: Further Along the Road Less Traveled: The Unending Journey Towards Spiritual Growth
“Abandon wisdom, discard knowledge, and people will benefit a hundredfold.”
“Abandon your animosities and make your sons Americans!”
“Abandona el pasado y el presente arrancará.”
“Abandoned babies are unfortunate unwanted results of a once urgent desire to have an orgasm”
Source: I Drink for a Reason
“Abandoned like an empty beer bottle, cigarette butt, worn-out shoe.”
Source: Between the Shadow and the Soul
“Abandoned residential homes are common in the area—often the casualties of severe damage from hurricanes—but what I find fascinating is the mettle of the Cajuns we encountered and befriended. They may lose their roof and be forced to abandon their home, but it is a near surety that they will remain in the same area, raising a family. There is great cultural pride in these resourceful people, and it is evidenced by the tenacity of those who face the power of Gulf hurricanes every year, and yet remain.”
Source: Abandoned Sulphur, Louisiana
“Abandoned.
The word alone sends shudders down a sensitive spine, troubling the thoughts of pained souls as their hurt swells in ripples. It is a sentence of undesired solitude often pronounced on the innocent, the trusting—administered without warning or satisfactory cause.
One day the moon is yours, or so you believe. The next, his countenance transforms from Jekyll to Hyde with no intention of ever turning back, and you are left trampled upon in a deserted street, concealed by dirty fog that squelches all illumination or any hope for future rays of light.
It is the worst of mysteries why a beast considered noble would forsake his duty, exhibiting a heart of stone. And all who once looked on him, now turn down their eyes and suffer, beguiled.
Some poisons have no antidote, but are slow, silent, torturous ends that curl up the broken body swept into a cold, dark corner. There she is left to drown in her tears—a dying heart.
Abandoned.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“Abandoned weapons and corpses may be washed away, removed by animals, dismembered by the victors as trophies, or buried, burned, or otherwise disposed of by the vanquished after defeat. It is reasonable to expect that direct archaeological evidence of warfare will be limited, and that it will actually tend to underestimate the frequency and bloody nature of past conflicts.”
Source: Sex and War: How Biology Explains Warfare and Terrorism and Offers a Path to a Safer World
“Abandoning a task that is futile and pointless is not giving up.”
“Abandoning civil society will leave the enemy in control, not by victory but by default.”
“Abandoning the project was incredibly stressful after having gone through the process of building the room, installing the kiln, collecting the stones, sitting with the kiln day and night as it came to temperature, experiencing the failures.”
“Abandoning who people think you are and becoming who you really are is a simple concept, but sometimes it is very hard to do. It isn't easy to give up others' ideas of who you are. Yet the key to success is to discover your uniqueness and to exploit it. Your authentic persona, either personal or corporate, is the key to your prosperity.”
Source: It's Called Work for a Reason!: Your Success is Your Own Damn Fault
“Abandoning your true self amounts to suicide except that it is less dramatic. Don't commit suicide so that you may appease some folks...”
Source: The 9 Cardinal Building Blocks: For continued success in leadership
“Abandonment by a lover won't kill us. But it awakens the parts of us that remember when it could.”
“Abandonment doesn't have the sharp but dissipating sting of a slap. It's like a punch to the gut, bruising your skin and driving the precious air from your body.”
Source: Silver Sparrow
“Abandonment is not just leaving someone behind; it’s leaving a piece of yourself with them, forever searching for completion.”
“Abandonment is sacrifice thrown into reverse.”
“Abandonment of slavery is also the banishment of the chimera of security. The world will not change overnight, and liberation will not happen unless individual women agree to be outcasts, eccentrics, perverts, and whatever the powers-that-be choose to call them.”
Source: the female eunuch
“Abandonment to God is of more value than personal holiness!”
Source: My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition
“Abantu abahle abaningi banemoya omubi.”
“Abantu abangakusizi ngalutho. Ibona abukumoshelayo. Kanti uma ubalalela mebakucwayisa. Uwena ozimoshelayo.”
“Abantu abangalali, esikhathini esiningi, badliwa indaba zabo.”
“Abantu abathanda indaba zabantu. Abazithandi bona. Ngoba indaba zabantu soze zikusize ngalutho, futhi soze zilungise impilo yakho.”
“Abantu esiba sizayo. Uma ungasakhoni ukuba siza bakhuluma kanje.
Ingathi ungaphela lomsebenzi wakhe.
Ingathi ibank ingayithatha lemoto yakhe.
Ingathi ingashayisa imoto yakhe.
Ingathii angamshiya umuntu wakhe.
Abanye babo malungu womndeni wethu.”
“Abartmıyorum, dünyanın hiçbir yerinde İzmir'deki gibi güzel batmaz güneş... Alt tarafı 8-9 saat sonra geri gelecek olmasına rağmen, gitmek istemez adeta İzmir'den... Tren garlarındaki duygusal vedalaşmalar gibi ağırdan alır. Ve, o veda anı, rakının dibine vurma mekanıdır.
O nedenle, "rakıyı alkol zannedip" Mustafa Kemal'e "sarhoş" diyenlere güleriz biz İzmirliler... "Allah'ın geri zekalıları, adam sarhoş kafayla kurmuş memleketi, siz ayık kafayla batırıyorsunuz!" deriz.
Sayfa:261”
“Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to be what it is his duty to be.”
“Abash'd the Devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is.”
Source: The Poetical Works of John Milton
“Abashed the Devil stood,
And felt how awful goodness is, and saw
Virtue in her shape how lovely; saw, and pined
His loss.”
Source: Paradise lost
“Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss”
Source: The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins
“Abate the edge of traitors, gracious Lord,
That would reduce these bloody days again
And make poor England weep in streams of blood!
Let them not live to taste this land's increase
That would with treason wound this fair land's peace!
Now civil wounds are stopped, peace lives again:
That she may long live here, God say amen!”
Source: The plays of William Shakespeare
“Abatement in the hostility of one's enemies must never be thought to signify they have been won over. It only means that one has ceased to constitute a threat.”
“Abaya?!'
Sayid was so surprised, and it seemed to me that I had said too much. Probably, it was the astonishment of a Muslim who could not imagine a Christian woman wearing abaya.
'Sayid, do you believe me?”
Source: Through the Magic Sunglasses
“Abba Dorotheos said: No matter what kind of sorrow comes to you, don't blame anyone but yourself, and say, "This has happened because of my sins."”
“Abba Moses asked Abba Sylvanus, Can a person lay a new foundation every day? The old man replied, If you work hard, you can lay a new foundation every moment. Abba Pimen said, To throw yourself before God, not to measure your progress, to leave behind all self-will; these are the instruments for the work of the soul. The desire to rule is the mother of heresies.”
“ABBA was a direct influence on me.”
“Abba's last tour was a success but awful for me.”
“ABBA: The Movie; I got a lot of grief for working on that.”
“Abbesses' recesses are not for excesses!”
“Abbey Lee was a very famous model and had great success. She was very open about the negative aspects of that industry.”
“Abbey relaxed, grateful not only that someone had thought to throw a party for her, but that she had been able to escape attending.”
Source: Perception
“Abbey was born to sophistication, whereas I was more Barbara than Buckingham Palace Windsor.”
Source: Doubting Abbey
“Abbey," Sarah said, "life is to be lived. If you're living, you're going to stumble along the way." "All the time?" Abigail lept to her feet and began to pace. "I have such a bad temper and when I was in my teens, I wasn't above using my gift for revenge. None of you did that." Joley slowly raised her hand, sliding down in the chair as she did so. Hannah followed suit, though she didn't look in the least remorseful. Sarah shrugged her shoulders and raised her hand and glared at Elle, who just grinned sheepishly and put up a couple of fingers. Carol tossed her head and waved her arm with gusto.”
“Abbi cura della tua salute. Le torte alla panna sono cose da deboli.”
Source: The Dark Lord's Handbook
“Abbiamo bisogno di radici per sopravvivere e non dobbiamo perdere Dio di vista, se vogliamo che la dignità umana non sparisca.”
“abbiamo cominciato a discutere della situazione sanitaria in generale e degli errori che secondo il nostro punto di vista sono stati fatti nella guerra contro il Covid-19. Errori di fondo, di impostazione, e quindi di concetto. Qual è la logica adesso? Se tu hai un male, qualsiasi male, vai dal migliore medico di riferimento in ospedale. Ma così si è lasciato sguarnito il territorio. «Ed è stato questo l’errore fondamentale» ho detto io. «Tutte le battaglie si vincono sul territorio: nelle elezioni, in politica, nelle guerre. Ha sempre vinto chi si è radicato sul territorio. Era la forza del Partito comunista negli anni Settanta e Ottanta, e adesso lo è della Lega. [..] Noi cosa abbiamo fatto invece? Sulla falsariga dei grandissimi agglomerati urbani, abbiamo centralizzato tutto, e adesso abbiamo centralizzato anche il virus, creando una bomba biologica.”
Source: In prima linea
“Abbiamo dei vecchi e dei nuovi conti da regolare: li regoleremo.”
“Abbiamo imparato a volare come gli uccelli, a nuotare come i pesci, ma non abbiamo ancora imparato la semplice arte di vivere insieme come fratelli.”
“Abbiamo inventato l’amore per descriverla, e perché bisogna pur dirlo, la coesistenza in un medesimo istante della gioia, della paura, della tenerezza e della vertigine. Tua madre e io ci siamo innamorati il giorno della tua venuta.
I bambini devono pensare che i genitori sono sempre stati genitori. Ma non è così, noi eravamo ancora i bambini dei nostri genitori un istante prima del tuo arrivo. Da allora abbiamo cercato di fare del nostro meglio. Tua madre è perfetta. Io faccio quello che posso.”
Source: La Vie, après