C Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with C. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Comprendo de pronto por qué los hombres han hecho del perro su mejor amigo; es una pobre bestia cuya sumisión no necesita ser pagada. Una criatura que se corresponde perfectamente con lo que el hombre es capaz de dar.”
Source: Dans les forêts de Sibérie
“Comprendo que soy terriblemente cobarde. No quiero morir, porque amo la vida apasionadamente. ¡Nunca había sabido hasta hoy cuánta es mi ansia de vivir! Si consigo librarme de este infierno, jamás podré volver a ser lo que era antes.”
Source: The Collector
“Comprendre ne veut pas dire pardonner !”
Source: Jours Parisiens
“Comprendí clara y pacíficamente: ¡estos niños realmente veían a la Virgen! Yo, desde luego, era como Judas: quería desenmascararlos. No les creía. Pero tras mi experiencia, me sentí avergonzada y sentí una profunda humildad ante la grandeza de la Virgen, que supo leer dentro de mí y, como una buena madre, me avisó.”
Source: My Heart Will Triumph
“Comprendí, mi cuerpo comprendió, que nunca perderé todo y que si gano, no ganaré nunca sin perder".”
“Comprendí que el dolor también une a las personas, tal vez más que las alegrías, porque de esas, como buenos desagradecidos que somos, nos olvidamos pronto.”
Source: El silencio de la ciudad blanca
“Comprendí que el mundo no ve el interior de las personas, y que poco le importan las esperanzas, penas y sueños que albergamos bajo una máscara de piel y de hueso. Es así de sencillo, cruel y absurdo.”
Source: And the Mountains Echoed
“Comprendí que el trabajo del poeta no estaba en la poesía; estaba en la invención de razones para que la poesía fuera admirable”
Source: El Aleph: cuento
“Comprendí que para llegar a ser santa había que sufrir mucho, buscar siempre lo más perfecto y olvidarse de sí; comprendí que había muchos grados en la perfección y que cada alma [10vº] era libre de responder a las insinuaciones de nuestro Señor, de hacer poco o mucho por Él, en una palabra de elegir entre los sacrificios que Él pide. Entonces como en los días de mi infancia exclamé: «¡Dios mío, “lo elijo todo”. No quiero ser una santa a medias, no me da miedo sufrir por ti, lo único que temo es conservar mi voluntad.”
Source: Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
“Comprendí que se acercaba el final. Mi madre había comenzado en ese momento el viaje hacia el lugar en el que se encuentra ahora. Hacia su estrella en la Osa Menor, hacia su campo de girasoles suspendido en el cielo o tal vez hacia otro universo, donde existe tan solo un Mar Entero de Esmeralda, que de vez en cuando se desmigaja y llega a otros mundos en forma de ojos verdes.”
Source: El verano en que mi madre tuvo los ojos verdes
“Comprendí que una manera eficaz de pertenecer era quedarse callado.”
“Comprendía, entonces, que la vida nos da montones de provisiones para nuestras travesías por el desierto. Todo lo que había adquirido de manera activa o pasiva, todo lo que había aprendido voluntariamente o por osmosis, volvía a mí como las verdaderas riquezas de mi existencia, cuando lo había perdido todo.”
Source: Even Silence Has An End: My Six Years of Captivity in the Colombian Jungle
“Comprendía la perversidad de la vida, la de que en la lucha estriba la alegría.”
Source: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
“Compressed air can provide limitless amounts of clean energy using technology we have had for hundreds of years.”
“compressed into boxes, packed in sawdust,... trussed up in sacks, roped up like hams...”
Source: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
“Compressing her lips together, she gave Mark a baleful glance, eyes flashing pure malice. If he wanted his lips anywhere near hers he’d better be prepared to do battle.
‘Now that’s what I’m talking about,’ said Mark, as the corner of his lip began to twitch in amusement.”
Source: The Riding School
“Compression is a necessary evil. The artists I know want to sound competitive. You don't want your track to sound quieter or wimpier by comparison. We've raised the bar and you can't really step back.”
“COMPRESSION SOCKS ARE A REAL HOSE TO PUT ON”
Source: The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch
“Comprobé la veracidad de mi idea cuando le destrocé el cráneo con una roca. Logré alcanzar esa enorme piedra, y con un contundente golpe maté a la mujer que me estrangulaba. Solo así pude quitármela de encima. Fue el ejemplo más claro del derecho a la defensa. Era matar o morir.”
Source: El final de todas las palabras
“Comprobó con asombro que era un enorme alivio estar sola.”
Source: Orlando
“Compromise brings harmony to both, happiness to none.”
“Compromise built upon compromise equals failure. Instead, resisting temptation allowed promise upon promise to be built up in my heart, and that creates empowerment.”
Source: Made to Crave: Satisfying Your Deepest Desire with God, Not Food
“Compromise cannot be allowed in cases where the exact truth is ascertainable.”
Source: Moods of Life: Popular Psychological Studies of Affairs of Every Day
“Compromise, communicate, and never go to bed angry - the three pieces of advice gifted and regifted to all newlyweds.”
Source: Gone Girl
“Compromise does not mean cowardice.”
“Compromise does not satisfy, but dissatisfies everybody; it does not lead to any general fulfillment, but to general frustration; those who try to become everything to all people end up by not being anything to anyone.”
“Compromise for your Dream but NEVER Compromise on your Dream.”
“Compromise has a negative connotation.”
“Compromise in what you let into your body and your home through what you see and hear will eventually land us in a place where we wonder how we even got there. Sound familiar? Whenever you hear about a pastor or someone whose life just blew up and you could never see it coming, it means that at some point in their journey, they did not fight back against the simple yet convincing lies of Satan. Simply put, they did not engage in spiritual warfare. What started out as what seemed like an innocent seed grew and eventually took that person out. Kill the lie; fight back against the darkness when it is in infant form before it overtakes you or your family.”
Source: Reviving Fatherhood: Guiding Every Dad from First Steps to Lasting Legacy
“Compromise in your arguments, not in your expectations.”
“Compromise is a choice. As is the defence of one’s self.”
Source: Fine Things: Fennel's Journal No. 8
“Compromise is a mindset, not an activity.”
Source: Soul Food: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life
“Compromise is a skill, and like all skills it atrophies from lack of use.”
Source: The Geography of Bliss
“Compromise is a stalling between two fools.”
Source: Columbus war ein Engländer: Geschichte einer Jugend
“Compromise is a win-win strategy.”
Source: Soul Food: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life
“Compromise is a word found only in the vocabulary of those who have no will to fight.”
“Compromise is an honorable word.”
“Compromise is an imperfect act.”
“Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another - too often ending in the loss of both.”
Source: The New Dictionary of Thoughts
“Compromise is giving up a percentage of what you want to others. Teamwork is working towards 100% of what you want with others.”
“Compromise is just a fancy term for losing.”
“Compromise is like the middle of the road; always safer to walk on than the edges.”
“Compromise is low class. I don't have anything against the poor, but being low class is the root of all evil”
“Compromise is necessary so long as you never give up who you are. That isn't compromise; that's spiritual death. You have to remain true to yourself.”
“Compromise is not popular. It's not at all popular among young people who these days call themselves "activists." They think compromises are dishonest, opportunistic, humiliating. Not in my vocabulary.”
“Compromise is part and parcel of making a movie. It's a question of the kinds of compromises that you have to make.”
“Compromise is said to be the way of the world and yet I find myself feeling sick trying to accept what it has done to me.”
Source: Life After God
“Compromise is simply changing the question to fit the answer.”
“Compromise is such a terrible way to look at marriage. Anything that requires compromise in my opinion has already failed. What if we could start looking at marriage through sensual eyes?”
“Compromise is such an integral part of being a human being. You're compromising in every decision you make.”