O Quotes
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“Often the great scientists, by turning the problem around a bit, changed a defect to an asset. For example, many scientists when they found they couldn't do a problem finally began to study why not. They then turned it around the other way and said, "But of course, this is what it is" and got an important result.”
“Often the greatest act of courage is admitting that one has made a mistake...Follow your hearts. Protect one another, trust one another, because, at the end of the day, all of these people want something from you, or want you to do something for them, or be something that you are not. Your own responsibility is to one another.”
“Often the greatest calamity we face is the opposition that takes place inside of us- our own self-doubts”
“Often the grind of book promotion wearies you of your own book - though at the same time this frees you from its clutches.”
“Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.”
“Often the hardest struggles in life are not the big ones: death of a family member, loss of a job, or even sickness, because in these situations the problems are “big” enough where the world knows you are struggling and the collective sympathy of friends and family negate a good portion of the hardship.
However, the small struggles or the cumulation of the small ones are never seen, you often struggle alone. And they are all so widespread that even if your coworker gets your work problems, your sibling understands your family problems, or your friend understands a social problem, rarely is there someone who can sympathize with the collective weight of them all.”
“Often the ideas in the show start out as ideas that make you laugh - outrageous "what if" ideas. I wanted an outlet for doing those.”
“Often the immature hegemony sells the land and country for the sake of narrow political interests.”
“Often the inspiration to write music comes from the voices in your head. You’re not crazy. Just be thankful they are not making you rescue people in 20-degree weather at 2:30 in the morning in the forest.”
“Often the issue is not that you don't have what the capacity to change the situation you are in. The real issue is your lack of awareness that you already have what it takes”
Source: The Cage Mentality: From the Mind to the Mountaintop
“Often the Jesus-focused churches are leaning towards a 'social gospel' interpretation of the kingdom, and the 'Paul' churches are talking about being saved from sin and going to heaven. But when we understand both Jesus and Paul in their historical contexts within the first-century Jewish world, the issues become both more complex and ultimately (I believe) more clear.”
“Often the judiciary stays as a tool of governing forces around the world.”
“Often, the key to getting what we need is simply to let it in.”
Source: Postcards and Pearls: Life Lessons from Solo Moments on the Road
“Often, the King would dance himself, rolling his scapulars and weaving his steps around the skulls of his favourite victims. Or he would amuse himself by teaching little boys to chop heads, and when they made a mess of it shout, 'Not that way, you fool! Think of chopping wood!'”
Source: The Viceroy of Ouidah
“Often the lack of clear direction and goals can waste away our time and energy and contribute to imbalance in our lives. A life that gets out of balance is much like a car tire that is out of balance. It will make the operation of the car rough and unsafe. Tires in perfect balance can give a smooth and comfortable ride. So it is with life. The ride through mortality can be smoother for us when we strive to stay in balance.”
“Often the lines that define the traditional European arrangement of fiction, non-fiction, history, etc. are not useful. These lines can distort the world we, people who look like me, live in - and by the world, I mean our personal experience of it.”
“Often the Lord heals vainglory by dishonor.”
“Often the losing of a battle leads to the winning of progress. Less glory but greater liberty: the drum is silent and the voices of reason can be heard.”
Source: Les Misérables
“Often the magical elements in my books are standing in for elements of the real world, the small and magical-in-their-own-right sorts of things that we take for granted and no longer pay attention to, like the bonds of friendship that entwine our own lives with those of other people and places.”
“Often the mass emotions are those which seem the noblest, best and most beautiful. And yet, inside a year, five years, a decade, five decades, people will be asking, "How could you have believed that?" because events will have taken place that will have banished the said mass emotions to the dustbin of history.”
“Often the masses are plundered and do not know it.”
Source: Sophisms of the Protectionists
“Often, the moon in witchcraft is equated to the divine feminine, but in a Queer Craft we might step outside of the gender binary and remind ourselves that the moon itself has no gender. It need not always be considered a goddess and contrary to some people's assertions, the moon has sometimes even been seen as a god.”
Source: The Satyr's Kiss: Queer Men, Sex Magic & Modern Witchcraft
“Often the most effective statement we can make in a noisy world is to say nothing at all. Don't waste your words over something or to someone who deserves silence.”
“Often the most loving thing we can do when a friend is in pain is to share the pain-to be there even when we have nothing to offer except our presence and even when being there is painful to ourselves.”
Source: The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace
“Often the most painful rains, grows the most beautiful flowers”
“Often the most specific stories end up being the most universal.”
“Often, the most substantial opportunities of our lives will blindside us.”
“Often the most tricky questions are the ones we secretly know the answers of.
What are you running from?
What are you waiting for?”
“Often the only difference between success and failure is not using Cosmic Ordering.”
Source: Cosmic Ordering Guide
“Often the only difference between victory and defeat; success and failure; or love and loss might be the diligence with which we pursue something.”
Source: Achieving your best day yet!: A more fulfilling career... a more impactful life
“Often the only thing a child can remember about an adult in later years, when he or she is grown, is whether or not that person was kind to him or her.”
“Often, the only thing that separates ordinary people from extraordinary accomplishments is the realization that there is simply no other choice.”
Source: Chanukah: Eight Nights of Light, Eight Gifts for the Soul
“Often the oppressor goes along unaware of the evil involved in his oppression so long as the oppressed accepts it.”
Source: A Martin Luther King Treasury
“Often the pain that makes us feel most stuck is not our suffering; it is experiencing distress in the presence of people who expect us to get better faster than we can.”
Source: This Too Shall Last: Finding Grace When Suffering Lingers
“Often the people most concerned about others going to hell when they die seem less concerned with the hells on earth right now, while the people most concerned with the hells on earth right now seem the least concerned about hell after death.”
“Often, the performative ally professes allegiance in order to distance themselves from potential scrutiny.”
“Often the presence of mind and energy of a person remote from the spotlight decide the course of history for centuries to come.”
“Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses.”
“Often the prudent, far from making their destinies, succumb to them. -Francois”
Source: Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary
“Often the right path is the one that may be hardest for you to follow. But the hard path is also the one that will make you grow as a human being.”
Source: Bully at Ambush Corner
“Often, the right way isn’t determined by the structure of what needs to be addressed but by the resources available to achieve a satisfactory solution.”
Source: The Workplace Zombie: One Bureaucrat’s Path to Better Understanding the Virus and Its Vectors
“Often the search proves more profitable than the goal.”
Source: From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
“Often the shadows surrounding us are the obscurities of our minds.”
“Often the simplest song is the hardest to write.”
“Often the soul is ripened into fuller goodness while age has spread an ugly film, so that mere glances can never divine the preciousness of the fruit.”
Source: Silas Marner (Sparklesoup Classics)
“Often, the story of an artifact’s journey is more remarkable than the object itself.”
Source: Beyond the Halls: An Insider's Guide to Loving Museums
“Often the strongest evidence of my growth in grace is my growth in the knowledge of my need for grace.”
Source: Stop Asking Jesus Into Your Heart: How to Know for Sure You Are Saved
“Often the surest way to convey misinformation is to tell the strict truth.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)
“Often the tension that exists between the pictorial content of a photograph and its record of reality is the picture's true beauty.”
Source: Pictures under discussion
“Often the test of courage becomes rather to live than to die.”
Source: Oreste: Tragedia in Cinque Atti