O Quotes
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“Oh, how easy it must be to be good when one has the power of doing good!”
Source: The inheritance, by the author of Marriage. Edinburgh ed
“Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!”
“Oh, how everything that is suffered with love is healed again!”
Source: The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, vol 2
“Oh, how few find time for prayer! There is time for everything else, time to sleep and time to eat, time to read the newspaper and the novel, time to visit friends, time for everything else under the sun, but-no time for prayer, the most important of all things, the one great essential!”
“Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.”
“Oh, how good it is to be with someone, sometimes.”
“Oh, how great is the goodness of God, greater than we can understand. There are moments and there are mysteries of the divine mercy over which the heavens are astounded. Let our judgment of souls cease, for God's mercy upon them is extraordinary.”
“Oh, how great is the power of truth! which of its own power can easily defend itself against all the ingenuity and cunning and wisdom of men, and against the treacherous plots of all the world.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Cicero (Illustrated)
“Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God.”
“Oh, how great the plan of our God!”
“Oh, how hard it is to find The one just suited to our mind!”
Source: The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell: Including Theodric, and Many Other Pieces Not Contained in Any Former Edition
“Oh, how hard it is to part with power! This one has to understand.”
“Oh, how hard it must be to die anywhere but in ones birthplace.”
“Oh, how horrible our sins look when they are committed by someone else.”
“Oh, how I like those little mortifications that are seen by nobody, such as rising a quarter of an hour sooner, rising for a little while in the night to pray!”
“Oh, how I regret not having worn a bikini for the entire year I was twenty-six. If anyone young is reading this, go, right this minute, put on a bikini, and don't take it off until you're thirty-four.”
“Oh, how I vainly wished to the bearded man in the sky that I was Neapolitan. Why? So I could bring in a fine Neapolitan pest control to help with Queensberry's problem before it gets out of hand.”
“Oh, how I wish that Orwell were still alive, so that I could read his comments on contemporary events!”
“Oh, how I would like a poor Church, and for the poor.”
“Oh, how miserable it is to have no one to share your sorrows and joys, and, when your heart is heavy, to have no soul to whom you can pour out your woes.”
“Oh, how much holier the world would be if more people invoked their right to remain silent.”
Source: Tweet Inspiration: Faith in 140 Characters (or Less)
“Oh, how much is today hidden by science! Oh, how much it is expected to hide!”
“Oh, how one wishes sometimes to escape from the meaningless dullness of human eloquence, from all those sublime phrases, to take refuge in nature, apparently so inarticulate, or in the wordlessness of long, grinding labor, of sound sleep, of true music, or of a human understanding rendered speechless by emotion!”
Source: Roger Martin du Gard: Gabriela Mistral ; Boris Pasternak
“Oh, how portentous is prosperity! How comet-like, it threatens while it shines.”
Source: The Complaint; Or, Night-thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality ... To which is Added, A Paraphrase on Part of the Book of Job
“Oh, how powerfully the magnet of illusion attracts.”
“Oh, how precious is time! And how guilty it makes me feel when I think I have trifled away and misimproved it, or neglected to fill up each part of it with duty to the utmost of my ability and capacity”
Source: The Works of President Edwards;: Narrative of conversions. Life and diary of the Rev. David Brainerd. Mr. Brainerd's journal. Mr. Brainerd's remains
“Oh, how precious is time, and how it pains me to see it slide away, while I do so little to any good purpose.”
Source: The Works of President Edwards;: Narrative of conversions. Life and diary of the Rev. David Brainerd. Mr. Brainerd's journal. Mr. Brainerd's remains
“Oh, how precious time is! Blessed are those who know how to make good use of it. Oh, if only all could understand how precious time is, undoubtedly everyone would do his best to spend it in a praiseworthy manner!”
“Oh, how quickly the world's glory passes away.”
“Oh, how quickly things changed! Why didn't happiness last for ever? For ever wasn't a bit too long.”
Source: KATHERINE MANSFIELD Premium Collection: 160+ Short Stories & Poems (Literature Classics Series): The Complete Short Stories and Poetry of Katherine Mansfield: Bliss, The Garden Party, The Dove’s Nest, Something Childish, In a German Pension, The Aloe, Poems at the Villa Pauline, Child Verses...
“Oh, how rare are the Christians who speak with a tender heart and have a theological backbone of steel.”
“Oh, how small a portion of earth will hold us when we are dead, who ambitiously seek after the whole world while we are living!”
“Oh, how strenuous is life! I know a little of it. Men "ought always to pray, and not to faint." How fierce the battle! I know something of the conflict, but I ought not to faint, because I can pray.”
Source: The Westminster Pulpit vol. III: The Preaching of G. Campbell Morgan
“Oh, how superior is the Eye of Horus to the Mouth of Isis!”
“Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no longer threaten us!”
“Oh, how swiftly the glory of the world passes away!”
“Oh, how this spring of love resembleth, The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all beauty of the Sun, And by and by a cloud takes all away”
“Oh, how thunderous the applause must be in Heaven, all those times we are mocked on earth for the sake of His name.”
Source: Tweet Inspiration: Faith in 140 Characters (or Less)
“Oh, how we need general conference! Through conferences our faith is fortified and our testimonies deepened. And when we are converted, we strengthen each other to stand strong amid the fiery darts of these last days.”
“Oh, how we need to wake up to the fact that the Holy Spirit’s blessing and power is the key to everything.”
“Oh, how with more than dreams the soul is torn, ere sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes.”
Source: Selected poems
“Oh, how wretched should I be at this moment, if I had not made my peace with God.”
“Oh, humiliation is poisonous. Its one of the deepest pains of being human.”
“Oh, I adore to cook. It makes me feel so mindless in a worthwhile way.”
Source: Summer Crossing: A Novel
“Oh, I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness. You went to the movies then, you saw two movies and a short. When Mickey Mouse came on the screen and there was his big head, my sister said she had to hold onto me. I went berserk.”
“Oh, I always think everyone feels left out.”
“Oh, I am a cook and a captain bold,
And the mate of the Nancybrig,
And a bos'sun tight, and a midshipmite,
And the crew of the captain's gig!”
“Oh, I am a lonely painter / I live in a box of paints.”
“Oh, I am a prompt person!”
“Oh, I am all for singing. If I had had children I should have hounded them into choirs & choral societies, and if they weren't good enough for that, I would have sent them out, to sing in the streets.”
Source: Letters