O Quotes
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“Other writers definitely influence my writing. What encourages me and inspires me is when I read a good book. It makes me want to be a better writer.”
“Other writers of history recorded the fighting of wars waged for the sake of children and country and other possessions. But our narrative of the government of God will record in ineffaceable letters the most peaceful wars waged in behalf of the peace of the soul.”
“Other writers, producers, and directors of low-budget films would often put down the film they were making, saying it was just something to make money with. I never felt that. If I took the assignment, I'd give it my best shot.”
Source: The Movie World of Roger Corman
“Other-cheekism is not only a way of purifying the soul, it is also part of every weak person's survival kit.”
“Other-oriented feelings congruent with the perceived welfare of another person.”
“OTHERBOUND is a web of spells and counterspells, but Corinne Duyvis never loses sight of the bodies, minds and all-too-human emotions that absorb the impact of the magical power-plays. It's an action-packed tale of passion, possession and hair-raising leaps from world to world. As you read it, remember to keep breathing.”
“Otherness cannot be a form. For to alter is to deform rather than to form. Therefore, that which is seen in different things can also be seen in and of itself without otherness, since otherness did not give being to it.”
“Otherness is a big thing for me. I'm always drawn to characters that live lives that I couldn't lead.”
“Others [terrorists] are engaging even in an eco-type of terrorism whereby they can alter the climate, set off earthquakes, volcanoes remotely through the use of electromagnetic waves”
“Others abide our question. Thou art free. We ask and ask. Thou smilest and art still, Out-topping knowledge.”
“Others, again, fear to confide in their closest intimates; and if it were possible, they would not trust even themselves, burying their secrets deep in their hearts. But we should do neither. It is equally faulty to trust everyone and to trust no one.”
Source: Letters From A Stoic | Moral Letters To Lucilius
“Others are affected by what I am, and say, and do. So that a single act of mine may spread and spread in widening circles, through a nation or humanity. Through my vice I intensify the taint of vice throughout the universe. Through my misery I make multitudes sad. On the other hand, every development of my virtue makes me an ampler blessing to my race. Every new truth that I gain makes me a brighter light to humanity.”
Source: The Works of William E. Channing
“Others are Ahead of me. I am continually Challenged. My focus is Forward. The atmosphere is Affirming. I am often out of my Comfort Zone. I wake up Excited. Failure is not my Enemy. Others are Growing. People desire Change. Growth is Modeled and Expected.”
“Others are engaging even in an eco-type of terrorism whereby they can alter the climate, set off earthquakes, volcanoes remotely through the use of electromagnetic waves. So there are plenty of ingenious minds out there that are at work finding ways in which they can wreak terror upon other nations. It's real, and that's the reason why we have to intensify our efforts, and that's why this is so important.”
“Others are improving very fast, and I'm not improving as fast, and that bothers me.”
“Others are keen to see if natives other than us live better than we do, without heat in pipes, ice in boxes, sunshine in bulbs, music on disks, or images gliding over a pale screen.”
“Others are my main concern. When I notice something of mine, I steal it and give it to others.”
“Others are not born bad or good... and neither are people, by the way.”
“Others are to us like the characters in fiction, eternal and incorrigible; the surprises they give us turn out in the end to have been predictable and unexpected variations on the theme of being themselves.”
Source: The humanist in the bathtub
“Others are writing my biography, and let it rest as they elect to make it. I have lived my life, well and ill, always less well than I wanted it to be but it is, as it is, and as it has been; so small a thing, to have had so much about it!”
“Others can get in your way temporarily, but only you can get out of your way permanently. Our best thoughts come from others.”
“Others can give you a name or a number, but they can never tell you who you really are. That is something you yourself can only discover from within.”
Source: No Man Is an Island
“Others can inspire you, but ultimately the only thing that empowers you is what lies within you and learning how to better utilize what you’ve been given.”
Source: INSTINCT Daily Readings: 100 Insights That Will Uncover, Sharpen and Activate Your Instincts
“Others can make us vulnerable and the sooner such vulnerabilities are dealt with the better”
Source: Serena
“Others can measure their visions by what we see.”
Source: Viva la poesia
“Others can stop you temporarily - you are the only one who can do it permanently.”
“Others can't always define your true identity. They see what they 'want' to see but beyond your mess, God sees the beauty He created and still thinks it's good!”
“Others can’t give you inner-peace. Your children, spouse, priest or friends can’t give it to you. You have to create it yourself.”
Source: How to Build Self-Esteem and Be Confident: Overcome Fears, Break Habits, Be Successful and Happy
“Others collected round the coach, and gave vent to various surmises; some held that she had fallen asleep; some, that she had burnt herself to death; some, that she had got drunk; and one very fat man that she had seen something to eat which had frightened her so much (not being used to it) that she had fallen into a fit.”
Source: Nicholas Nickleby
“Others control our opportunities, we control our readiness.”
“Others could be victim for each lesson we learned.”
Source: Master of Stupidity
“Others don't exhaust me as much as my own thoughts. It’s the chaos inside my head that steals the peace of my life.”
Source: Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
“Others don't make us angry. There is no force involved. Becoming angry is a conscious choice, a decision, therefore, we can make the choice not to become angry. We choose!”
“Others drink for sterility and commit murder on the human not yet sown. Some when they sense that they have conceived by sin, consider the poisons for abortion, and frequently die themselves along with it, and go to Hell guilty of three crimes: murdering themselves, committing adultery against Christ, and murder against their unborn child.”
“Others Exonerated the plebs and threw the blame upon the patricians: it was owing to their artful canvassing that the plebeians found the road to office blocked; if the plebs might have a breathing-spell from the mingled prayers and menaces of the nobles, they would think of their friends when they went to vote, and to the protection they had already won would add authority. It was resolved in order to do away with canvassing, that the tribunes should propose a law forbidding anyone to whiten his toga, for the purpose of announcing himself a candidate. This may now appear a trivial thing and one scarcely to be considered seriously, but at the time it kindled a furious struggle between the patricians and the plebs. Yet the tribunes prevailed and carried their law: and it was clear that the plebeians in their irritated mood would support the men of their own order.”
Source: The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome
“Others expected to leave this karmic cycle with the purification of the celestial fire. Or being from another world would absorb them into their compassionate light. Or their souls were in a holding pattern until there were enough creatures on a new world for their reincarnation. Those who vanished were not to be mourned but envied. They were now cows and frogs under twin moons or beneath glowing rings.”
Source: The Lifecycle of Suns
“Others fear what the morrow may bring. I am afraid of what happened yesterday.”
“Others find humanity by looking in their own hearts. Only lost souls need to search for it outside themselves.”
Source: The Ender Quintet
“Others first. Whatever your corporate mission, paint a clear and compelling picture that others can understand and embrace. State your mission in terms that appeal to your team's best instincts. Persuade and empower as if you are leading and mentoring volunteers.”
“Others follow paths already made because it’s easier. I forge my own, not for others to follow, but to inspire them to create theirs too.”
“Others follow patterns; we alone are unpredictable.”
Source: Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin
“Others form man; I tell of him, and portray a particular one, very ill-formed, whom I should really make very different from whathe is if I had to fashion him over again. But now it is done.”
Source: The Complete Works: Essays, Travel Journal, Letters
“Others go to bed with their mistresses; I with my ideas.”
“Others had been a little wild, which was not to be wondered at, and not very blamable; but, he had made a lamentation and uproar which it was dangerous for the people to hear, as there is always contagion in weakness and selfishness.”
Source: Christmas Stories from
“Others have been made fools of by the girls; but, this can never be with truth said of me. I most emphatically, in this instance,made a fool of myself.”
Source: The collected works of Abraham Lincoln
“Others have falsely claimed to be the inspiration for Tom Booker in The Horse Whisperer. The one who truly inspired me was Buck Brannaman. His skill, understanding and his gentle, loving heart have parted the clouds for countless troubled creatures. Buck is the Zen master of the horse world.”
“Others have passed faith onto us and we borrow those customs and traditions that help form us. But, sometimes, we also need to adopt new practices that helps us on the journey.”
Source: Apparent Faith: What Fatherhood Taught Me About the Father's Heart
“Others have promised and failed. But God has promised and succeeded. He loves you with an unfailing love.”
Source: Grace for the Moment: Morning and Evening Devotional Journal
“Others have questions about how it is that God and human beings can both be speaking through the one document such that you can see and read the personalities of the human authors with their individual vocabularies and literary genres, and yet this is nevertheless the word of God. How can that be? This is quite a contrast with Islam, for example, which holds that the Koran has been dictated in Arabic by God and as a result Mohammed is nothing more than the one who memorizes the word so as to pass it on. There is nothing of human contribution.”
“Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.”