S Quotes
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“Some see a weed; some see a flower. Perspective.”
Source: The Crown
“Some see failure as defeat, while others see it as a chance to rise stronger. The choice is yours to embrace: surrender to failure, or do the best you can with it.”
“Some see her as peculiar because she is into girls, but I say screw that! Love is devotion. Yes, my sister is a lesbian, and I admire her to death.”
Source: Burgundy Winters: in Europe
“Some see it as selfishness or fussiness, nonetheless, it is less of a mess i guess.”
Source: "Darling, it's not only about sex"
“Some see opportunity where others see work. Some seek opportunity where others seek work.”
“Some see risk as a reason not to try. Some see it as an obstacle to overcome. The risk is the same; to try or not depends on your perspective.”
“Some see solitude as loneliness. Others see it as a foetal state from which to blunder out into the world. I see it as a breathing space for contemplation and, indeed, breeding space for ideas.”
“Some see the attacks on 7 October as a grave mistake that only led to further devastating punishment. This is a linear perspective, however, when you consider that first Palestine had little real choice but desperate retaliation after many decades of theft, humiliating cruelty and subjugation. Secondly, that the abhorrent response by Israel was really quite predictable to every Palestinian and even anticipated, and lastly the recognition that there has never in history been any meaningful revolution or striving toward independence without tremendous sacrifice and turmoil.”
“Some see the glass half full, some see it half empty, and some see it crawling with toxic alien parasites who want to devour your pancreas.”
“some see things as they are: others as they are” (p.82) ~CXCI”
Source: The Sufi's Garland
“Some see thorns in roses; others find wildflowers even among weeds. Gratitude turns perception into joy; in a grateful heart, it quietly grows.”
Source: The Light in the Heart
“Some seek and find peace in life; some have to wait for peace in the afterlife.”
“Some seek fame cause they need validation,
Some say hating is confused admiration.”
“Some seek the comfort of their therapist's office, other head to the corner pub and dive into a pint, but I chose running as my therapy.”
“Some seekers will do anything for their Self-realisation - except work for it.”
“Some seem to be desynchronized in their relationships. They feel oppressed, because they cannot move forward together and at the same pace. Their thinking is often incongruent, their motivation disparate. The phone could be a mediator, as it creates an impression to be a perfect reliable friend. However, in the end, it causes rather a sense of isolation, since it divides more than it unites. Eventually it appears not to be such a good friend but only a ghost friend. ( "Kein Schwein ruft mich an" )”
“Some seem to forget that I’ve worked with those on movies and television. I warn you. Television may be exciting, but always take what you watch or read with a grain of salt. The more extreme these people act, the more money they make. They don’t care about us. You should always do your own research using verified primary sources. Editorials or articles published can be exciting, but they are seldom the truth. This country will eventually be destroyed for the sake of a paycheck.”
Source: Where's the Rest of Me? The Autobiography of Ronald Reagan
“Some segments within the American government orchestrated the attack to reverse the declining American economy, and its grips on the Middle East, in order to save the Zionist regime The majority of the American people as well as most nations and politicians around the world agree with this view.”
“Some self-employed people work for others.”
“Some selfish people rise because some kind people haven't learned the art of saying no to them.”
“Some sell their soul for the easy road. The devil's always buying. I can't count the ones I've known who fell right into line.”
“Some sensible person once remarked that you spend the whole of your life either in your bed or in your shoes. Having done the best you can by shoes and bed, devote all the time and resources at your disposal to the building up of a fine kitchen. It will be, as it should be, the most comforting and comfortable room in the house.”
Source: French Country Cooking
“Some sentences take seconds to read, but take minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or even years to understand.”
“Some services are too important to leave to the marketplace.”
“Some sessions are stars and some sessions are stones, but in the end they are all rocks and we build upon them.”
Source: A Life Without Limits: A World Champion's Journey
“Some set great value on method, while others pride themselves on dispensing with method.”
“Some set more by such things as come from a distance, but I rec'lect mother always used to maintain that folks was meant to be doctored with the stuff that grew right about 'em.”
Source: A White Heron and Other Stories
“Some shadows are so long, they arrive before the light.”
Source: Soul Music: (Discworld Novel 16)
“Some shadows remember.
Some memories kill.”
“Some shall reap that never sow
And some shall toil and not attain.”
“Some shows, like PPG, tape in a group session, which is always more fun because you can play off each other.”
“Some sick people try to spread their disease to others before trying to treat themselves.”
“Some sigh for this and that; My wishes don't go far; The world may wag at will, So I have my cigar.”
Source: The Comic Poems of Thomas Hood
“Some silences are more meaningful than thousands of long sentences.”
Source: Jasmine Days
“Some silences don’t fade — they become the background music of our memories.
Love doesn’t always need a promise — sometimes, it just needs presence.
Moving on isn’t forgetting — it’s learning to breathe differently.
Some goodbyes are silent, but they echo for a lifetime.”
Source: No Rewind for Us: Some Silences Change Everything
“Some silent person only speak when surrounded by the right person”
“Some simpleton with pimples in his voice wants to speak to Ernestine," he grumbled to Mother when he answered the phone.”
Source: CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN
“Some sing to win awards. We sing to win wars, because of the battles in life we face daily. That is why ? There is soo much pain and rejoice in our voices. Music is carrying us through everything.”
“Some singers want the audience to love them. I love the audience.”
“Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.”
Source: The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)
“Some sins do bear their privilege on earth,
And so doth yours: your fault was not your folly;
Needs must you lay your heart at his dispose,
Subjected tribute to commanding love,
Against whose fury and unmatched force
The aweless lion could not wage the fight
Nor keep his princely heart from Richard's hand.”
Source: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
“Some sins have no season. We are as likely to be angry in November as to lose our rag in March ... There is, though, something autumnal about greed, apple-cheeked and wheat-crowned, purpled knee-high in grapes; something summery in sloth, as the hammock creaks in the fly-drowsy heat; and more than a tickle of spring in lust, as birds pair and the sap rises. Among these, ingratitude is winter, the worst of seasons.”
“Some sins may help you to remember Allah while some blessings may cause you to forget Him”
“Some sit and watch the life; some sail to the sea and the life watches them!”
“Some sit in the dark saying 'the light didn't come and find me', some just go and find it where the light is! But there is another category, they neither expect nor seek light, they create the light themselves!”
“Some sitters don't engage with the process of having their portrait painted at all. They'll think it's a good opportunity to catch up with all their phone calls.”
“Some situations are a case of the blind leading the deaf.”
“Some situations are hard to handle. That is why they need to be handed to God in prayer.”
Source: Prayer: An Antidote for the Inner Man
“Some situations are just like bad dreams, they're only unbearable while we're giving them our full attention.”
“Some situations are so hopeless when you look at them from the outside, you say, "Why are they still married?"”