T Quotes
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“There are times when the evil seems so impenetrable, the wickedness so victorious, you don't even know how to hope. But then the good news bursts in, as impossible to deny as it is to believe.”
Source: Trial by Twelve
“There are times when the gospel just seems to be powerfully at work in a nation, and thousands upon thousands are converted. If you think about what has happened in Latin America, Africa and East Asia all in the last hundred years, it is breathtaking. We have seen an expansion of the gospel as we have never seen before in the history of the church.”
“There are times when the human face and body can express the yearning of the heart so accurately that you can, as they say, read them like a book.”
Source: The Thirteenth Tale
“There are times when the human face and body can express the yearning of the heart so accurately that you can, as they say, read them like a book. Do not abandon me.”
Source: The Thirteenth Tale
“There are times when the kindness of strangers only makes things worse because one realizes how badly one is in need of kindness and that the only source is a stranger.”
Source: Great House: A Novel
“there are times when the last thing you want to hear is the truth.”
Source: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
“There are times when the law jeopardizes those who obey it.”
Source: Pussy, king of the pirates
“There are times when the mind is dealt such a blow it hides itself in insanity. While this may not seem beneficial, it is. There are times when reality is nothing but pain, and to escape that pain the mind must leave reality behind.”
“There are times when the mirth of others only saddens us, especially the mirth of children with high spirits, that jar on our own quiet mood.”
“There are times when the most practical thing is to lie down.”
Source: Humboldt's Gift
“There are times when the ocean is not the ocean - not blue, not even water, but some violent explosion of energy and danger: ferocity on a scale only gods can summon. It hurls itself at the island, sending spray right over the top of the lighthouse, biting pieces off the cliff. And the sound is a roaring of a beast whose anger knows no limits. Those are the nights the light is needed most.”
“There are times when the ocean is not the ocean - not blue, not even water, but some violent explosion of energy and danger: fierceness on a scale only gods can summon.”
“there are times when the one thing you haven't counts more than all the riches that may be yours.”
“There are times when the only access I have to the truest person that I am is when I'm alone and trying to solve a sentence. It's exciting, even when it's frustrating, even when I can't do it right.”
“There are times when the power of language is not the power that is needed.”
“There are times when the simple dignity of movementcan fulfill the function of a volume of words.”
“There are times when the state department says not to travel to a place, but I'll look it up and find out for myself. For years, even Bali was off the list because they had been bombed. I totally ignored that.”
“There are times when the thing we are seeing changes before our very eyes, and if it is a landscape we praise nature, and if it is celestial we invoke God, but if it is a loved one who defects, we excuse ourselves and say we have to be somewhere and are already late for our next appointment. We do not stay to put pennies over the half-dead eyes.”
Source: A Scandalous Woman, and Other Stories
“There are times when the unseen can be even more dangerous than what our eyes behold.”
Source: The Elementals
“There are times when the utmost daring is the height of wisdom.”
Source: On War
“There are times when the vehicle is in the ready mode, there are no indications externally that the vehicle can move and yet if someone accidentally hits the pedal, say when someone's inside, the car will move.”
“There are times when the voice of repining is completely drowned out by various louder voices: the voice of government, the voice of taste, the voice of celebrity, the voice of the real world, the voice of fear and force, the voice of gossip.”
“There are times when the way has to pass through sufferings to cleanse ourselves from the burden of the past.”
Source: Songs of the Mist
“There are times when the welfare system may appear as an impediment to growth. Yet the drive for growth should always bear in mind the fact that people also need security”
“There are times when the world is rearranging itself that the right person can change the world.”
Source: The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness
“There are times when the world is rearranging itself, and at times like that, the right words can change the world.”
Source: Ender's Game
“There are times when the writers ask us to improvise. Sometimes the animators are inspired by what you do, and sometimes you are inspired by what the animators do.”
“There are times when things are clear in your head and your heart and everything comes all aligned and it's easy and it just feels good to do something. But most of the time it's not like that. Most of the time there's conflict between your head and your heart.”
“There are times when things are difficult. There are times when his efforts do not seem to yield much. There are times when there is sheer despair all over his life, but deep in his heart, he thirsts to become a fruitful man.”
Source: A Man of Valour: Idioms and Epigrams
“There are times when thinking about something is the worst possible policy.”
Source: When the Tripods Came
“There are times when those eyes inside your brain stare back at you.”
“There are times when to be reasonable is to be cowardly.”
“There are times when tranquility is difficult to maintain.”
Source: Life Is A Cocktail
“There are times when two people need to step apart from one another, but there is no rule that says they have to turn and fire.”
“There are times...when we are in the midst of life-moments of confrontation with birth or death, or moments of beauty when nature or love is fully revealed, or moments of terrible loneliness-times when a holy and awesome awareness comes upon us. It may come as deep inner stillness or as a rush of overflowing emotion. It may seem to come from beyond us, without any provocation, or from within us, evoked by music or by a sleeping child. If we open our hearts at such moments, creation reveals itself to us in all it's unity and fullness. And when we return from such a moment of awareness, our hearts long to find some way to capture it in words forever, so that we can remain faithful to it's higher truth.
...When my people search for a name to give to the truth we feel at those moments, we call it God, and when we capture that understanding in timeless poetry, we call it praying.”
Source: The Sparrow
“There are times when we can feel destiny close around us like a fist around a doorknob. Sure, we can resist. But a knob that won't turn, a door that sticks and never budges, is a nuisance to the gods. The gods may kick in the jamb. Worse, they may walk away in disgust, leaving us to hang dumbly from our tight hinges, deprived of any other chance in life to swing open into unnecessary risk and thus into enchantment.”
“There are times when we do not recognize that it is time for us to move forward. When life is ready for us to move and we resist, life will move us by any means necessary. What may feel like a disaster is actually a graduation. Remain open to being guided, supported and protected by the universe.”
“There are times when we in Little Dragon write from scratch together, but everyone has their own lives, so it just seems to make sense when everyone starts an idea on their own and we sort of meet somewhere along the way. I'm at the studio all the time because I live there, but the guys will have different schedules. It's easier to start an idea with your own thoughts, rather than having to compromise from the start.”
“There are times when we may feel that God has abandoned us but in reality, that is just our perception. God never Abandons anyone.”
“There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand truth, just as we must descend to the bottom of a well to see the stars in broad daylight.”
Source: The Power of the Powerless: Citizens Against the State in Central Eastern Europe: Citizens Against the State in Central Eastern Europe
“There are times when we stop, we sit still. We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper.”
“There are times when we suffer innocently at other people’s hands. When that occurs, we are victims of injustice. But that injustice happens on a horizontal plane. No one ever suffers injustice on the vertical plane. That is, no one ever suffers unjustly in terms of his or her relationship with God. As long as we bear the guilt of sin, we cannot protest that God is unjust in allowing us to suffer.”
“There are times when what's happening in rock is the best music in the world, and there are times when there is nothing worthwhile at all.”
“There are times when wisdom cannot be found in the chambers of parliament or the halls of academia but at the unpretentious setting of the kitchen table.”
“There are times when words seem empty and only actions seem great. Such a time has come, and in the Providence of God America will once more have an opportunity to show the world that she was born to save mankind.”
“There are times when you are home to yourself and you long for company.”
“There are times when you are in despair, because in order not to betray who you are, you don't compromise, you don't make movies that would be very lucrative or prestigious or easily understood. And yet I stay attached to the most uncanny premises. It's never been easy.”
“There are times when you cannot understand why you cannot do what you want to do. When God brings the blank space, see that you do not fill it in, but wait.”
Source: My Utmost for His Highest
“There are times when you come across somebody that's really impressive, someone that's got a proper living and really does make a difference to people's lives. Then I do feel a bit of a wanker, admitting I'm an actress. That's hard to say to someone who may be making a difference. But I don't know how I could change things.”
“There are times when you devote yourself to a higher cause than personal safety.”