T Quotes
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“There is a power within and without. If you ask, it answers. It's just a matter of being calm and wise and listening. It takes years.”
Source: In the Nick of Time - The Autobiography of John Altman, EastEnders' Nick Cotton
“There is a power within you that will free you!”
“There is a powerful covenant and great strength in the Word of God that is undiluted.”
Source: The Infallible Word of God: 365 Inspirational Quotes
“There is a powerful craving in most of us to see ourselves as instruments in the hands of others and thus free ourselves from the responsibility for acts which are prompted by our own questionable inclinations and impulses. Both the strong and the weak grasp at this alibi. The latter hide their malevolence under the virtue of obedience: they acted dishonorably because they had to obey orders. The strong, too, claim absolution by proclaiming themselves the chosen instrument of a higher power -- God, history, fate, nation, or humanity.”
Source: Bruce Lee: Artist of Life
“There is a powerful craving in most of us to see ourselves as instruments in the hands of others and thus free ourselves from the responsibility for acts which are prompted by our own questionable inclinations and impulses.”
Source: The Passionate State of Mind
“There is a powerful desire by majorities to assert a religious identity for the country.”
“There is a powerful difference between feeling apart and feeling a part. There is a world in that space.”
Source: The Midnight Children
“There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that once unleashed can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.”
“There is a powerful force within us, an un-illuminated part of the mind - separate from the conscious mind that is constantly at work molding our thought, feelings, and actions.”
“There is a powerful need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again.”
“There is a powerful need for symbolism, and that means the architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart. There is a powerful need for symbolism, and that means the architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart”
“There is a powerful recognition that stirs within us when we see our little blue ocean planet in the skies of other worlds. In an instant we can see how small, fragile, and alone we all really are.”
“There is a practice that is most powerful in keeping us united with God. That practice is the constant recollection of His presence.”
“There is a prayer intended to give strength to people faced with circumstances they don’t want to accept. The power of the prayer comes from it's insight into human nature. Because so many of us rage against the hand that life has dealt us. Because so many of us are cowardly. And afraid to stand up for what is right. Because so many of us give into despair when faced with an impossible choice. The good news for those who utter these words is that God will hear you and answer your prayer. The bad news is that sometimes the answer is no.”
“There is a prayer that lives in the center of your heart. If you pray it, it will change your life. How does it begin?”
Source: Be Happy: Release the Power of Happiness in You
“There is a prayer that we recite in those rooms that I love very much. It simply says, “Dear God—thank you for all that has been given, for all that has been taken away, and for all that remains.”
Source: All the Way to the River
“There is a prayer that we recite in those rooms that I love very much. It simply says, “Dear God—thank you for all that has been given, for all that has been taken away, and for all that remains.”
Like many gratefully recovering addicts, I stand in amazement at all that remains—astonished that I was allowed to keep anything, after all my many years of madness and acting out. By all rights, I should have lost absolutely everything in the course of my various and sundry maelstroms and upheavals. Many people with minds as disordered as mine have indeed lost everything.”
Source: All the Way to the River
“There is a pre-existing harmony in everything. The problem is the human being. It may be true that one single Incarnation of God may not he able to bring that peace and harmony in the entire world. It's only because of that harmony that they could create in the world and in people's mind that the world still exists and that there is always a balance. Otherwise, things could be much worse.”
“There is a precarious balance to the life of a building. It has nothing to do with its age, or the beauty of its construction. A damaged building can always be repaired if it still has life, but a dead building will never be whole again.”
“There is a predictable interlude when the rivals suddenly come together and speak for a second of their common loneliness, thus tritely demonstrating that we really are all the same, though I can't think of any really first-rate film, play, or book that isn't unconsciously dedicated to the fact that we are all inconsolably different.”
“There is a predictable theme as to what upsets our matriarchs. Usually, matriarchs are known for their unified support. When it comes to kingdom matters, however, they are willing to drive out Abraham's son. (Ge 21:10) They are willing to reject Isaac's son. (Ge 27:6-13) In other words, they are not afraid to reject royalty ('shepherd-like acquaintances') to further God's kingdom goals. (Re 20:4-6)”
Source: Song of Songs: The Book for Daughters
“There is a preppy wabi-sabi to soft, faded khakis and cotton shirts, but it's not nice to be surrounded by things that are worn out or stained or used up.”
“There is a presence, a silence, a stillness which is here by itself. There is no doer of it, no creator of this stillness. It is simply here in you, with you. It is the fragrance of your own self. There is nothing to do about this, it is naturally present. This fragrance of peace, this spaciousness, it is the fragrance of your own being.”
“There is a present because it works with my theories. If you find a better one than mine, then I may reconsider, but for the sake of the universe—and oh, how we philosophers make the universe weep—there is a present, and it is the time you just left.”
Source: Aizai the Forgotten
“There is a pressing need to integrate the study of international economics with the study of international politics to deepen our comprehension of the forces at work in the world.”
Source: The Political Economy of International Relations
“There is a pressure toward conformity; we are in a perpetual competition of trying to one-up those around us.”
“There is a presumption in favor of every existing institution. Many of these (we will suppose the majority) may be susceptible of alteration for the better; but still the "Burden of proof" lies with him who proposes an alteration; simply, on the ground that since a change is not a good in itself, he who demands a change should show cause for it. No one is called on . . . to defend an existing institution, till some argument is adduced against it; and that argument ought in fairness to prove, not merely an actual inconvenience, but the possibility of a change for the better.”
“There is a pretty girl on the face of the magazine and all I see is my dirty hands turning the page.”
“There is a pretty interesting document called 'action writing.' Which is not all about spontaneity and first thought, best thought,' but a certain kind of attention to the smallest increments of the phonemes of language, The kind of power of connection, what he is able to do with language.”
“There is a price for all things, my son, for all men. I have merely to find his.”
Source: Conqueror
“There is a price for everything in life. Even what you receive freely has already been paid for by someone.”
Source: The Mountain of Ignorance
“There is a price for forgetting and remembering. Forgetting as a form of escape deprives us of what the Five Gifts can offer––humility, patience, empathy, forgiveness, and growth.”
Source: The Five Gifts: Discovering Hope, Healing and Strength When Disaster Strikes
“There is a price for popularity. Critics look for your weaknesses, your flaws, anything that makes the work seem like a fluke and not seem worthy of all the attention it's getting.”
“There is a price tag on human liberty. That price is the willingness to assume the responsibilities of being free men. Payment of this price is a personal matter with each of us.”
“There is a price that astronomers must pay for damaging workers health and it is the demolition of the biologically toxic Mauna Kea Observatories.”
“There is a price to be paid for fabricating around us a society which is as artifical and as mechanized as our own, and this is that we can exist in it only on condition that we adapt ourselves to it. This is our punishment.”
“There is a price to pay for accomplishment.”
“There is a price to pay for most of our actions. For every action, there is a reaction.”
“There is a price to pay for speaking the truth. There is a bigger price for living a lie.”
“There is a price to pay for success, there is also a price to pay for failure. The question is, what price are you willing to pay?”
“There is a price to pay for what you wish to possess.”
“There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect.”
Source: The papers of Woodrow Wilson
“There is a price you pay if you want to train military personnel - they don't all come back.”
“There is a price, which you have to pay. You are 24 hours on the job, if you go out in public.”
“There is a pride in speaking this language.”
“There is a pride, a self-love, in human minds that will seldom be kept so low as to make men and women humbler than they ought to be.”
Source: A collection of the moral and instructive sentiments, maxims, cautions, and reflexions, contained in the histories of Pamela, Clarissa, and Sir Charles Grandison: Digested under proper heads, with references to the volume, ...
“There is a primacy of each individual object. And we'll see! That's the whole point of making sculpture, to present a question in a physical form to people.”
“There is a primal reassurance in being touched, in knowing that someone else, someone close to you, wants to be touching you. There is a bone-deep security that goes with the brush of a human hand, a silent, reflex-level affirmation that someone is near, that someone cares.”
Source: The Dresden Files Collection 7-12
“There is a principle of human affairs that goes back millennia, which is that you don't look in the mirror. You can trace this principle back to the Bible. The designated intellectuals of that time are called prophets, which is a mistranslation of a Hebrew word, but they were basically intellectuals, giving geopolitical analysis, criticizing the moral practice of leadership, etc. Now, these people were not treated very nicely. There were other intellectuals who were treated nicely, namely those who centuries later came to be called false prophets. These were the flatterers of the court.”
“There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation.”