Elizabeth Goudge Quotes
It's only the immortal thing that a man can be judged on, that bit of himself that he makes as he does the best he can with what fate handed out to him.
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In the first instance, therefore, global terrorism created a kind of global community sharing a common fate, something we had previously considered impossible.
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I don't want to put my fate in country music fans; I'm too stubborn.
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When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade.
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My fate is in the hands of almighty Allah.
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Ambition drives you on, ability certainly helps, but the fickle finger of fate and luck are great things.
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I'm not in control of my fate, and that's a good thing.
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Every great culture has cared a lot, one way or another, about the fate of its girls.
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I am a very open person, and I'm always nervous of being misconstrued. Sitting in the middle of a restaurant makes me nervous. I feel like I'm being judged. And it's funny that I should feel that way.
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Here an attempt is made to explain suffering: the outcaste of traditional Hinduism is held to deserve his fetched fate; it is a punishment for the wrongs he did in a previous life.
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What could be more lonely than to be enveloped in silence, to be the last of your people to speak your native tongue, to have no way to pass on the wisdom of the elders, to anticipate the promise of the children. This tragic fate is indeed the plight of someone somewhere roughly every two weeks.
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If Europe does not return to the path of common sense, it will find itself laid low in a battle for its fate.
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Art finds her own perfection within, and not outside of herself. She is not to be judged by any external standard of resemblance. She is a veil, rather than a mirror.
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A brave man struggling in the storms of fate, And greatly falling with a falling state. While Cato gives his little senate laws, What bosom beats not in his country's cause?
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Everyone must dream. We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming - well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate. Isn’t that true?
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If you know how to launch your ship into God's sea Oh, what a blessed fate, submerged in it to be
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Notions of chance and fate are the preoccupations of men engaged in rash undertakings.
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There was something about the cocksure confidence of that statement that gave Auger goose pimples. It was like an invitation to fate.
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I was an agnostic until I realized that I had to choose between God and fate. The idea that humanity and nature are the result of fate was not convincing at all. I find the presence of God everywhere.
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Yet they, believe me, who await No gifts from Chance, have conquer’d Fate.
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If France is to be judged, judge her not by the effects of her defeat but by her readiness to sacrifice herself.
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Preachers prepare with this fear: 'Am I going to be able to fill the time?' The audience never worries about that.
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O Luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree!
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While my stories are experimental, they're also very traditional. I love the works of the great Russian writers like Pavel Chekhov and Lev Tolstoy, and their ability to portray our human struggles and joys.
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It's only the immortal thing that a man can be judged on, that bit of himself that he makes as he does the best he can with what fate handed out to him.
