Johann Kaspar Lavater Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
When I got on stage, I would have a rush of adrenaline; everybody gets it. Normally after the first night it becomes more controllable, and as long as I could ride the wave, I was still in charge.
-
Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
-
We just sort of thought a Web series would be a cool thing to be able to send to our parents to show them that we were, in fact, actually doing comedy.
-
Are we like late Rome, infatuated with past glories, ruled by a complacent, greedy elite, and hopelessly powerless to respond to changing conditions?
-
I don't believe anyone who says they don't care what people say about them. Of course they bloody well do.
-
Sometimes you will think you can't take it another day. But if you hang in there, one step at a time, you will be able to accomplish more than you ever imagine.
-
Lumpy and lazy; I aspired to lethargy. In the second year of university, I missed half my classes just because I couldn't pull myself out of bed.
-
It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.
-
Before I paint someone, I always ask, 'How much examination can your body take?' 'How much do you want me to see?'
-
Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
-
I think every business, really, has a unique reason for being, unique assets, unique attributes, a unique history. And that can be turned into a very attractive design story, essentially, that consumers can relate to.
-
Winning is no longer just the outcome. It's part of the process.
-
Yeah, I am lazy. There's no doubt about that.
-
There's something about the expanse of nature that forces you to think clearly.
-
My mum made a conscious decision not to teach me any Indian languages so I wouldn't talk with an accent.
-
In this kind of situation, we tend to cling to his convictions, we believe that, by magic, we are going to recover. Then we agree to drive less good cars and we are fatally more exposed. It is what finally happened to me with Ensign.
-
Holy scripture does not hold women back. It's the people that decide to interpret it in such a way for their own, sometimes political, agendas.
-
Tokyo may have more money and Kyoto more culture; Nara may have more history and Kobe more style. But Osaka has the biggest heart.
-
Pray a little each day in a childlike way for the Spirit of prayer. If you feel that you know, as yet, very little concerning the deep things of prayer and what prayer really is, then pray for the Spirit of prayer. There is nothing He would rather do than unveil to you the grace of prayer.
-
I think people respect honesty rather than hiding it.
-
I'd much rather have the honesty than not. Because if you will say what's on your mind and get it off your chest, then the sooner I can prove you wrong!
-
My satisfaction comes from my commitment to advancing a better world.
-
Rather than a teaching tool, I think a novel is more of a witnessing entity. A witnessing entity? What is that? I just want the reader to step in and experience it as a story.
-
The more honesty a man has, the less he affects the air of a saint.
