William Jenkyn Quotes

There must be fired affections before our prayers will go up.

William Jenkyn

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• If longevity is the best index to measure a company, a basic requirement is the ability of the corporation to generate new and new leaders.

  

  N. R. Narayana Murthy
  • Best
  • Company
  • Longevity

• No constitution is or can be perfectly symmetrical, what it can and must be is generally accepted as both fair and usable.

  

  Ferdinand Mount
  • Constitution
  • Fair
  • Both

• In today's world, it is no longer unimaginable to think that business can operate - and even thrive - in an environmentally-friendly manner.

  

  Olympia Snowe
  • World
  • Business
  • Today

• In my case Pilgrim's Progress consisted in my having to climb down a thousand ladders until I could reach out my hand to the little clod of earth that I am.

  

  Carl Jung
  • Earth
  • Hand
  • Progress

• The appeal of the Golden Age heroes for me is their simplicity, even their naivety - they represent the fundamental building blocks of the whole superhero genre, whether it's a 'super' man able to lift cars, or a vigilante who terrorises criminals at night like Batman.

  

  Adam Christopher
  • Age
  • Night
  • Man

• I make sure to use my life for that which can be of goodwill. It has fortified me spiritually and emotionally.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
  • Life
  • My Life
  • Good Will

• The intention of each lesson is getting you to recognize what you're doing, kinesthetically. Once you're conscious of it, you then can choose whether to continue doing the same thing or not.

  

  F. Matthias Alexander

• Bad news, Harry. I've just been to see Professor McGonagall about the Firebolt. She – er, got a bit shirty with me. Told me I'd got my priorities wrong. Seemed to think I cared more about winning the Cup than I do about staying alive. Just because I told her I didn't care if it threw you off, as long as you caught the Snitch first.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Long
  • She
  • Bad

• Well, we're living in a material world, and I'm a material girl... or boy.

  

  Adam Sandler
  • World
  • Girl
  • Boy

• Women hate revolutions and revolutionists. They like men who are docile, and well-regarded at the bank, and never late at meals.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Men
  • Women
  • Hate

• Morality in the novel is the trembling instability of the balance. When the novelist puts his thumb in the scale, to pull down the balance to his own predilection, that is immorality.

  

  D. H. Lawrence
  • Balance
  • Novelists
  • Thumbs

• Beauty with character ages better than perfection.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
  • Character
  • Age
  • Perfection

• Of the tyrant, spies and informers are the principal instruments. War is his favorite occupation, for the sake of engrossing the attention of the people, and making himself necessary to them as their leader.

  

  Aristotle
  • People
  • War
  • Leader

• From beginning to end, Scripture repeatedly emphasizes God's ownership of everything: "To the Lord your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it" .When I grasp that I'm a steward, not an owner, it totally changes my perspective.

  

  Randy Alcorn
  • Gods
  • Scripture
  • Ownership

• It is true that Bible prayers in word and print are short, but the praying men of the Bible were with God through many a sweet and holy wrestling hour. They won by few words but long waiting.

  

  Edward McKendree Bounds
  • God
  • Men
  • Long

• Once when I had remarked on the affection quite often found between cat and dog, my friend replied, "Yes. But I bet no dog would ever confess it to the other dogs.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Friend
  • Dog
  • Cat

• There must be fired affections before our prayers will go up.

  

  William Jenkyn
  • Affection
  • Prayers