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distance loneliness farewell
Whatever the cause, I could not meet his sunshine with cloud. If this were my last moment with him, I would not waste it in forced, unnatural distance. I loved him well - too well not to smite out of my path even Jealousy herself, when she would have obstructed a kind farewell. A cordial word from his lips, or a gentle look from his eyes, would do me good, for all the span of life that remained to me; it would be comfort in the last strait of loneliness; I would take it - I would taste the elixir, and pride should not spill the cup. Charlotte Bronte
distance years understanding
I could not answer the ceaseless inward question-why I thus suffered; now, at the distance of-I will not say how many years, I see it clearly.
distance political politics
Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance. Charles de Gaulle
distance giving payback
What do they say about meeting a bear in the woods? Oh right, you shouldn't. And to make sure you don't, you should make a lot of noise so that they'll will know where you are and keep their distance because, supposedly, they're as nervous of us as we are of them. Which is all goo, except this bear doesn't seem the least bit nervous. He's giving me a look like I'm Goldilocks, ate his porridge, broke his chair, slept in his bed, and now it's payback time."- Widdershins Charles de Lint
distance men world
Were the life of man prolonged, he would become such a proficient in villainy, that it would become necessary again to drown or to burn the world. Earth would become an hell; for future rewards when put off to a great distance, would cease to encourage, and future punishments to alarm. Charles Caleb Colton
distance character order
That politeness which we put on, in order to keep the assuming and the presumptuous at a proper distance will generally succeed. But it sometimes happens that these obtrusive characters are on such excellent terms with themselves that they put down this very politeness to the score of their own great merits and high pretensions, meeting the coldness of our reserve with a ridiculous condescension of familiarity, in order to set us at ease with ourselves.
distance knees remember
We must remember that the shortest distance between our problems and their solutions is the distance between our knees and the floor. Charles Stanley
distance lying night
I am convinced that there is no great distance between heaven and earth, that the distance lies in our finite minds. When the Beloved visits us in the night, He turns our chambers into the vestibules of His palace halls. Earth rises to heaven when heaven comes down to earth. Charles Spurgeon
distance men law
The law shows the distance that exists between God and man; the Gospel bridges that awful chasm and brings the sinner across it.
resistance obedience tyranny
Resistance to tyranny ius obedience to God Susan B. Anthony
resistance recognition revolutionary
I shall earnestly and persistently continue to urge all women to the practical recognition of the old Revolutionary maxim. Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.
resistance sometimes comfortable
I have to get comfortable with resistance, and even sometimes with hostility. Bryan Stevenson
resistance legislation approach
Industries are fearful of legislation. But if you start in the marketplace and forge a solution, you get a lot less resistance - and often a more flexible approach. Cary Sherman
resistance wiping-out rescue
God rescues us by breaking us, by shattering our strength and wiping out our resistance. Aiden Wilson Tozer
resistance
We're still stymied by the old stand-off between those who wish to fight terrorism and resistance fighters. Gijs de Vries
resistance things-change used
I have a resistance to change in things that I feel comfortable with and that I'm used to. Dennis Quaid
resistance violence mets
Wanting anything too desperately is a form of aggression and violence, which will always be met with resistance. Bryant H. McGill
resistance violence were-meant-to-be
Any act of violence creates resentment and resistance, because humans were meant to be free.
too-much enough
Maybe I thought too much about picking up the money and not enough about the really good parts. Alan Ladd
too-much fables labels
Don't rely too much on labels, for too often they are fables
too-much miserable made
I talk too much because I have been made so miserable by what you are keeping hushed. Djuna Barnes
too-much pebbles diamond
Words are like diamonds. Polish them too much, and all you get are pebbles. Bryce Courtenay
too-much week working-it
When you start working on a series, it's almost too much work. It's like a movie a week. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
too-much attention danger
Mr. Darcy began to feel the danger of paying Elizabeth too much attention. Jane Austen
too-much argument disputes
Arguments are too much like disputes.
too-much used changed
Everything has changed. I cannot be used anymore. Those days are over. I know too much. What I do now, I do for me. China Mieville
too-much taste littles
To loathe the taste of sweetness, whereof little more than a little is by much too much. William Shakespeare