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falling-in-love love-you soul
Your naked body should only belong to those who fall in love with your naked soul. Charlie Chaplin
fall character adversity
Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself. Charles de Gaulle
fall dark night
Other sound than the owl's voice there was none, save the falling of a fountain into its stone basin; for, it was one of those dark nights that hold their breath by the hour together, and then heave a long low sigh, and hold their breath again. Charles Dickens
fall rain wind
External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty.
fall mind excess
Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.
fall vanity world
He [the miser] falls down and worships the god of this world, but will have neither its pomps, its vanities nor its pleasures for his trouble. Charles Caleb Colton
fall velocity vacuums
The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum.
fall errors giving
Power. like the diamond, dazzles the beholder, and also the wearer; it dignifies meanness; it magnifies littleness; to what is contemptible, it gives authority; to what is low, exaltation. To acquire it, appears not more difficult than to be dispossessed of it when acquired, since it enables the holder to shift his own errors on dependents, and to take their merits to himself. But the miracle of losing it vanishes, when we reflect that we are as liable to fall as to rise, by the treachery of others; and that to say "I am" is language that has been appropriated exclusively to God!
fall giving wife
There is no quality of the mind, or of the body, that so instantaneously and irresistibly captivates, as wit. An elegant writer has observed that wit may do very well for a mistress, but that he should prefer reason for a wife. He that deserts the latter, and gives himself up entirely to the guidance of the former, will certainly fall into many pitfalls and quagmires, like him who walks by flashes of lightning, rather than the steady beams of the sun.
character ideas clothes
I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked onto the stage he was fully born.
character tramps figures
My character of the Tramp, the millions of workers symbolized in that one figure.
character men law
By the Law of Slavery, man, created in the image of God, is divested of the human character, and declared to be a mere chattel. Charles Sumner
character men realizing
Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself
character adversity responsibility
Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
character hard-times virtue
Character is the virtue of hard times.
character normal dysfunctional-family
Well, while I didn't have the more extreme experiences of some of my characters, I didn't exactly come from the most normal of households. Or rather, it was normal, in that dysfunctional families appear to be the norm. Charles de Lint
character attention elements
When one of my characters becomes aware of a magical element, it might be because the world is wider than we assume it to be, but it might also be a reminder to pay attention to what is here already, hidden only because it's been forgotten.
character interesting grind
The cramped monotony of my existence grinds me away by the grain.
adversity lasts camels
It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.
adversity blessing sometimes
Sometimes the greatest adversities turn out to be the greatest blessings.
adversity extremes knows
He that has never suffered extreme adversity knows not the full extent of his own depravation.
adversity prosperity shrinks
He that swells in prosperity will be sure to shrink in adversity.
adversity half known
He that has never known adversity is but half acquainted with others, or with himself.
adversity doe needs
Often times God demonstrates His faithfulness in adversity by providing for us what we need to survive. He does not change our painful circumstances. He sustains us through them. Charles Stanley
adversity fire secret
Many a text [of Scripture] is written in a secret ink which must be held to the fire of adversity to make it visible. Charles Spurgeon
adversity suffering
But we must not suffer over the suffering. Alan Watts
adversity opportunity leader
When the world is in the midst of change, when adversity and opportunity are almost indistinguishable, this is the time for visionary leadership and when leaders need to look beyond the survival needs of those they're serving. Chip Conley