There are books that speak to us of our own lives with a clarity we cannot match. They prevent the morose suspicion that we do not fully belong to the species, that we lie beyond comprehension. Our embarrassments, our sulks, our envy, our feelings of guilt, these phenomena are conveyed in Austen in a way that affords us bursts of almost magical self-recognition. The author has located words to depict a situation we thought ourselves alone in feeling, and for a few moments, we see ourselves more clearly and wish to become whom the author would have wanted us to be. . Alain De Botton
I would rather be an opportunist and float than go to the bottom with my principles around my neck.
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Stanley Baldwin
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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Francis Bacon
Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds while you wait for the extraordinary moment – that which they cannot anticipate.
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Sun Tzu
We must seize every opportunity we can to speak the truth and proclaim peace. Especially now. There's so little time for many.
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Francine Rivers
You can be saved without suffering, but you cannot be sanctified without suffering. That doesn't mean you seek it out, but it does mean you see it for what it is. It's an opportunity to glorify God.
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Mark Batterson
More Quotes By Alain De Botton
She got up , walked around the table, and gave him a lingering hug, running her fingers through the back of his hair. She'd been finding more excuses to hug him lately." What was that for?" Dill asked." Because you looked like your heart stepped...
She's it. She's my everything. She's the standard by which I'll judge beauty for the rest of my life. I'll measure every touch to her breath on my skin. Every voice to her voice. Every mind to her mind. My measure of perfection. The name...
We are a fallen species, spitting on the gift of salvation. Humanity is irredeemable.
Stick to the key of C, dude. No sharps or flats. More forgiving.
