The reason why we're warriors is that we rise to the occasion; anyone that's felt like the system put them down, and then they rose to the occasion, they're a warrior. It's not about whether you come from the hood or you come from the suburbs, you know what I mean? It's about reality and life.
In all works of liberality something more is to be considered besides the occasion of the givers; and that is the occasion of the receivers.
I will ride my luck on occasion, but I like to pick the occasion.
The occasion is piled high with difficulty. We must rise to the occasion.
This is the one-off occasion and you can't get any bigger occasion than that
Make every occasion a great occasion, for you can never tell who may be taking your measure for a higher place.
But if we’re going to kill them all, we might as well make an occasion of it.” Toshak shrugged. “Do as you wish,” he said. “Occasion or not, as long as they’re all dead, I’m happy.
On occasion I omit commas. On occasion, I use them. (The more you know about English, the less you're likely to think there are unbreakable "rules" for a lot of these things.)
All questions rely on the present for their solution. Time measures nothing but itself. The word that is written may be postponed,but not that on the lip. If this is what the occasion says, let the occasion say it.
I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion.
There is nothing wrong with special occasion foods, as long as every day is not a special occasion.
Don't save something for a special occasion. Every day of your life is a special occasion.
Ronald Reagan has a story for every occasion. Bill Clinton has an excuse for every occasion.
As to precedents, to be sure they will increase in course of time; but the more precedents there are, the less occasion is there for law; that is to say, the less occasion is there for investigating principles.
Whenever you're playing sports with people who are better than you are, it makes you rise to the occasion.
In the weeks after 9/11, out of the pain and the fear there arose also grace and gratitude, eruptions of intense kindness that occurred everywhere, a sharp resolve to just be better, bigger, to shed the nonsense, rise to the occasion.