Top 1200 Far Distance Quotes & Sayings - Page 9

There is no greater distance than that between a man in prayer and God.

Long distance running is particularly good training in perseverance.

I can still enjoy sex at 74 - I live at 75, so it's no distance.

All scenery in California requires distance to give it its highest charm.

We are the ones who have distanced ourselves from God and then we've blamed him for the distance.

The industrial revolution in England was only made possible through intensified agriculture and the use of coal for manufacturing, which delivered far more energy for far less labor.

The importance of a journey is not measured by the distance covered, but by the destination reached.

This weakening is worsened by the widening distance between the governed and their governments.

Positive things happen when you distance yourself from negative people

You learn to run like a sprinter, you'll be a great distance runner

Long-distance relationships are another way of avoiding intimacy.

Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.

He was soon borne away by the waves and lost in darkness and distance.

Distance not only gives nostalgia, but perspective, and maybe objectivity.

Running away from something doesn't do anything except put distance.

Job happiness is directly proportional to the distance you are from the home office.

To be a champion long-distance runner you have to run on the edge of death.

Sometimes you need to distance yourself to see things clearly.

The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.

The man who called it "near beer" was a bad judge of distance.

In L.A., the only thing within walking distance is your car.

The shortest distance between two points is often unbearable.

I came, then, to serve my Church first of all, and the whole world, that is, every person I find along my way. I serve and I will give of myself unto death so that there will be no distance between speaking and doing, so that the people will never again say, 'there is a chasm between us and the leaders' and word spread that the Church is far from her people. I know very well that our people are good and that they want from us today to go to them, to seek them out wherever they are, to search out the lost and return them joyfully to the fold. They hunger and thirst for the Word of God.

What I think we have to be doing is promote the strength of the U.K. working together far stronger, far more than we have done, and I have a number of policy areas that I would use to try and make that happen.

Pain itself can be pleasurable accidentally in so far as it is accompanied by wonder, as in stage-plays; or in so far as it recalls a beloved object to one's memory, and makes one feel one's love for the thing, whose absence gives us pain. Consequently, since love is pleasant, both pain and whatever else results from love, in so far as they remind us of our love, are pleasant.

Meditation is another dimension of natural beauty. People talk about appreciating natural beauty-climbing mountains, seeing giraffes and tigers in Africa, and all sorts of things. But nobody seems to appreciate this kind of natural beauty of ourselves. This is actually far more beautiful than flora and fauna, far more fantastic, far more painful and colorful and delightful.

The big picture doesn't just come from distance; it also comes from time.

Sweetest melodies.Are those that are by distance made more sweet.

I like the storytelling and reading the letters, the long-distance dedications.

The distance between where I am and where I want to be seems impossibly large.

I dont think ignorance is a way that you gain distance on something.

The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.

He sounds like someone who might best be loved from a distance.

Horses know how to be loyal but still keep their distance.

The city buildings in the distance are holding up the sky, it seems.

The tyranny of distance is such an important element of policy and the allocation of resources.

I just want the pleasure of noticing these things at a safe distance.

What looks large from a distance, close up ain’t never that big.

So often the shortest distance to happiness is the length of an about-face.

Mr. Duffy lived a short distance from his body.

I felt a tremendous distance between myself and everything real.

A straight line is not the shortest distance between two points.

Sin is not a distance, it is a turning of our gaze in the wrong direction.

As far as fiction goes, as far as everything from Dr. Seuss to Oscar Wilde to Bret Easton Ellis. Ray Bradbury. There's just tons of stuff that I love. Neil Gaiman!

When entire companies embrace a growth mindset, their employees report feeling far more empowered and committed; they also receive far greater organizational support for collaboration and innovation.

James, that's a bad situation. I'm not saying it's not repairable, but it's pretty far. When you go from being in one of the best bands in the world to some cover band... as far as I'm concerned, he was playing down at the pub.

A thing is mighty big when time and distance cannot shrink it.

Love knows not distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars.

The shortest distance between two idiots is a conga line.

In wartime, the degree of patriotism is directly proportional to distance from the front.

I have certainly had my share of long-distance love affairs.

I think you only see experiences as defining moments with distance.

Only poetry can measure the distance between ourselves and the Other.

We went our separate ways, but within walking distance of one another.

Europe must not distance itself from Africa's universal ambitions.

When winds are raging o'er the upper ocean And billows wild contend with angry roar, 'Tis said, far down beneath the wild commotion That peaceful stillness reigneth evermore. Far, far beneath, the noise of tempests dieth And silver waves chime ever peacefully, And no rude storm, how fierce soe'er it flyeth Disturbs the Sabbath of that deeper sea.

And what looks dark in the distance may brighten as I draw near.

Oppression thrives on distance - on not actually meeting or seeing the oppressed.

I'm always surprised when I read a story that's reported from a great distance.

There is no greater distance than that between a man in prayer and God