Top 1200 Only Quotes & Sayings - Page 19

To hear the phrase "our only hope" always makes one anxious, because it means that if the only hope doesn't work, there is nothing left.

Historical Re-creation, he thought glumly, as they picked their way across, under, over or through the boulders and insect-buzzing heaps of splintered timber, with streamlets running everywhere. Only we do it with people dressing up and running around with blunt weapons, and people selling hot dogs, and the girls all miserable because they can only dress up as wenches, wenching being the only job available to women in the olden days.

As for all I can tell, the only difference is that what many see we call a real thing, and what only one sees we call a dream.

The age in which we live can only be characterized as one of barbarism. Our civilization is in the process not only of being militarized, but also being brutalized.

If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?

The only point of having power it seems to me is to empower others. The only point of leadership is to inspire.

We are never aware of the present; each instant of living becomes perceptible only when it is past, so that in a sense we do not live at all, but only remember living.

Since obscenity is the truth of our passion today, it is the only stuff of art -- or almost the only stuff.

You’re only responsible for yourself, Jess. And that’s the only person you can control. Other people will either get it or they won’t but you can’t define yourself by their opinions.

I'm not the only one working for democracy in Burma - there are so many people who have worked for it because they believe that this is the only way we can maintain the dignity of our people.

I would only give a prize to whoever works for the peace in Syria, first of all by stopping the terrorists from flowing towards Syria, only.

No one can help you if you're stuck in a work. Only you can figure a way out, because only you can see the work's possibilities.

We're all afraid of suffering or agony or torture. It's only natural in some ways. It's only human, let's say. I don't know how natural it is. It probably is conditioning.

Truth is, of its essence, liberating, as it is possessed of no contrivance or conceit - that it provides the only genuine basis for progress and that the future can only be found in truth.

The only way we can leave the pain or sin from our past is to face it with Christ. For the past cannot be forgotten, it can only be forgiven and redeemed.

Since obscenity is the truth of our passion today, it is the only stuff of art - or almost the only stuff.

Some people wish above all to conform to the rules, I wish only to render what I can hear. There is no theory. You have only to listen. Pleasure is the law.

Football's another sport I absolutely despise. Along with baseball. Really, for me, basketball's the only real sport, the only one that matters.

If I loved all the world as I do you, I shouldn't write books to it: I should only write letters to it, and that would be only a clumsy stage on the way to entire telepathy.

The only guide to a man's conscience, the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions.

What you really want is for a cyberattack to be very costly and risky so it is used only rarely and only against really high-value targets.

Right and wrong are concepts that only have meaning in this world, so by sorting existence on those characteristics, we are defining ourselves to exist only in this world.

But it was only hot outside, and generally I only walked outside between one air-conditioned place to another.

Success is not only one thing. It's not only having a nice house in Beverly Hills and driving a nice Mercedes.

I never liked stardom. It's weird to me. I only like the creative process. I only like the work.

The world is nothing but my perception of it. I see only through myself. I hear only through the filter of my story.

The only difference between me and Anthony Joshua is that he's made more money. He's a heavyweight and thats the blue ribbon division but that's the only difference.

You get out there in space and say to yourself: that's home. That's the only home we have, and the only one we're going to have for a long time

To be happy. That's the only reason I made the decision to come to L.A. It's not only about football; it's more about life.

There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses - only results.

I don't know what will happen to me without you. Only you. Only you love me. Out of everyone in the world.

I believe you can only draw from your own life as an actor. All the characters I've played, I only have my infinite eye and the presence of my life to take from.

Other things may be seized by might, or purchased with money, but knowledge is to be gained only by study, and study to be prosecuted only in retirement.

You see some of these guys that lead in sacks every year, but they only play on third down or only play in certain situations.

Only you can take care of yourself and only you can push yourself to do better and work harder and make someone believe in your talent.

I'm just opposed to a pure inflation-only mandate in which the only thing a central bank cares about is inflation and not employment.

I can't think, 'Ah, that team should call me up.' The only thing I can do is stay in shape and wait. You can only control what you can control.

I am only interested in being famous for my dancing. For me, the concept of the sacred monster is only about the stage - it is not about image.

A sense of duty - you only really get this feeling when you have a child. You always only used to be responsible for yourself and then there is also a child.

The only transformer and alchemist that turns everything into gold is love. The only magic against death, aging, ordinary life, is love.

Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Likewise, not matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if that’s what you are seeking.

People not only want to support public schools, but people warm to this idea of being a philanthropist, even if they might have only have $5 to spare.

Self-care is never a selfish act - it is only good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others.

Truth is the recognition of reality; reason, man's only means of knowledge, is his only standard of truth.

Toil to some is happiness, and rest to others. This man can only breathe in crowds, and that man only in solitudes.

To complain that I could only be married once was like complaining that I had only been born once.

My mother always says that you are successful only when you are capable of helping somebody. So I feel whatever I could do I could do only with the blessings of my parents.

One is only happy in proportion as he makes others feel happy and only useful as he contributes his influences for the finer callings in life.

Therefore, the only way Donald Trump can protect himself is to set up a blind trust or to divest in these holdings. It`s the only way.

That's how the NFL is. It's a dangerous, violent game, and there's only so many opportunities, and only the best of the best play it.

For most people, art is only valuable if other people say it is; and artists are only worthwhile if they are either rich and famous, or dead.

Words transform. Speak only with a good purpose. Say only things that serve you and others. Choose your words wisely.

If only people would realize that moral principles are like measles.... They have to be caught. And only the people who've got them can pass on the contagion.

Love is our only weapon. Only love can turn mere life into a miracle, and draw precious meaning from suffering and fear.

The real danger of writing a great song when you're on something is that it might get you thinking that the only way to repeat that is by only writing when you're high.

I can change my mind, but only the Holy Spirit can change my heart. Divine love can only be divinely imparted.

if only my whole life could be words and music, if only everything else could slip away.

One achieves true human dignity only when one serves. Only he is great who subjects himself to taking part in the achievement of a great task.

Only love of a good woman will make a man question every choice, every action. Only love makes a warrior hesitate for fear that his lady will find him cruel. Only love makes a man both the best he will ever be, and the weakest. Sometimes all in the same moment. -Wicked

We used to fight the LRA with only one dimensional force that only walks on foot, but now, we have got multiple forces to fight the rebels.