Top 338 Tightly Quotes & Sayings

We hold on so tightly that our hands are unavailable to reach out for the happiness we could gain by letting go.

The self-righteous have their fig leaves so tightly bound that they have forgotten the seeping wounds beneath the foliage.

Don't hold onto anything so tightly that Jesus can't take it from you.

What makes our product work is the way we're tightly focused on messaging and being an SMS replacement.

The more tightly packed the group, the greater the need for strict social ranks and orders.

You know how the bonds of family are, my lady... They cling as tightly as vines. And sometimes, like vines, they cling tightly enough to kill.

Our possessions are a trust from God. What we clutch tightly, we lose. What we place in His hands, we will possess.

If you hold a bird too tightly, you'll crush its wings

The E.U.'s Eastern Partnership programme is designed to bind the so-called focus states tightly to itself, shutting down the possibility of co-operation with Russia.

My greatest fear in life is standing before the Lord and hearing Him say, ‘I had so much more for you, but you held on too tightly.’

For the record, Irish," he informed her tightly, just in case she got the wrong idea, "I kneel to no one.

I have to admit I can be pretty high strung and tightly wound.

I'd found heaven and grabbed it as tightly as I could, but it was unraveling, an insubstantial thread sliding between my fingers, too fine to hold.

Even in a society as tightly controlled as Singapore's, the market creates certain forces which perhaps in the long run may lead to democracy.

One of the primary tenets of the course was that highly successful leaders kept journals, morning and night, in order to stay tightly focused on their goals.

Clothes should fit comfortably - not too tightly - so that you have space to move in and think freely.

The whole idea of timing tests is a century old, from a scientist who thought speed and ability were tightly correlated, which they are not.

You rock a sobbing child without wondering if today's world is passing you by, because you know you hold tomorrow tightly in your arms.

The more tightly you cling to your faith, the looser your grip is on reality.

The perceptual body that you are at the time of death ceases to be. It is not structured quite so tightly.

I live in jeans, mainly Wrangler and Nudie. I like them as dark blue as they'll go and tightly woven.

I have spent many years holding so tightly to things - wants, desires, etc. - but inevitably, they or something even better only arrives when I release the grasp.

In America, music is more tightly categorized.

It is the poor man who clenches so tightly to the gold he is given - for fear of losing it. The man of wealth spends his gold freely to accomplish his will in the world. It is the same with life.' Suddenly ashamed of my conspicuous poverty, I lowered my eyes. But Scatha placed a hand beneath my chin and raised my head. 'Cling too tightly to your life and you will lose it, my Reluctant Warrior. You must become the master of your life, not its slave.

He runs a very tightly knit ship

We are secure, not because we hold tightly to Jesus, but because He holds tightly to us.

I take his hand, holding on tightly, preparing for the cameras, and dreading the moment when I will finally have to let go.

Though tightly the net of words forms, how surely truth slips out.

People who have few possessions cling tightly to those they have. That is one of the facts that make life so discouraging.

Hate traps us by binding us too tightly to our adversary.

In the middle of a crazy and drunk life, you have to hang onto the good and sober moments tightly.

Music acts like a magic key, to which the most tightly closed heart opens.

They [my stories] evolve. If they're tightly constructed, it's because they're revised constantly as I move forward each day. That's where the structure inheres. It's all organic.

I've always written very tightly, and there's a good reason for that. There's no point in using words that you're not going to apply.

Conor held tightly onto his mother. And by doing so, he could finally let her go.

I write very tightly, and my big fear is boring people. I want them to read quickly, stopped in their tracks. I resist indulging myself.

I had a tightly knit group of female friends in elementary school - we called ourselves the Sensational Six.

In those countries with centuries of a craft tradition behind their building methods, techniques are tightly coordinated under the direction of the architect.

We know all about actors and singers because they do interviews, but with the royals, everything's so tightly controlled. They live this strange reality behind closed doors.

Don't hang onto anything too tightly-all things must change and you have to allow room for them to grow and blossom.

Anywhere in the world if you see a president holding his chair tightly, that man is either a thief or a tyrant, and even worse than this, he is both!

When we cling too tightly to what God did last, we often miss what God wants to do next.

When you go to a Japense wedding, make sure that you tie the ribbon on the present tightly because if you don't, you may imply that you don't think the marriage will last.

The moment you feel the need to tightly manage someone, you've made a hiring mistake. The best people don't need to be managed. Guided, taught, led-yes. But not tightly managed.

I'm learning not to hold on so tightly to my solitude. It's not an economical way to work. A driver would call it 'white-knuckling.' If you're holding on to the wheel so tightly, it's gonna lock up your driving. Releasing myself from trying to control everything has been part of growing up.

In America, music is more tightly categorized

My own memories are packed tightly away. I very rarely bring them out for viewing.

My sister-in-law believes that few narratives are so tightly constructed that you can't skip boring bits and still keep abreast of what's going on.

Repression in the human psyche is tightly bundled. When it has been pulled out of the sprung package so often it is perhaps difficult to push it back in the box.

Government must be a transparent garment which tightly clings to the people's body.

It would behoove you to have your thesis finely tuned and the logical arguments utilized in support of it tightly woven into a credible, and creatively persuasive tapestry.

The task of the teacher of the Bible is to open up what’s closed, to make plain what is obscure, to unravel what is knotted and to unfold what is tightly packed.

A mystery novel localizes the awesome force of the real death outside the book, winds it tightly in a plot.

Never will He hold your hand more tightly than when He is leading you through the dark.

Despite outsiders being invited to write software, the iPhone thus remains tightly tethered to its vendor - the way that the Kindle is controlled by Amazon.

The resistance to praying is like the resistance of tightly clenched fists. This image shows a tension, a desire to cling tightly to yourself, a greediness which betrays fear.

Every album we've done is tightly linked with our lives.

Even in a society as tightly controlled as Singapore's, the market creates certain forces which perhaps in the long run may lead to democracy

Don't just reach for the stars. Grab a hold of one, grasp it tightly, and pull it into your heart and soul.

Weave the circle, tightly sewn, Let nothing evil or unknown Enter within. Stay without On pain of death, we cast you out.