Vocations are born in prayer and from prayer; and only in prayer can they persevere and bear fruit.
I never see a forest that does not bear a mark or a sign of history.
In this manner, I continued with Satan for ten days. His answer and blasphemy were too shocking to pen; till I was worn out with rage and malice against him, I could not bear myself.
Hate is too heavy a burden to bear.
I can't bear the silent ringing in my skull.
The mob is a sort of bear; while your ring is through its nose, it will even dance under your cudgel; but should the ring slip, and you lose your hold, the brute will turn and rend you.
Just saying yes because you can't bear the short-term pain of saying no is not going to help you do the work.
The vine that has been made to bear fruit in the spring, withers and dies before autumn.
To bear all kinds of tortures without a murmur of resentment is not possible for a human being without the strength that comes from God.
Some truths did not bear saying, and some lies were necessary.
Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne.
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. - Second Amendment to the Constitution An armed society is a polite society.
How strange or odd some'er I bear myself, As I perchance hereafter shall think meet To put an antic disposition on.
When one sense has been bribed the others readily bear false witness.
A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth.
All men are made one for another: either then teach them better or bear with them.
I don't think my parents liked me. They put a live teddy bear in my crib.
I like writing a lot more than I used to. I used to find it scary but now I've got used to it once it gets going. I used to find it hard to start. Fear of the blank page. The first thing you write down won't bear any relation to what's in your head and that's always disappointing.
I could bear the memory, but I could not bear the music that made the memory such a killing thing.
We bear the sole, relentless tenderness.