All the events of our life are materials of which we can make what we will.
Great events are the hour-hands of time, while small events mark the minutes.
No single movie or event makes or breaks your career. Everything can be undone, including success.
Allow whatever this moment contains. No matter what event or happening or situation, say 'yes' to it. Allow it to be.
. . . There is a school of thought, a heresy from the madhouse of heresies in the ninth century, that says God is good and is in control of every individual thing that happens, every event, but that unfortunately the devil is in control of the timing.
I try to be a good human being and keep up with what's going on in the world by reading and staying in touch with the current events.
Changi for me - of course it's easy to be wise after the event, and to discuss it cleverly after the event - was about as near as you can get to being dead and still be alive.
The economic interpretation of history does not necessarily mean that all events are determined solely by economic forces. It simply means that economic facts are the ever recurring decisive forces, the chief points in the process of history.
For the moment and for some time great events have been denied me, forward action not come my way.
It [sin] cannot occur at any time nor in any form without his permission. While he does not actively originate it, he holds such absolute control over it that no single event in connection with it can take place without his permission
If we can't alter the tide of events, at least we can be nearby with towels to mop up.
Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
We are born to die tomorrow, and yet through books we are able to know events of thousands of years.
Terrorist bombings, like rampage shootings, are events that maximize the amount of publicity per amount of damage. That's why people do them, because they know they will set off a media frenzy.
It's a great event to get outside and enjoy nature. I find it very exciting no matter how many times I see bald eagles.
Summers was simply a master explainer, able to deftly boil down the complexities of economic and financial, and to put them in terms the non-expert could understand. He was brilliant at cultivating a sense of control, even as events spun far beyond what could be managed with any certainty. He could will into being the confidence that eluded others, those less self-assured and, maybe sensibly, on humbler terms with the world.
The feeling before and after the event is very important. There are things happening before and after the event. These things are even more important than the event itself.
Every time I've had a bad performance at an event, I've come back more determined and focused.
The great man is not convulsible or tormentable; events pass over him without much impression.
It is in vain to hope to guard against events too mighty for human foresight or precaution, and it would be idle to object to a government because it could not perform impossibilities.