Life is not mean, it is grand; if it is mean to any, he or she makes it so. God made it glorious. It is paved with diamonds; its banks he fringed with flowers. He overarched it with stars. Around it He spread the glory of the physical universe-suns, moon, worlds, constellations, systems-all that is magnificent in motion, sublime in magnitude, and grand in order and obedience. God would not have attended life with this broad march of grandeur if it did not mean something.
Portland is a pretty magnificent place to live.
There must be a magnificent disregard of your reader, for if he cannot follow you, there is nothing you can do about it.
BJJ is like trying to solve a puzzle that keeps changing. . so magnificent. . . yet completely humbling.
Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.
There is neither a proportional relationship, nor an inverse one, between a writer’s estimation of a work in progress & its actual quality. The feeling that the work is magnificent, & the feeling that it is abominable, are both mosquitoes to be repelled, ignored, or killed, but not indulged.
I see in Nature a magnificent structure. . . that must fill a thinking person with a feeling of humility.
It is not that I am not a fan of American exceptionalism. That is like saying I am not a fan of the moon being made out of green cheese-it does not exist. Powerful states have quite typically considered themselves to be exceptionally magnificent, and the United States is no exception to that. The basis for it is not very substantial to put it politely.
Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.
God did His most magnificent work while Adam was asleep. This episode contains and important insight: When man rests, God works.
Whatever our problems are, dreams can provide novel ideas and sometimes magnificent resolutions.
Be magnificent. Life’s short. Get out there. You can do it. Everyone can do it. Everyone.
We are important and our lives are important, magnificent really, and their details are worthy to be recorded.
For several centuries Western civilization has had a drive for material accumulation, continual extensions of economic power, termed 'progress'. . . The longing for growth is not wrong. The nub of the problem is how to flip over, as in jujitsu, the magnificent growth energy of modern civilization into a nonacquisitive search for deeper knowledge of self and nature.
An impressively researched and documented collection of the finest thought produced by writers throughout the African Diaspora. A magnificent achievement.
Jesus Christ was the only one capable of performing the magnificent Atonement because He was the only perfect man and the Only Begotten Son of God the Father. He received His commission for this essential work from His Father before the world was established. His perfect mortal life devoid of sin, the shedding of His blood, His suffering in the garden and upon the cross, His voluntary death, and the Resurrection of His body from the tomb made possible a full Atonement for people of every generation and time.
When I went to do my big audition with actors for Mr. Blonde, the thing that was very interesting was the first person to actually do the audition with the song, and they kind of actually acted out the whole scene, they weren't so great. It wasn't that they were magnificent, but the song, it was the first -it was all - been in my head.
Is it a misfortune that magnificent California was seized from the lazy Mexicans who did not know what to do with it.
What a wonderful time it is for each of us to do his or her small part in moving the work of the Lord on to its magnificent destiny.
reality can be magnificent even when life is not.