I will ride my luck on occasion, but I like to pick the occasion.
Sure, occasion is the father of most that is good in us.
The insane, on occasion, are not without their charms.
The field of research in the doctrine of civil resistance is necessarily limited, as the occasions for civil resistance in a man's life must not be frequent.
We have reiterated on many occasions that China wishes to establish and develop long-term, good-neighbourly and friendly relations with all countries in south Asia.
Human rights must be protected by the rule of law, and there can never be occasions where human rights can be neglected or ignored or the rule of law set aside.
Don't save something for a special occasion. Every day of your life is a special occasion.
We are all members of the same great family. . . On social occasions the formality of strictly military occasions should be relaxed, and a spirit of friendliness and goodwill should prevail.
Each day is an occasion to reinvent ourselves
If we suffer persecution and affliction in a right manner, we attain a larger measure of conformity to Christ, by a due improvement of one of these occasions, than we could have done merely by imitating his mercy, in abundance of good works.
The arts must study their occasions; they must stand modestly aside until they can slip in fitly into the interstices of life.
The instability of our tastes is the occasion of the irregularity of our lives.
Some eschew wine for their religion; others just don't cotton to it. A slew of Americans consider wine a fancy-schmancy treat for special occasions. They do not understand the concept of daily wine. It's as though you insisted on confetti and a swing-band at every meal.
The nearer we are to God, the less we will have occasions to cry or weep. The further we are from God, the more will long faces come. The more we know God, the more misery vanishes.
Mr. Sherlock Holmes, who was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was seated at the breakfast table. I stood upon the hearth-rug and picked up the stick which our visitor had left behind him the night before.
I'm OK. Much better than on other occasions. It's true that I've made lots of mistakes but I've never tried to bother anyone. I want to stay alive, preferably in peace, without seeing every one of my mistakes in the papers, and on many occasions, even stories that are lies.
You'll find a way. You'll always find a way. And on the rare occasions when you can't, you'll have friends who will.
In all works of liberality something more is to be considered besides the occasion of the givers; and that is the occasion of the receivers.
Now, I had been frightened on several different occasions in my life. The most frightening of these involved an elevator and a mime.
That which occasions so many mistakes in the computations of men, when they expect return for favors, is that the giver's pride and the receiver's cannot agree upon the value of the kindness done.