E Paul Torrance Quotes

#1. Like those in the valley behind us, most people stand in sight of the spiritual mountains all their lives and never enter them, being content to listen to others who have been there and thus avoid the hardships.

Robert M. Pirsig

#2. To me, the piano in itself is an orchestra.

Cecil Taylor

#3. I promise you that the same stuff galaxies are made of, you are. The same energy that swings planets around stars makes electrons dance in your heart. It is in you, outside you, you are it. It is beautiful. Trust in this. And you your life will be grand.

Kamal Ravikant

#4. Creativity is the process of sensing problems or gaps in information, then identifying the difficulties and seeking solutions through trial and error or through forming hypotheses.

Ellis Paul Torrance

#5. It takes courage to be creative. Just as soon as you have an idea, you become a minority of one.

E. Paul Torrance

#6. Torrance emphasized that "the gospel of unconditional grace is very difficult for us, for it is so costly. It takes away from under our feet the very ground on which we want to stand, and the free will which we as human beings cherish so dearly becomes exposed as a subtle form of self-will".

Paul D. Molnar

#7. The thing that gave me most pride about it was to see the smiles and the pride on my staff's faces, because a restaurant is a team thing, and for the whole team it's very much that touchy-feely thing that I could have helped them achieve such an award.

Paul Rankin

#8. Control the things you can control .

Samantha Stosur

#9. We can have open and good discussion with our Republican brothers and sisters. But when we walk into the chapel we should leave our political differences out in the parking lot.

Scott Howell

#10. One of the most powerful wellsprings of creative energy, outstanding accomplishment, and self-fulfillment seems to be falling in love with something - your dreams, your image of the future.

Ellis Paul Torrance

#11. One's self-image and image of the future have a great deal to do with what that person is motivated to do and able to do, as well as the extent to which he is able to change his behavior.

Ellis Paul Torrance

#12. When individuals change, society will change. And when society changes, the whole world will change. The welfare of the individual is bound up with the welfare of society as a whole.

Sathya Sai Baba

#13. Refuse to be average.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

#14. it was the kind of moon
that I would want to
send back to my ancestors
and gift to my descendants

so they know that I too,
have been bruised...by beauty.

Sanober Khan

#15. Creativity is a distinctive trait of human excellence in all domains of behavior.

Ellis Paul Torrance

#16. When the eye or the imagination is struck with an uncommon work, the next transition of an active mind is to the means by which it was performed

Samuel Johnson

#17. Twenty years ago. First, when you take a static picture of society, people

Ben Goldacre

#18. Things themselves do not remain, but their effects do. Therefore we should not be mean and calculating with what we have but give with a generous hand. Look at how much people give to players and dancers-why not give just as much to Christ?

Saint John Chrysostom

#19. We're always flexible and pragmatic ... It's always important to watch the unemployment rate and to make sure that we can keep most Canadians working. We were successful in that back in 2008-09.

Jim Flaherty

#20. The more sins you confess, the more books you will sell.

Ninon De L'Enclos