Fire And Thorns Quotes

#1. People spend their lives in therapy to fight their natural inclinations. Day in and day out, not doing what they desire in the hopes of being this better, happier and more successful person.

Donna Augustine

#2. Is there any one among you who believes he can be spared the way? Can he swindle his way past the pain of Christ? I say: Such a one deceives himself to his own detriment. He beds down on thorns and fire. No one can be spared the way of Christ, since this way leads to what is to come.

C. G. Jung

#3. The people around me gasp in recognition of the seal.

Rae Carson

#4. My faultless breast the furnace is, the fuel wounding thorns;Love is the fire and sighs the smoke, the ashes shame and scorns;The fuel Justice layeth on, and Mercy blows the coals;The metal in this furnace wrought are men's defiled souls.

Robert Southwell

#5. Some people lose their nerve for riding or skiing or driving; well, I've lost my nerve for life.

Sophie Kinsella

#6. I curl up inside and freeze when I have to act. I much prefer sitting on the sidelines and trying to get the best out of other people.

Mel Ferrer

#7. The truth is that the free movement of goods, people, and money that developed under British hegemony between 1870 and 1913 - the first episode of globalization - was made possible, in large part, by military might rather than market forces.

Ha-Joon Chang

#8. Character is more important than rank.
Loyalty is more important than wealth.
And what the people who truly know you think, is more important than your status in the eyes of strangers.

Jeff Kurtti

#9. The road to freedom is full of thorns and fire, yet happy is he who follows it!

Aminu Kano

#10. Sometimes you have to deprive someone of the pleasure of being with you so that they can realize how much they need you in their lives ...

Osayi Emokpae Lasisi

#11. He studies me thoughtfully. "You are a beautiful queen, Elisa," he says voice pitched low.
I never expected he would say such a thing. "A month or two of pastries will fix that," I say. Then I smile to show him I mean it flippantly.
His expression does not change. "Even then.

Rae Carson

#12. I'm very much an Enlightenment kind of guy.

Jimmy Wales

#13. When the rain finally abates, I decide to wait out the night instead of trying to climb in the dark.

Rae Carson

#14. God was long gone before Nietzsche made his death certificate into a slogan, but no one
has yet written the obituary of the Devil.

Thomas Ligotti

#15. I'm a very private person.

Kirsty Gallacher

#16. When you work with people whom you like and you admire because they're so good at what they do, it doesn't feel like work. It's like you're playing.

Stan Lee

#17. Wherever at least two art lovers meet, Vincent Van Gogh's name is holy.

Irving Stone

#18. Sometimes I would like to ask God why He allows poverty, suffering, and injustice when He could do something about it. But, I'm afraid He would ask me the same question.

Brandon Hatmaker

#19. You must not lose faith, child. No matter what. Do not doubt God or his choosing of you. He knows infinitely more than we can imagine.

Rae Carson

#20. I enjoy giving money away. The more you give, the more you get.

Michael Hintze

#21. We are surrounded by the dry thorns of the Inquisition on all four sides; throwing around words burning like fire is the shortest way to one's grave!

Mehmet Murat Ildan