Sought To Obtain Quotes

#1. Perhaps it would be simpler if you just did what you're told and didn't try to understand things.

Terry Pratchett

#2. Greg made us see, after an enormous amount of effort, that if a (sane) guy really likes you, there ain't nothing that's going to get in his way. And if he's not sane, why would you want him?

Liz Tuccillo

#3. The less you reveal, the more people can wonder.

Emma Watson

#4. In all spiritualities there is a contrast between the affective or13 devotional (bhakti) and the intellectual, anoetic type of experience (raja yoga).

Thomas Merton

#5. His face was just strange enough that she wanted to keep looking at it.

Maggie Stiefvater

#6. Every man has a specific skill, whether it is discovered or not, that more readily and naturally comes to him than it would to another, and his own should be sought and polished. He excels best in his niche - originality loses its authenticity in one's efforts to obtain originality.

Criss Jami

#7. Salt is so common, so easy to obtain, and so inexpensive that we have forgotten that from the beginning of civilization until about 100 years ago, salt was one of the most sought-after commodities in human history.

Mark Kurlansky

#8. You may have sought and tried to obtain instant godliness. There is no such thing....We want somebody to give us three easy steps to godliness, and we'll take them next Friday and be godly. The trouble is, godliness doesn't come that way.
~Jay Adams~

Jerry Bridges

#9. Here's the rule that I set for myself, and I believe it - even on a show like 'Curb Your Enthusiasm': the more personal you are, the wider your audience.

David Steinberg