Quotes for All
Thou shalt not bear false witness Exodus 20:16. When we speak of morality, we imply that a man is true to his word-true to his signature on a contract. The violations of God’s laws are evidence that lying and misrepresentation are not absent from us. Ezra Taft Benson
We learn to believe by believing. We learn to love by loving. The practice of acting on a certain thing, even (or especially) when feeling is absent, embodies the entire “how” of growth. Eugenia Price
To those who say that they are Christian and gay, what we must keep in mind is that absent in that kind of lifestyle is a call to holiness, a call to celibacy and integrity. Obviously, it is a capitulation toward one’s desires and the sexual sins that the Bible so strongly condemns. Erwin W. … Read more
Something about the circus stirs their souls, and they ache for it when it is absent. Erin Morgenstern
They are enthusiasts, devotees. Addicts. Something about the circus stirs their souls, and they ache for it when it is absent. They seek each other out, these people of such specific like mind. They tell of how they found the circus, how those first few steps were like magic. Like stepping into a fairy tale … Read more
We must, therefore, pursue the things that make for happiness, seeing that when happiness is present, we have everything; but when it is absent, we do everything to possess it. Epicurus
When our friends are present we ought to treat them well; and when they are absent, to speak of them well. Epictetus
I just remembered that I’m absent minded… wait, I mean I lost my mind, I can’t find it. Eminem
Today, what most people live in, or with, is the less-than-nuclear family. Working fathers are absent from home during most of the day, the children are schooled outside it, and practically all women who work for money must go outside to earn their living. Elizabeth Janeway
All the earth, though it were full of kind hearts, is but a desolation and desert place to a mother when her only child is absent. Elizabeth Gaskell