Occasions Quotes

Occasions of adversity best discover how great virtue or strength each one hath. For occasions do not make a man frail, but they show what he is.

Now, I had been frightened on several different occasions in my life. The most frightening of these involved an elevator and a mime.

There were a couple of occasions when it was passed around - and, unlike President Clinton, I did inhale!

Life is an occasion...rise to it.

A man who will not get scared on some occasions, lacks good sense.

I liked to use my face mask more than the diving helmet for most occasions. I was learning to hold my breath longer now and could go down almost as deep without the helmet which limited my movements.

There are few occasions when we should make a bad bargain by giving up the good on condition that no ill was said of us.

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.

Not to sound too deep or weird, but I assume that the occasions once you pretty take pleasure in surfing are the occasions you are extremely kind of getting a single with nature.

Make every occasion a great occasion, for you can never tell who may be taking your measure for a higher place.

There are occasions when I've had beef, but I generally tend to avoid it, as a nod towards my parents' culture.

There are occasions that I love to be fashionable and enjoy, you know? But the work day of a mother doesn't include a hair making team or any consideration of your shoe.

Mesmerizing! I've heard Jim Rohn speak on numerous occasions and I still listen intently to every word he says. His delivery is flawless; his ideas - timeless.

Fools are in great demand, especially on social occasions. They embarrass everyone but provide material for conversation. In their positive form, they become diplomats.

Who so taketh in hand to frame any state or government ought to presuppose that all men are evil, and at occasions will show themselves so to be.

Sure, occasion is the father of most that is good in us.

I loved working with Meryl Streep twice and I've gotten to work with my friend Liam Neeson on several occasions.

Necessity, especially in politics, often occasions false hopes, false reasonings, and a system of measures, correspondingly erroneous.

So much of life is in the smallness of moments...but they are harder to mark. So we need the grander celebrations and occasions. People like to feel significant.

WRATH, n. Anger of a superior quality and degree, appropriate to exalted characters and momentous occasions; as, "the wrath of God," "the day of wrath," etc. . . .

HATRED, n. A sentiment appropriate to the occasion of another's superiority.

I've met Nelson Mandela a couple of times and it was an unbelievable experience on both occasions; the most amazing moment of my life.

There are occasions when I have moved boulders, but I'm reluctant to, especially ones that have been rooted in a place for many years.

But as we do not light up our houses with our brightest lamps for all comers, so neither did she emit from her eyes their brightest sparks till special occasions for such shining had arisen.

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.

It was odd how one found oneself making trivial conversation on important occasions. Perhaps it was because one could not say what was really in one's mind.

I don't like expeditions where it is a total lottery whether you live or die. You have to keep those sort of good luck cards for rare occasions!

On the rare occasions I go to the gym, I prefer silence.

It is remarkable that when great discoveries are effected, their simplicity always seems to detract from their originality: on these occasions we are reminded of the egg of Columbus!

A little sturdiness when superiors are much in the wrong sometimes occasions consideration. And there is truth in the old saying that if you make yourself a sheep, the wolves will eat you.

It is the duty of mankind on all suitable occasions to acknowledge their dependence on the Divine Being.

Now that I near 80, I realize with wistful pleasure that on many occasions I was 10, 20, 40, even 50 years ahead of my time.

Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, has on several occasions talked about transparency as an absolute principle. I don't personally believe that.

Vote counting and ballot collecting does not occur in the light of day. There are too many occasions when observers and opposing parties lose contact with the ballots.

Natural events have completely destroyed this planet on numerous occasions in the past, and just like them we are a natural event destroying this planet.

Woolsey bites on occasion

For all history up to the end of the Cold War, summit meetings were historic and dramatic occasions, when leaders who controlled the destiny of much of the world met to change the world.

On occasions when u feel most hopeless, u must take powerful effort. We must persist in face of failure.

Any time I get to go home is a joyous occasion.

God has done more than I could ask or even imagine on more occasions than I could ever recount. His ways are higher than my ways. My ideas simply cannot compete with his.

[Hillary Clinton] has seen on two separate occasions, laughing at the girl who was raped.

It was one of the occasions when Lymond asleep wrecked the peace of mind of more people than Lymond awake.

There are occasions when I would rather feel like a fly than a spider.

You have been compelled to cultivate your reflective faculties, for want of occasions for frittering your life away in silly trifles.

My very good friend, Rahm Emanuel, made it very clear to me on several occasions that I was, quote, unquote, not a team player; that I was not - that I didn't not have a future.

Never shall I recollect the occasion he gave me of displeasure, without feeling it renewed.

On certain occasions, the eyes of the mind can supply the want of the most powerful telescopes, and lead to astronomical discoveries of the highest importance.

I'll smoke anything. I won't spend a lot of money on cigars, because I consider that too self indulgent. $3, max, except for special occasions. And yes, I do know the difference.

But with regard to critical occasions, it often happens that all moments seem comfortably remote until the last.

There are occasions when the simplest and fewest words surpass in effect all the wealth of rhetorical amplification.