Refuge Quotes

Refuge Quote of the day

Prayer is the place of refuge for every worry, a foundation for cheerfulness, a source of constant happiness, a protection against sadness.

Patriotism cannot be our final spiritual shelter; my refuge is humanity. I will not buy glass for the price of diamonds, and I will never allow patriotism to triumph over humanity as long as I live.

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.

God who preceded all existence is a refuge.

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

My hope is in you, Lord. Be my refuge, for You are my strength.... Into Your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit. You have redeemed me, Lord, God of Truth.

Simple pleasures are the last healthy refuge in a complex world.

Even a hunter cannot kill a bird which flies to him for refuge.

Being an entrepreneur isn't really about starting a business. It's a way of looking at the world: seeing opportunity where others see obstacles, taking risks when others take refuge.

The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world.

When you are caught in the heavy rains of anger, open the umbrella of mind, take refuge under the roof of reason!

We can find true refuge within our own hearts and minds-right here, right now, in the midst of our moment-to-momen t lives.

I lift my hands to believe again. You are my refuge. You are my strength. As I pour out my heart, these things I remember, You are faithful, God, forever.

Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can be sure of being admired when they are not admirable, and praised when they are not praiseworthy.

So you're quite right that when... as the Cold War grew and expanded out of Europe, we ourselves had to take refuge behind the shield of the Monroe Doctrine.

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.

Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.

So when I say that I am a refugee, you must understand that there is no refuge.

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

I had great difficulty in school interacting with others, and I took refuge in the contrived setting of play acting, which is what I still do.

I believe only and alone in the service of Jesus Christ. In him is all refuge and solace.

Tolerance is our safest refuge and our fortress against the handicaps that arise from schism, factions, and the difficulties inherent in reaching mutual agreement

I think photography was inside me. Once I found it, it became stronger than me and I took refuge in it.

Inaction, contrary to its reputation for being a refuge, is neither safe nor comfortable.

There'll be times when the only refuge is books. Then you'll read as if you meant it, as if your life depended on it.

Books are a refuge, a sort of cloistral refuge, from the vulgarities of the actual world.

I feel that very frequently prayer is made a refuge to dodge the action of faith.

Conformity is the last refuge of the unimaginitive

The Cross to me is certain salvation. The Cross is that which I ever adore. The Cross of the Lord is with me. The Cross is my refuge.

My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free.

Imaginary numbers are a fine and wonderful refuge of the divine spirit almost an amphibian between being and non-being.

Jazz is the last refuge of the untalented. Jazz musicians enjoy themselves more than anyone listening to them does.

Unless we are thoroughly convinced that without Christ we are under the eternal curse of God, as the worst of His enemies, we shall never flee to Him for refuge.

In argument about moral problems, relativism is the first refuge of the scoundrel.

A hermitage in the forest is the refuge of the narrow-minded misanthrope; a hammock on the ocean is the asylum for the generous distressed.

Historical analogy is the last refuge of people who can't grasp the current situation.

God of peace, you are at the center of my life, a strong refuge of peace in the whirlwind of my pain. I look to you for strength and a constant assurance of hope.

Let Christ's righteousness and grace, not yours, be your refuge.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

When you see the storm coming, if you seek safety in that firm refuge which is Mary, there will be no danger of your wavering or going down.

As for me and my house, I have no other refuge than this command of Jesus, 'Only believe' that is my refuge.

Whether our fear is absolutely realistic or out of proportion in our minds, our greatest refuge is Jesus Christ.

College is a refuge from hasty judgment.

Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble making individual.

The reservedness and distance that fathers keep, often deprive their sons of that refuge which would be of more advantage to them than an hundred rebukes or chidings.

Indeed I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing to do.

God, you are my refuge into eternity

The seed of a metaphysical or religious defeat is in us all. For the honest questioner, however, who doesn't seek refuge in some faith or fantasy, there will never be an answer.

music became my refuge and then my salvation.

Yosemite Park is a place of rest, a refuge from the roar and dust and weary, nervous, wasting work of the lowlands, in which one gains the advantages of both solitude and society.