Rope Quotes

• Whatever happens, do not lose hold of the two main ropes of life - hope and faith.

  Zig Ziglar

  Motivational, Two, Hope And Faith

  Ziglar, Zig (1985). “Steps to the Top”, p.34, Pelican Publishing

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• We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.

  Jean Toomer

  Life, Learning, Experience

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• God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.

  Ramakrishna

  Important, Bamboo, Stones

  Ramakrishna, Mahendra Nath Gupta (1942). “The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna”, Ramakrishna Vivekanada Center

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• When a knot gets to tight, you can always cut the rope

  Dean Koontz

  Cutting, Knots

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• The higher the rope, the more thrilling it is to climb.

  Michelle Gibson

  Motivation, Higher, Climbs

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• Weave me a rope that will pull me through these impossible times.

  Tim Finn

  High Heels, Impossible

  Matt Cameron, Tim Finn (2009). “Poor Boy”

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• Good luck and bad luck are strands of the same rope.

  Sakura Tsukuba

  Good Luck, Bad Luck, Strands

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• When you're really passionate, you're going to grab hold of every rope you see, and wrap them around your arms and legs to claw your way out. And that's the way I've felt in my life.

  Viola Davis

  Passionate, Legs, Arms

  Source: aalbc.com

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• Why should I stay at the bottom of a well, when a strong rope is in my hand?

  Rumi

  Strong, Life Changing, Hands

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• I don't really believe in 'directions' in art; the rope twists as you follow it, that's all.

  Graham Nelson

  Art, Believe, Twists

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• The Hopi Indians thought that the world’s religions each contained one spiritual thread, and that these threads are always seeking each other, wanting to join. When all the threads are finally woven together they will form a rope that will pull us out of this dark cycle of history and into the next realm.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Spiritual, Dark, Together

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.197, A&C Black

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• It was as helpful as throwing a drowning man both ends of the rope.

  Arthur Baer

  Men, Helpful, Drowning

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• A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.

  Mae West

  Relationship, Confidence, Sarcastic

  Mae West (1967). “The wit and wisdom of Mae West”

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• I hope no one asks me to show them the ropes; I have no idea where they are. Maybe I could pull some strings and find out.

  George Carlin

  Humorous, Ideas, Strings

  George Carlin (2002). “Napalm & Silly Putty”, Hyperion

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• I'll fight anybody who grabs the rope to hang themselves.

  Adrien Broner

  Motivation, Fighting, Fighter

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• A man is like a rope: both break at a definite strain....The solution is not splicing the rope; it's lessening the tension.

  Jack Vance

  Men, Break, Tension

  "To Live Forever". "Emphyrio" by Jack Vance, (Chapter XVI, section 3), 1956.

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• Prayer is a long rope with a strong hold.

  Harriet Beecher Stowe

  Strong, Prayer, Long

  Harriet Beecher Stowe (2010). “The Pearl of Orr's Island”, p.205, Applewood Books

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• Immortality without eternity is a rope with only one end.

  Multatuli

  Eternity, Immortality, Ends

  Multatuli, E. M. Beekman (1974). “The Oyster & the Eagle: Selected Aphorisms and Parables of Multatuli”, p.61, Univ of Massachusetts Press

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• The end of the rope stops in the palm of God.

  Dillon Burroughs

  Ends, Palms

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• If you're at the end of your rope . . . untie the knot in your heart.

  Cooper Edens

  Heart, Ends, Knots

  Cooper Edens (2007). “If You're Afraid of the Dark, Remember the Night Rainbow/Add One More Star to the Night”, p.4, Chronicle Books

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• How could you reach the pearl by only looking at the sea? If you seek the pearl, be a diver: the diver needs several qualities: he must trust his rope and his life to the Friend's hand, he must stop breathing, and he must jump.

  Rumi

  Hands, Sea, Breathing

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• Guilt is a rope that wears thin.

  Ayn Rand

  Guilt, Guilt Feelings

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.684, Hamilton Books

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• Dear Pope, send me some hope or a rope.

  Lou Reed

  Religious, Religion, Pope

  Lou Reed (2008). “Pass Thru Fire: The Collected Lyrics”, p.407, Da Capo Press

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• The climb will go. Get rid of the rope. It's only distracting you.

  Jeff Lowe

  Climbs

  Jeff Lowe (1996). “Ice World: Techniques and Experiences of Modern Ice Climbing”, p.63, The Mountaineers Books

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• Prayer pulls the rope below and the great bell rings above in the ears of God. Some scarcely stir the bell, for they pray so languidly. Others give but an occasional pluck at the rope. But he who wins with heaven is the man who grasps the rope boldly and pulls continuously, with all his might.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Christian, Prayer, Motivation

  Charles Spurgeon, T. De Witt Talmage, Henry Ward Beecher, D. L. Moody, Joseph Parker (2017). “Gems of Truth & Beauty”, p.192, Gideon House Books

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