Wonderful Things Quotes - Page 16

WHILE A MANS BATTLE against himself is undoubtedly at the heart of golfs abiding appeal, the setting in which it is played is, for most golfers, one of the most wonderful things about it.

Herbert Wind

Heart, Battle, Abiding

Herbert Warren Wind (2016). “Herbert Warren Wind's Golf Book”, p.6, Open Road Media

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It may be a very bad thing that I needed God to die for me, but it is a wonderful thing that God thinks I am worth dying for.

John Ortberg

Thinking, Dying, May

John Ortberg (2001). “Love Beyond Reason: Moving God's Love from Your Head to Your Heart”, p.23, Harper Collins

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Natural grass is a wonderful thing for little bugs and sinkerball pitchers.

Dan Quisenberry

Littles, Bugs, Wonderful

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A blowtorch is a wonderful thing. You can get one of those for about 25 bucks at Home Depot. And there's a ton of things that you can use a blowtorch for, in browning a steak or touching up the browning of a chicken or making creme brulee.

Nathan Myhrvold

Home, Touching, Use

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I have seen some astrologers who predicted wonderful things; but I have no reason to believe they predicted them only from the stars, or anything of the sort. In many cases it is simply mind-reading. Sometimes wonderful predictions are made, but in many cases it is arrant trash.

Swami Vivekananda

Stars, Believe, Reading

Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3648, Manonmani Publishers

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Enthusiasm is a wonderful thing. In South America they throw flowers to you. In Greece Greeks throw themselves.

Melina Mercouri

Flower, America, Greek

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Try to be mindful, and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool. All kinds of wonderful, rare animals will come to drink at the pool, and you will clearly see the nature of all things. You will see many strange and wonderful things come and go, but you will be still. This is the happiness of the Buddha.

Ajahn Chah

Animal, Mind, Trying

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In my career I have had many wonderful things happen to me, many more than I ever dreamed would ever happen. But I would like for you young brethren especially to know that all that has happened to me in my chosen profession is a mere drop in the bucket compared to the truly important things in my life. The testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ that I have, along with my wife and my family, are my most important possessions.

LaVell Edwards

Life, Dream, Jesus

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Idolatry is when you become the source of your own joy. Poverty of spirit is a wonderful thing.

Paul Washer

Joy, Poverty, Spirit

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Family is a wonderful thing, but it doesn't mean you can't do other stuff in your life. In fact, having a family makes whatever other thing you have that much richer. If it was just me, I'd be home alone and think, 'Well, something good happened at work,' but it's much nicer to share it with people you love.

Ben Affleck

Dad, Home, Mean

"Ben Affleck: Fatherhood Has Made Me a 'Richer Person'" by Zach Johnson, www.usmagazine.com. January 10, 2013.

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In life, we all get scored on every day. The wonderful thing is, if we do our best with courage and tenacity, we might be outscored but we can never be beaten.

Michael Josephson

Courage, Might, Wonderful

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When the spirit of people is strong focused and vibrant, wonderful things happen.

Harrison Owen

Strong, People, Spirit

Harrison Owen (2000). “The Power of Spirit: How Organizations Transform”, p.1, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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Loving another person is a wonderful thing, and if that love is sincere, no one ends up tossed into a labyrinth. You have to have more faith in yourself.

Haruki Murakami

Love Is, Labyrinth, Wonderful

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It's a very small object to be capable of doing many wonderful things, don't you think?" "It does much more that that," Valkyrie said, opening up a game and showing it to him. His eyes widened. "What wonder is this?" "It's called Angry Birds. Now do you believe me?

Derek Landy

Believe, Eye, Thinking

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Even if you've never experienced the wonderful things in life, only after something has been contaminated and marred will it become a beautiful thing. Pain can be healed with gentle care, darkness can be removed with sunlight. Don't underestimate the small things. Everything is significant.

Natsuki Takaya

Beautiful, Pain, Things In Life

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Love is a wonderful thing. It makes life worthwhile. I love being in love.

Nicholas Sparks

Being In Love, Love Is, Wonderful

Nicholas Sparks (2010). “The Choice”, p.90, Hachette UK

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One of the wonderful things about free markets is that the path to greater wealth comes not from looting, plundering and enslaving one's fellow man, as it has throughout most of human history, but by serving and pleasing him.

Walter E. Williams

Men, Fellow Man, Path

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Hang in there. It is astonishing how short a time it can take for very wonderful things to happen.

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Time, Recovery, Wonderful

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Never be afraid of the future, for it brings wonderful things.

Erin Hunter

Wonderful

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Our own front door can be a wonderful thing, or a sight we dread; rarely is it only a door.

Jeanette Winterson

Sight, Doors, Wonderful

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What does it matter? Science has achieved some wonderful things, of course, but I'd far rather be happy than right any day.

Douglas Adams

Doe, Matter, Wonderful

Douglas Adams (2010). “The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.173, Del Rey

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What wonderful thing didn't start out scary?

Isaac Marion

Scary, Wonderful

Isaac Marion (2011). “Warm Bodies: A Novel”, p.229, Simon and Schuster

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Forgiveness, reader, is, I think, something very much like hope and love - a powerful, wonderful thing. And a ridiculous thing, too.

Kate DiCamillo

Powerful, Thinking, And Love

Kate DiCamillo (2013). “The Essential Kate DiCamillo Collection”, p.207, Candlewick Press

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The most wonderful thing, Mary, is that you and I are always walking together, hand in hand, in a strangely beautiful world, unknown to other people. We both stretch one hand to receive from Life - and Life is generous indeed.

Khalil Gibran

Beautiful, Hands, People

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It's a wonderful thing to be able to create your own world whenever you want to.

Woody Allen

Dance, Writing, World

"Woody Allen, The Art of Humor No. 1". Interview with Michiko Kakutani, www.theparisreview.org. 1995.

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