Andersen Quotes & Sayings

Language, which he had learnt from his mother. The corn-fields and meadows were surrounded by large forests, in the midst — Hans Christian Andersen

The good and the beautiful is not forgotten; it lives in legend and in song. — Hans Christian Andersen

And the Top spoke no more of his old love; for that dies away when the beloved objects has lain for five years in a roof gutter and got wet through; yes, one does not know her again when one meets her in the dust box. — Hans Christian Andersen

Repentance is a blessing to all of us. We each need to feel the Savior's arms of mercy through the forgiveness of our sins. — Neil L. Andersen

While many governments and well-meaning individuals have redefined marriage, the Lord has not. — Neil L. Andersen

You know you're in love when you don't want to fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams. — Karsten Andersen

Never had she danced so beautifully; the sharp knives cut her feet, but she did not feel it, for the pain in her heart was far greater. — Hans Christian Andersen

These early Saints were indeed homeless, but they were not hopeless. Their hearts were broken, but their spirits were strong. They had learned a profound and important lesson. They had learned that hope, with its attendant blessings of peace and joy, does not depend upon circumstance. They had discovered that the true source of hope is faith - faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and in His infinite Atonement, the one sure foundation upon which to build our lives. — Wilford W. Andersen

I only do His will, replied Death. I am his gardener. I take all His flowers and trees, and transplant them into the gardens of Paradise in an unknown land. How they flourish there, and what that garden resembles, I may not tell you. — Hans Christian Andersen

A patient suffering with cancer of the throat was informed of a new X-ray machine that would cure his condition. This man could neither read nor write, nor was he informed about any of the instruments or procedures of medical practice. When he first sat down in the doctor's office and received into his mouth a thermometer with which the doctor sought to take his temperature, he believed he was undergoing X-ray treatment. The doctor, alert to the practices of psychology, recognized this, and after leaving the thermometer in the patient's mouth for ten minutes, excused him and told him to return in two days. Three weeks of treatment with a thermometer cured this patient's cancerous condition! Obviously, it wasn't the thermometer that did it. It was Faith! — Uell S. Andersen

Eighty percent of our criminals come from unsympathetic homes. — Hans Christian Andersen

Just living is not enough... One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. - Hans Christian Andersen — Robyn Carr

Faith in Jesus Christ is a gift from heaven that comes as we choose to believe and as we seek it and hold on to it. — Neil L. Andersen

This isn't missionary work. This is missionary fun. — Neil L. Andersen

If partisanship makes us abandon intellectual honesty, if we oppose what our opponents say or do simply because they are the ones saying or doing it, we become mere political short-sellers, hoping for bad news because it's good for our ideological investment. — Kurt Andersen

Well, yes: people write poems when they are in love, but a wise man will not print them. — Hans Christian Andersen

It is within the sanctuary of the Church that we protect our faith. Meeting together with others who believe, we pray and find answers to our prayers; we worship through music, share testimony of the Savior, serve one another, and feel the Spirit of the Lord. We partake of the sacrament, receive the blessings of the priesthood, and attend the temple ... When you are faced with a test of faith, stay within the safety and security of the household of God. There is always a place for you here. No trial is so large we can't overcome it together. — Neil L. Andersen

As we act in faith, we often find that the blessings from the Lord are different than we expected but much better than we imagined. — Neil L. Andersen

Life is full of tough choices, indeed. — Christian Andersen

I live by the code 'Kill them with kindness, blood everywhere;' for me, it's always about being the nicest kind of guy. — Lemon Andersen

Some are created for beauty, and some for use; and there are some which one can do without altogether. — Hans Christian Andersen

A human life is a story told by God. — Hans Christian Andersen

I want to be undone by you. I want to be the one to come to pieces in your arms, to forget there is anything in this world but the two of us. — Laura Andersen

And if her heart was breaking with every step she took, at least he would never know. — Susan Andersen

Now, if we only had as many casks of butter as there are people here, then I would eat lots of butter! — Hans Christian Andersen

There was a proud Teapot, proud of being made of porcelain, proud of its long spout and its broad handle. It had something in front of it and behind it; the spout was in front, and the handle behind, and that was what it talked about. But it didn't mention its lid, for it was cracked and it was riveted and full of defects, and we don't talk about our defects - other people do that. The cups, the cream pitcher, the sugar bowl - in fact, the whole tea service - thought much more about the defects in the lid and talked more about it than about the sound handle and the distinguished spout. The Teapot knew this. — Hans Christian Andersen

I only appear to be dead. — Hans Christian Andersen

He'd finished watching Blossom and gone to bed. — Andersen Prunty

therefore, when she — Hans Christian Andersen

As surely as the Lord has inspired more missionaries to serve, He is also awakening the minds and opening the hearts of more good and honest people to receive His missionaries. — Neil L. Andersen

The sun shines upon good and bad alike. — Hans Christian Andersen

That is impossible, — Hans Christian Andersen

the first six days of his life — Christopher Andersen

Once a decade, once every eight years, Donald Trump finds some pretext to say I suck and that I'm bad. — Kurt Andersen

Everyone, regardless of his or her decisions, deserves our kindness! — Neil L. Andersen

We all get as miserable as Erika M. Andersen sometimes, but we rarely approach her musical-ideas-per-miserable-minute ratio. — Rob Sheffield

Responsible: (1) Liable to be held to account for discharging one's duty; (2) Able to make moral or rational decisions on one's own and therefore answerable for one's behavior; (3) Able to be trusted or depended upon; reliable. — Erika Andersen

Because she could not go near all these wonderful things, she longed for them all the more. — Hans Christian Andersen

Every town, like every man, has its own countenance; they have a common likeness and yet are different; one keeps in his mind all their peculiar touches. — Hans Christian Andersen

Every mother hopes that her daughter will marry a better man than she did, and is convinced that her son will never find a wife as good as his father did. — Martin Andersen Nexo

I don't know what the point of that would be. We can't just declare war on people because we don't understand what they do." "That, my friend, is pinko commie bullshit. Exactly the type of thing I would expect to come out of your mouth. — Andersen Prunty

We have not immortal souls, we shall never live again; but, like the green sea-weed, when once it has been cut off, we can never flourish more. Human beings, on the contrary, have a soul which lives forever, lives after the body has been turned to dust. It rises up through the clear, pure air beyond the glittering stars. As we rise out of the water, and behold all the land of the earth, so do they rise to unknown and glorious regions which we shall never see. — Hans Christian Andersen

Mermaids have no tears, and therefore they suffer more. — Hans Christian Andersen

You don't know everything, but you know enough! — Neil L. Andersen

I would have to say that I'm haunted. I'm haunted by everything that drives me. I want to do great work. I need to do great work. I won't be satisfied unless I do great work. — Lemon Andersen

Some people just seemed born to fail. — Andersen Prunty

It is only God himself who brings Job joy in the end. And, when all is done, the mystery remains. God stands revealed in his hiddenness, an object of terror, adoration and love. And Job stands before him 'like a man' (38:3; 40:7), trusting and satisfied. — Francis I. Andersen

It is out of reality that the most peculiar tale of all is born ... Some call me the Elder Granny, others - the Dryad, but my real name is Memory. It is I who sits on a tree that keeps on growing, and growing, it is I who reminisces and tells stories. — Hans Christian Andersen

Comparing John to James is like comparing a racehorse to a jackass. — Donna Andersen

If you're not hearing the music of the gospel in your home, please remember these two words: keep practicing. — Wilford W. Andersen

The mistrust of government that blossomed in the late '60s has become a chronic and in some ways pathological condition. — Kurt Andersen

If you look at the media coverage and surfing magazines, the one thing that really stands out is how hard it is to find a photo of a girl in a magazine unless it's an ad. It's kind of strange, still to this day. You see these great looking girls surfing so well that are amazingly talented ... They are finally the total package. — Lisa Andersen

The right sort (of story) come of themselves: they tap at my forehead and say 'Here we are. — Hans Christian Andersen

Dissonance cannot be corrected by criticism. — Wilford W. Andersen

cry so strange that it frightened him. — Hans Christian Andersen

If we are following Jesus--we will be fishers of men.
If we are not fishers of men--we are not following Jesus — Jocelyn Andersen

He stared at her. "How do chicks do that?" "We have uteruses- they give us magic color sense. — Susan Andersen

I saved you," Andersen said at last, slowly but firmly, like Pat was an idiot child who had to be reminded of the basic rules of the universe. To wit: Gravity exists. Time purports to flow in a linear fashion, but it's only trying to fool us. I saved you. — Alex Gabriel

Anyone who tells you her life is like a book has either been reading some bad books or is not being straight with you or herself about her life. — M.J. Andersen

Our desire to share the gospel takes all of us to our knees, and it should, because we need the Lord's help. — Neil L. Andersen

Her tender feet felt as if cut with sharp knives, but she cared not for it; a sharper pang had pierced through her heart. — Hans Christian Andersen

Wouldn't you like to be my lord Duke of Exeter? Come on, Dom. Say something."
"You have lost your mind."
"Say something less insulting. — Laura Andersen

Counting the ways the Book of Mormon brings peace to the soul is like counting the sand on the seashore. — Neil L. Andersen

I will fly to those royal birds, — Hans Christian Andersen

Sharp knives seemed to cut her delicate feet, yet she hardly felt them, so deep was the pain in her heart. She could not forget that this was the last night she would ever see the one for whom she had left her home and family, had given up her beautiful voice, and had day by day endured unending torment, of which he knew nothing at all. An eternal night awaited her. — Hans Christian Andersen

I often set two alarm clocks because I'm afraid the first one won't actually make me get up. — Kurt Andersen

Well, that's not easy to answer when the question is so stupidly put ... — Hans Christian Andersen

But our trials need not be spiritually fatal. They need not take us from our covenants or from the household of God. — Neil L. Andersen

I know what you want. It is very stupid of you, but you shall have your way, and it will bring you to sorrow, my pretty princess. - The sea witch. — Hans Christian Andersen

"If we're meant to have the flame then we'll have the flame. If we're meant to find your father then we'll find your father. It's really as simple as that. We could have tried to hold onto the flame. We could have jumped in the river after it. But what would happen then? We would have had to chase it and our only purpose is to find your father. The more you chase something, the farther away it gets. — Andersen Prunty

I have gone through the most terrible affair that could possibly happen; only imagine, my shadow has gone mad; I suppose such a poor, shallow brain, could not bear much; he fancies that he has become a real man, and that I am his shadow. — Hans Christian Andersen

Mma Makutsi was unconvinced. "Where there is smoke there's fire, Mma. I have always said that." Mma Ramotswe could not let that pass. "But what does Clovis Andersen say in The Principles of Private Detection, Mma? Does he not say that you must be very careful to decide where the smoke is coming from? Smoke can drift, Mma. Those were his exact words, I think. — Alexander McCall Smith

I cook better than a Stepford wife and Bobby Flay, COMBINED! — Laura Andersen

It doesn't matter if you're born in a duck yard, so long as you are hatched from a swan's egg! — Hans Christian Andersen

We can work, study, laugh and have fun, dance, sing, and enjoy many different experiences. These are a wonderful part of life, but they are not central to why we are here. The opportunity to choose good over evil is precisely why we are here. Not one of us would say, "I want to choose evil." We all want to choose the right. However, the choice of good over evil is not always easy, because evil frequently lurks behind smiling eyes. — Neil L. Andersen

Gravitation cant be held responsible for people falling in love. — Karsten Andersen

Daddy," said the toddler, now seething with righteous indignation, "you are a poo-poo head!"
Feigning outrage, JFK lowered his voice. "John," he said, "no one calls the President of the United States a poo-poo head. — Christopher Andersen

It's no use being a qualified zoologist once you're inside the lion's mouth. — Gunnar Reiss-Andersen

I covet honour in the same way as a miser covets gold. — Hans Christian Andersen

Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead. — Hans Christian Andersen

The wiser a man becomes, the more he will read, and those who are wisest read most. — Hans Christian Andersen

[I've] learned how to pull the mic away and attack the poetry with my body. — Lemon Andersen

Everyone has problems. Everyone has a shitty life. But people who embrace that and do something with the misery are seen as the abnormal ones. And the people who apply normalcy like a camouflage suit are seen as the normal ones. — Andersen Prunty

Now he is certainly sailing above, he on whom my wishes hang, and in whose hand I should like to lay my life's happiness. I will dare everything to win him and an immortal soul. — Hans Christian Andersen

They reached the Tabernacle. It looked like it had been converted from a one room schoolhouse. "It used to be a one room schoolhouse," Mindy said. The — Andersen Prunty

The pen isn't really the weapon - the work ethic is the weapon. — Lemon Andersen

She had known for months now that something or someone would have to break to end this painful stalemate they were locked in. She had never guessed it would be Dominic. She had never guessed Dominic could be broken. — Laura Andersen

How little do the wisest among us know of that which is so important to us all. — Hans Christian Andersen

At this point, harking back to the stuff about souls, Andersen bolts on a perplexing Christian salvation message about how the Little Mermaid can earn a soul if she is good for three hundred years, but every time she sees 'a rude, naughty child', she'll get more time in purgatory. Don't be rude or naughty or the mermaids will suffer? Please. Even as a child, I knew this was ridiculous. — Samantha Ellis

Keep yourself healthy, my butt. Next you'll be flipping them all nasty one-handed gestures and telling me its an AMA approved method of controlling your blood pressure. — Susan Andersen

Each time I think that the song is ended ... something higher and better begins for me. — Hans Christian Andersen

In his own time and in his own way, the Lord will bring about his miracles. — Neil L. Andersen

Almighty God, thee only have I; thou steerest my fate, I must give myself up to thee! Give me a livelihood! Give me a bride! My blood wants love, as my heart does! — Hans Christian Andersen

Unlike most experts in her field, Erika Andersen has an approach to being strategic that's sensible and accessible. With her, you feel capable of creating the business, career and life you want. She's to strategy what Suze Orman is to personal finance! — Nancy Tellem

But shouldn't all of us on earth give the best we have to others and offer whatever is in our power? — Hans Christian Andersen

Suddenly an ice-cold wind went through the vast hall, and the blind mother could feel that Death had arrived.
'How have you been able to find your way here?' he asked, 'how have you been able to get here faster than I have?'
'I'm a mother, she said. — Hans Christian Andersen

out-of-doors there was quite a snow-storm. "It is the white bees that are swarming," said Kay's old grandmother. "Do the white bees choose a queen?" asked the little boy; for he knew that the honey-bees always have one. "Yes," said the grandmother, "she flies where the swarm hangs in the thickest clusters. She is the largest of all; and she can never remain quietly on the earth, but goes up again into the black clouds. Many a winter's night she flies through the streets of the town, and peeps in at the windows; and they then freeze in so wondrous a manner that they look like flowers. — Hans Christian Andersen

Many, many steeples would have to be stacked one on top of another to reach from the bottom to the surface of the sea. — Hans Christian Andersen

The invitation to repent is rarely a voice of chastisement but rather a loving appeal to turn around and to "re-turn" toward God. — Neil L. Andersen

Hans and Christian just stare at me, faces grim. All I can think of is how awesome it would be if my name were Andersen. — Cyn Balog