Coal Diamond Quotes & Sayings

An aspiring comedian must be determined to get to his or her true feelings on a subject and convey that to the audience. Figure out what you're feeling or interested in because the goal is to get the audience interested in what you're interested in. Good stand up comedy is drawing people into your head. — Franklyn Ajaye

I have forgiven myself; I'll make a change. Once that forgiveness has taken place you can console yourself with the knowledge that a diamond is the result of extreme pressure. Less pressure is crystal, less than that is coal, less than that is fossilized leaves or plain dirt. Pressure can change you into something quite precious, quite wonderful, quote beautiful and extremely hard. — Maya Angelou

Old lady Patterson is a real tightwad." Raising his voice
so it would carry, the man continued, "If she stuck a lump of coal
up her ass, within a week she'd shit out a diamond. — Drew Hunt

The capitalist empires, with their affirmations of sacrifice for the free world, of defence of private enterprise, of safeguarding order from subversion and chaos, are in fact defending their political prestige and the economic interests arising from it; they are indeed at the service of economic power and the international trusts. The socialist empires for their part are hard and intransigent, they do not allow pluralism, they impose dialectical materialism, demand blind obedience to the party, set up a regime of total and permanent insecurity and fear, just like the fascist dictatorships of the extreme right. — Helder Camara

Only under extreme pressure can we change into that which it is in our most profound nature to become ...
That is what people get wrong about transformation. We're not all shallow proteans, forever shifting shape. We're not science fiction. It's like when coal becomes diamond. It doesn't afterwards retain the possibility of change. Squeeze it as hard as you like, it won't turn into a rubber ball, or a Quattro Stagione pizza, or a self-portrait by Rembrandt. It's done. — Salman Rushdie

Don't judge the future of a person based on his present conditions, becausetime has the power to change black coal to shiny diamond. — Chanakya

For example, it is only by work we extract gold from the soil. It takes work to discover the oil that is already deposited in the ground. It is work that turns a hill of coal into karats of diamond. — Sunday Adelaja

The phone rings on both ends, Zoe. You never called me either — Stephanie Tromly

I done forgot all abt words
aint got no definitions — Ntozake Shange

He has had to learn to hide it, even more than most of us. Somewhere, I think, there is a center to him. It glows like a coal being slowly crushed into diamond, weighed down by layers and layers of surface. — Lauren Oliver

Don't be afraid of pressure. Pressure is what transforms a lump of coal into a diamond. — Nicky Gumbel

The only difference between black coal and a precious diamond is the amount of pressure it endured. — Joel Osteen

Inside every lump of coal there's a diamond waiting to get out. — Terry Pratchett

A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job — Thomas A. Edison

The reality is, what writers write and the way they live can be as different as a lump of coal and a diamond. The written life is shined to a deceptive gloss. — Donald Miller

Without a whole lot of pressure, a diamond is just a piece of coal. — Miriam Darnell

Faith is the willingness to look foolish. — Mark Batterson

Jesus lost all his glory so that we could be clothed in it. He was shut out so we could get access. He was bound, nailed, so that we could be free. He was cast out so we could approach. And Jesus took away the only kind of suffering that can really destroy you: that is being cast away from God. He took so that now all suffering that comes into your life will only make you great. A lump of coal under pressure becomes a diamond. And the suffering of a person in Christ only turns you into somebody gorgeous. — Timothy Keller

Looking for a gem, we are sometimes dumb enough to try to hold on to a lump of coal, convinced that it will turn into a diamond in our lifetime ... but all it does it get sh*t all over you until you burn it and use the energy for something else. — Ingrid Weir

If you had a piece of coal, we could hold her down, shove it up her ass, and come collect a big, fat diamond in a few days. — M. Leighton

Writing is like a lump of coal. Put it under enough pressure and polish it enough and you might just end up with a diamond. Otherwise, you can burn it to keep warm. — A.J. Dalton

A diamond is just a lump of coal that stuck to its job. — Leonardo Da Vinci

Perhaps time's definition of coal is the diamond. — Kahlil Gibran

I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday). — Billy Joe Shaver

In contrast [to trees and fish], oil, metals, and coal are not renewable; they don't reproduce, sprout, or have sex to produce baby oil droplets or coal nuggets. — Jared Diamond

Perhaps I should just bury myself and become a diamond after thousands of years of intense pressure — Lemony Snicket

There is so much about him I don't know - so much past and history buried somewhere inside of him. He has had to learn to hide it, even more than most of us. Somewhere, I think, there is a center to him. It glows like a coal being slowly crushed into diamond, weighed down by layers and layers of surface.
So much I haven't asked him, and so much we never talk about. Yet in other ways I feel like I do know him, and have always known him, without having to be told anything at all. — Lauren Oliver

One day I saw a picture of the Buddha on a Buddhist magazine and he was sitting on the grass, and he was sitting on the grass, very peaceful, smiling, and I was impressed. Around me people were not like that, so I had the desire to be someone like him. I nourished that kind of desire until the age of sixteen, when I had the permission from my parents to go and ordain as a Buddhist monk. — Nhat Hanh

Growth provides novel experiences for youth; decay the same, alas, for age. — Mason Cooley

A diamond is a lump of coal that did well under pressure — Proverb

Love comes in seemingly insignificant moments and if you're not paying attention, you might miss them. — Roxanne Snopek

The more you get past pain, the more it goes from coal to diamond. — Jodi Picoult

Not for the first time, it occurred to me that sorrow could be purified into song the same way a piece of coal is purified into a diamond. — Ron Rash

Do you want to make your Life exciting? Then find a purpose that will make you jump out of bed each day with Enthusiasm, Power and Excitement.-RVM — R.v.m.

Our lives are also measured in three dimensions: Spirit, mind, and body. However, the greatest of these is Spirit, because to refuse the Spirit is to choose death. "For example, the body of a man may be shackled and jailed. Still, his Spirit praises God continuously. Another one may be materially rich and free, but his oppressed Spirit curses his miserable existence. A child's mind may be humble, but glorious in love and faith, while a genius may be too proud to appreciate the humility and simplicity that fruitful faith requires. And regarding the body, even beautiful people are oftentimes unhappy and unfulfilled. It is the Spirit of Love that fulfills us. — Kenneth E. Nowell

One can see [ ... ] that the so-called governing powers are cardboard characters that mask the true ruling factors of our culture. Of course, those who manipulate the nation are not stupid. Rulers throughout history are only as powerful as the people who support them allow them to be. — Peter Moon

The hills and valleys of Heaven will be to those you now experience not as a copy is to an original, nor as the substitute is to the genuine article, but as the flower to the root, or the diamond to the coal. — C.S. Lewis

I've been a longtime admirer of Condoleezza Rice, because I like her articulateness and style - her toughness and rigor. — Camille Paglia

Shawna smiles demurely at the attendant, her lips barely moving as she speaks to me. "If you had a piece of coal, we could hold her down, shove it up her ass and come collect a big fat diamond in a few days."
"I'm pretty sure it takes longer than a few days for coal to turn into a diamond, Shawna."
"Not in that tight ass, it wouldn't. — M. Leighton

This thing called rhymin' is no different than coal minin';
We both on assignment to unearth the diamond. — Mos Def

I am just so happy and thrilled and I am so glad Mr. Hefner chose me. — Anna Nicole Smith

A diamond is a chunk of coal that is made good under pressure. — Henry A. Kissinger

Parents matter, buildings count, curriculum choices, materials, resources - all these things are important in a top-class education. But, in the end, it comes down to the teachers. — Kimberly Quinn

Dimitri? She tried not to influence him. It was their decision together, not just hers. She knew he would listen with an open mind to her reasons and she wanted to be able to do the same for him.
His laughter was soft in her mind, filling her with an odd tingling sensation, with a small rush of heat. Skyler.
That was it. Her name. She sent him a look from under her lashes, one she usually reserved for Josef. Are you mocking me?
Teasing you. Just a little. We're getting the wolf pups. How could I possibly say no to a gift like that? You would never stop arguing with me.
Discussing. I was totally prepared to be reasonable and listen to you and then show you all the reasons you were absolutely wrong if you disagreed.
Dimitri burst out laughing. — Christine Feehan