Doddridge Quotes & Sayings

You're not lost in the storm, Marilyn. You are the storm. — Colin Clark

It's tough to get out of bed to do roadwork at 5 am when you've been sleeping in silk pajamas — Marvin Hagler

Let it not be assumed that the artist is so smug as to dislike true criticism. No sincere artist was ever completely satisfied with his labour. — Walter J. Phillips

Perish each thought of human pride, let God alone be magnified. — Philip Doddridge

Ye servants of the Lord, Each in his office wait, Observant of the heavenly word, And watchful at his gate. — Philip Doddridge

His goodness stands approved,Unchanged from day to day;I'll drop my burden at His feet,And bear a song away. — Philip Doddridge

If nobody loves you, be sure it is your own fault. — Philip Doddridge

I'm fine, thanks for not asking. — Sarah Ockler

Let us live while we live. — Philip Doddridge

Religion, in its most general view, is such a Sense of God in the soul, and such a conviction of our obligations to him, and of our dependence upon him, as shall engage us to make it our great care to conduct ourselves in a manner which we have reason to believe will be pleasing to him. — Philip Doddridge

[Once Ummon asked a lesser light Are you a gardener> Yes it replied Why have turnips no roots> Ummon asked the gardener who could not reply Because said Ummon rainwater is plentiful] I think about this for a moment. Ummon's koan is not difficult now that I am regaining the knack of listening for the shadow of substance beneath the words. The little Zen parable is Ummon's way of saying, with some sarcasm, that the answer lies within science and within the antilogic which scientific answers so often provide. The rainwater comment answers everything and nothing, as so much of science has for so long. As Ummon and the other Masters teach, it explains why the giraffe evolved a long neck but never why the other animals did not. It explains why humankind evolved to intelligence, but not why the tree near the front gate refused to. — Dan Simmons

Love is a renewable resource — Blanshard & Blanshard

Grace! 'tis a charming Sound,
Harmonious to my Ear!
Heav'n with the Echo shall resound,
And all the Earth shall hear. — Philip Doddridge

Gods were like possums.
You could go your whole life without seeing one, but once you found one of them, you found the whole freaky family. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

A writer's two greatest tools are imagination and perseverance. — Mark Rubinstein

You've got to trust [that] your own compass will lead you away from whatever mistakes were made. — Simon Kinberg

I make faces for cash and chicken. — Robert Downey Jr.

Awake, my soul! Stretch every nerve, And press with vigor on; A heavenly race demands thy zeal, And an immortal crown. — Philip Doddridge

I am more afraid of doing what is wrong than of dying. — Philip Doddridge

Character - not wealth, power, or position - is the supreme word. — John D. Rockefeller

I love fall. It's my favorite season. — J.J. McAvoy

I'm writing in English; I'm writing for a Western audience, but the people I'm surrounded by in my daily life are mostly non-white. — G. Willow Wilson

The quality of one's life depends on the quality of attention. — Deepak Chopra

Live while you live, the epicure would say,
And seize the pleasures of the present day;
Live while you live the sacred preacher cries,
And give to God each moment as it flies.
Lord, in my views let both united be;
I live to pleasure when I live to thee. — Philip Doddridge

Hark, the glad sound! The Saviour comes, The Saviour promised long; Let every heart exult with joy, And every voice be song! — Philip Doddridge

Love and lies can corrupt even the purest heart. — Cassandra Clare