Raptly Quotes & Sayings

All our fret and worry is caused by calculating without God. — Oswald Chambers

Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Walt Whitman defended the sacredness of love, the purity of passion - the passion that builds every home and fills the world with art and song. — Robert Green Ingersoll

The stage of the development of the productive forces determines the political and ideological superstructure of society which are crystallized into a system of social organization. — Earl Browder

Here is an oral tradition, legends passed from mouth to mouth, a communal myth created invariably at the base of the mango tree in the evening's profound darkness, in which only the trembling voices of old men resound, because the women and children are silent, raptly listening. That is why the evening hour is so important: it is the time when the community contemplates what it is and whence it came. — Ryszard Kapuscinski

At least he now he knew the truth about himself and Zane. Looking raptly into Zane's dark eyes, Ty wondered why he hadn't realized he loved the man earlier. — Abigail Roux

I think I am the oldest member and have been in good standing longer than any other member of this church. — John Harvey Kellogg

It is the empty seats that listen most raptly. — James Richardson

Lord Tierney was furious. But when he saw how his sister had suffered, his anger shifted instead toward Rome. "If it weren't for this new menace on the horizon," he thundered, "I'd declare war on those haughty deceivers this instant!"

Marcus stepped forward. "Kyrie, I don't think - "

"Then don't! — Jennifer McKeithen

Zulu, we do this quick and easy," Ray said. "No ripping his chest apart, taking out his heart, and painting his blood across the pavement."
"Come on. I did that once, and you still won't leave it alone." I shrugged my shoulders and leaned back in the van's backseat. — Kenya Wright

Moderation means prevention. Prevention means achieving much virtue. — Laozi

Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Siddhartha stopped fighting his fate this very hour, and he stopped suffering. — Hermann Hesse

THE MEETING GOT under way as soon as Marshall walked into the room. He looked dignified and serious, and he was wearing a dark suit. There were three men at the conference table, across from him, from a company in Boston that was not quite as large as UPI, but very close, and its growth rate had been remarkable in the past two years. It was well on its way to becoming the largest corporation in the country and outstripping all its competitors. And all it needed now was a powerful leader at its helm. And everyone at its base in Boston had agreed that Marshall Weston was the one. They had no idea if he would consider leaving UPI, and they doubted it after fifteen years, but they had come to California to try and convince him to do it. And he was listening raptly to what they said. It was their second meeting in two days, and they were going back to Boston that night. Marshall — Danielle Steel

I am not your Doll, and I will not take it easy. The more you fight the more pain I will bring to you. There is no longer a string that can be pulled to make me all cute and cuddly again. — Kerri E. Lorenz

There's a reason they call God a presence-because God is right here, right now. — Elizabeth Gilbert