Quotes by Encounters When we learn to smile at life, we shall find that the problems we encounter dissolve. Donald Curtis smile encounters problem Russia and the U. S. have announced they are definitely planning several space machines. So it's quite possible that the first space ships or satellites may encounter other interplanetary machines, manned or otherwise. Our space devices may even be closely approached by such alien machines. Donald Keyhoe encounters russia space If what you are doing is important, you will encounter resistance. If what you are doing isn't important it will be easy. Donald Miller resistance encounters important the encounter with death is the great turning-point in the lives of those who live on. Dorothy Canfield Fisher turning-points encounters No plan ever survives its first encounter with the enemy. Douglas MacArthur encounters enemy firsts [Some people think] that storytelling is telling jokes. So they have to be discouraged! Then others think that storytelling-is like an encounter group . . . Doris Lessing encounters people thinking When we trust our creativity we encounter a supreme kind of enjoyment - an amazement at the natural unfolding of life beyond our ordinary way of looking at things. Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche encounters creativity ordinary The world is a great ocean, upon which we encounter more tempestuous storms than calms. Edgar Allan Poe storm encounters ocean All my photographs are about meetings and about coups de foudre - love at first sight. To do that type of photography, one must wipe the canvas clean to prepare for chance encounters, be open and aware to such moments, otherwise it becomes a cliché - already seen and expected. Edouard Boubat encounters photography sight The peace of the Eastern church was invaded by a swarm of fanatics [monks], incapable of fear, or reason, or humanity; and the Imperial troops acknowledged, without shame, that they were much less apprehensive of an encounter with the fiercest Barbarians. Edward Gibbon encounters church humanity When a public quarrel is envenomed by private injuries, a blow that is not mortal or decisive can be productive only of a short truce, which allows the unsuccessful combatant to sharpen his arms for a new encounter. Edward Gibbon arms encounters blow What you encounter at your destination once you get there depends on the quality of this one step. Another way of putting it: What the future holds for you depends on your state of consciousness now. Eckhart Tolle encounters quality way We cannot abandon this rabbit hole for fear of a traumatic encounter with our own culture. Elif Safak rabbit-holes encounters rabbits There are no accidents, only encounters with destiny! Elie Wiesel accidents encounters destiny What happens and what you encounter, what you collide with - it's so exciting and revealing about how much more interesting and tricky the universe is than we think in our daily lives. Elizabeth Gilbert encounters interesting thinking Indeed, when I came to Italy, I expected to encounter a certain amount of resentment, but have received instead empathy from most Italians. In any reference to George Bush, people only nod to Berlusconi, saying","We understand how it is - we have one, too. Elizabeth Gilbert empathy encounters people The problems that other writers encounter are so fascinating to me as a writer and as a thinker about writing. I have found that many times, my students are experiencing problems that I myself have experienced in my work, but the solution is different because they're different people. Emily Barton encounters writing people I wondered why I was so startled by the encounter when there was something that seemed utterly inevitable about the moment. Not in any grand, destined sense; just in the quiet, stubborn way that unfinished business has of imposing its will on the unwilling. Emily Giffin unfinished-business encounters stubborn Alone, even doing nothing, you do not waste your time. You do, almost always, in company. No encounter with yourself can be altogether sterile: Something necessarily emerges, even if only the hope of some day meeting yourself again. Emile M. Cioran doing-nothing encounters solitude When you flow like water you bring all of your talents and resources to your creative work... Flow around every obstacle you encounter, including any you've erected yourself. Eric Maisel encounters creative water «1234567891011»