Quotes by Hands He splayed a hand out over the photographs, trembling fingers not quite touching the shiny surface, and then he turned and leaned toward me, slowly, with the improbable grace of a tall tree falling. He buried his face in my shoulder and went very quietly and thoroughly to pieces. Diana Gabaldon treehandsfall But we are here, all of us. And we're here because I love you, more than the life that was mine. Because I believed you loved me the same way...will you tell me that's not true? No, he said after a moment, so softly I could barely hear him. His hand tightened harder on mine. No, I willna tell ye that. Not ever, Claire. Diana Gabaldon i-love-you-morehandsway The only separation the Bible knows is between believers on the one hand and unbelievers on the other. Any other kind of separation, division, disunity is of the devil. It is evil and from sin. Desmond Tutu divisionevilhands The goal was scored a little bit by the hand of God, another bit by the head of Maradona. Diego Maradona motivationalsoccerhands Everybody in Argentina can remember the hand of God in the England match in the 1986 World Cup. Now, in my country, the hand of God has brought us an Argentinian pope. Diego Maradona englandcountryhands Even if there was a hand, it was the hand of God. Diego Maradona hands-of-godfootballhands If I sit next to a madman as he drives a car into a group of innocent bystanders, I can't, as a Christian, simply wait for the catastrophe, then comfort the wounded and bury the dead. I must try to wrestle the steering wheel out of the hands of the driver. Dietrich Bonhoeffer bystanderschristianhands The worst fear in the hearings was that you would get some evil interrogator: you could never know what might happen then. No one who lives in a free country will ever understand that kind of fear. What is most horrifying is the realization that you have no idea what can happen, that your life is totally in the hands of someone in the chair in front of you, someone might well be a demon. Diet Eman countryhandsideas There are really no serious arguments for communion in the hand. But there are the most gravely serious kinds of arguments against it. Dietrich von Hildebrand seriouskindhands But, on the other hand, if Schubert were alive today, he would find even richer fields to plow. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau live-for-todayalivehands To expect happiness without giving up negative action is like holding your hand in a fire and hoping not to be burned. Of course, no one actually wants to suffer, to be sick, to be cold or hungry - but as long as we continue to indulge in wrong doing we will never put an end to suffering. Likewise, we will never achieve happiness, except through positive deeds, words, and thoughts. Positive action is something we have to cultivate ourselves; it can be neither bought nor stolen, and no one ever stumbles on it just by chance. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche indulge-ingiving-uphands Admittedly, it is really our duty, as artists, to hold up a mirror to our own era; but, on the other hand, these works have lives of their own, and they're still alive today. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau mirrorsartisthands I don't like computers. I still like to do my drawings by hand. Dieter Rams computerdrawinghands Only those who put tomorrow completely into God's hand and receive fully today what they need for their lives are really secure. Dietrich Bonhoeffer lifehandsneeds I have also heard and read various accounts of why they [Sheldon Leonard and Carl Reiner] liked me. My favorites? I wasn't too good-looking, I walked a little funny, and I was basically kind of average and ordinary. I guess my lack of perfection turned out to be a winning hand. Let that be a lesson for future generations. Dick Van Dyke winningaveragehands Christ knows how to minister to others perfectly. When the Savior stretches out His hands, those He touches are uplifted and become greater, stronger, and better people as a result. If we are His hands, should we not do the same? Dieter F. Uchtdorf strongerhandspeople If I see someone I see the ghost of them, the air around them, and where they’ve been. If I see a city I see it’s living ghostliness—the stray looks, the dying hands. I see it’s needs and its discomforts locked in apartments. Dionne Brand citiesairhands Symbols are to the mind what tools are to the hand--an extended application of its powers. Dion Fortune toolsmindhands Much of life appears mundane at the time. Yet in God's providence every moment includes significant details arranged by His divine hand. Dillon Burroughs detailsmomentshands The form of government, when it has been prudently established, produces citizens distinguished for bravery, justice, and every other good quality; whereas, on the other hand, bad institutions render men cowardly, rapacious, and slaves of every foul desire. Dionysius of Halicarnassus justicemenhands«123124125126127128129130131132133»
