Quotes by Mark The past is an obdurate stranger that puts as many marks on us as we attempt to impose on it. Joanne Harris mark stranger past All our science calculates with abstracted individual external marks, which do not touch the inner existence of any single thing Johann Gottfried Herder individual existence mark It is a mark of soulfulness to be present in the here and now. When we are present, we are not fabricating inner movies. We are seeing what is before us. John Bradshaw here-and-now mark artist One mark of good verse is surprise John Betjeman verses mark surprise Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark, when high and learned ones do only pierce the air. John Bunyan mark air easy Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind. John Dewey posing mark mind Don't put a question mark where God has put a period. Joel Osteen question-mark mark periods There is no greater egoism than that of learning when it is treated simply as a mark of personal distinction to be held and cherished for its own sake. ... [K]knowledge is a possession held in trust for the furthering of the well-being of all John Dewey mark distinction sake The stars are the land-marks of the universe. John Herschel mark stars land The mark of the developed intellect is that it could accommodate two contradictory ideas at the same time. John Kao mark two ideas We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect. John Kenneth Galbraith pessimism mark agreement The visible mark of extraordinary wisdom and power appear so plainly in all the works of creation. John Locke mark creation power A mark of blessing is what you're giving, not what you're keeping. John Wimber mark blessing giving A constant attention to the work which God entrusts us with is a mark of solid piety. John Wesley constant mark attention We have to make a mark, even if it's only a scribble. John Steinbeck scribbles mark challenges Baikida Carroll, whose balance of bravada and tenderness, facility and understatement mark him as a player to be reckoned with. Jon Pareles mark balance player To mark all that I say in conversation, merely to beget in others, a good opinion of myself, and examine it. Jonathan Edwards mark opinion conversation Liquid, flowing words are the choicest and the best, if language is regarded as music. But when it is considered as a picture, then there are rough words which are very telling, they make their mark. Joseph Joubert liquid mark language The old adage which says that it is ‘whom you know that counts’ is far off the mark. It is what you know about whom you know that truly makes difference. Judith McNaught adages mark differences There are times when God leaves huge question marks as tools in our lives to stretch our our faith. Joyce Meyer our-lives mark tools «345678910111213»