Miracle Quotes — Page 39

Novelist, Poet, Journalist

“But indefinite visions of ambition are weak against the ease of doing what is habitual or beguilingly agreeable; and we all know the difficulty of carrying out a resolve when we secretly long that it may turn out to be unnecessary. In such states of mind the most incredulous person has a private leaning towards miracle: impossible to conceive how our wish could be fulfilled, still - very wonderful things have happened!”

Long Ambition Miracle

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Helen Keller

Author, Activist

“Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight. True education combines intellect, beauty, goodness, and the greatest of these is goodness. When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.”

Faces Miracle Goodness

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Nikos Kazantzakis

Novelist, Playwright

“You do miracles if you concentrate your mind on one thing and one thing only.”

Mind Miracle

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Grace King

Author

“Every life holds that which only a miracle can cure.”

Miracle Wonder

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Frank Warren

Author

“The more I look back on my life, the more I see miracles.”

Looks Miracle

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George Lee Butler

Military Leader

“I was raised to believe in the innate goodness of humanity, developed a deep sense of the dignity of the individual human being, and had great appreciation for the miracle of life and our existence on this earth.”

Believe Miracle Appreciation

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Gilbert K. Chesterton

Writer, Journalist

“The whole order of things is as outrageous as any miracle which could presume to violate it.”

Order Miracle Outrageous

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Gilbert K. Chesterton

Writer, Journalist

“There is only one reason an intelligent person doesn't believe in miracles. He or she believes in materialism.”

Believe Intelligent Miracle

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Gilbert K. Chesterton

Writer, Journalist

“What was wonderful about childhood is that anything in it was a wonder. It was not merely a world full of miracles; it was a miraculous world.”

World Childhood Miracle

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Noam Chomsky

Linguist, Philosopher, Activist

“Let's take Southeast Asia. The last 20, 30 years has been what's called the "Asian Miracle" - fast economic growth, industrial society. It's happening all over, with one exception, which one? The Philippines is the one that can't grow, which the US has been running for 100 years. Is there a correlation? Have you read about it? It comes to mind, at least.”

Years Running Miracle

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Leonard Cohen

Singer-Songwriter

“If you're squeezed for information, / that's when you've got to play it dumb: / You just say you're out there waiting / for the miracle, for the miracle to come.”

Play Waiting Miracle

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Noam Chomsky

Linguist, Philosopher, Activist

“It's a near miracle that nuclear war has so far been avoided.”

War Miracle Nuclear

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