Faces Quotes - Page 64

The amount which you understand the gospel is measured by your ability to be joyful in all circumstances. If you grasp what a treasure the presence and acceptance of God are, then even when life goes really wrong you will have a joy that sustains you, because you’ll recognize the value of what you have in Him. When life punches you in the face, you’ll say, ‘But I still have the love and acceptance of God, a treasure I don’t deserve.’ And the joy you find in that treasure can make you rejoice even when you have a bloody nose. You have a joy that death and depravation cannot touch.

People will never set their faces decidedly towards heaven, and live like pilgrims, until they really feel that they are in danger of hell.

Love has the face of a goddess, but the talons of a lion.

So we live; a spirit that broods and hovers over the continual death of time, the lost meaning, the unrecaptured moment, the unremembered face, until the final chop that ends all our moments and plunges that spirit back into the void from which it came.

I want knowledge. Not belief. Not surmise. But knowledge. I want God to put out His hand, show His face, speak to me.

I just had to stay cool. Zen. No punching in the face. Punching would not be Zen.

What do you do with a lifetime of work? Face it in the morning.

And the bright faces of my young companions Are wrinkled like my own, or are no more.

He looks the whole world in the face for he owes not any man.

I turned my face more exclusively than ever to the woods, where I was better known.

Expression is not a matter of passion mirrored on the human face or revealed by a violent gesture. When I paint a picture, its every detail is expressive.

Now and then one sees a face which has kept its smile pure and undefiled. It is a woman's face usually; often a face which has trace of great sorrow all over it, till the smile breaks. Such a smile transfigures: such a smile, if the artful but knew it, is the greatest weapon a face can have.

I have gazed on the face of Agamemnon.

I need my products to work and be fast! I don't love having 50 different things in my bathroom, like a different cream for every inch of my face. That's so not me.

Our faces were no more than ten inches apart but she was lightyears away from me.

She was, if anything, on the plain side, at least not the type to attract men wherever she went. But there was something in her face that was meant for me alone. Everytime we met, I took a good look at her. And loved what I saw.

It gave me strength and toughness because I had to face reality, no matter how uncomfortable or painful it was.

Bah! The thing is not a nose at all, but a bit of primordial chaos clapped on to my face.

Everywhere, authority and tradition have to justify themselves in the face of questions.

Because no retreat from the world can mask what is in your face.

When you see that many people with a smile on their face, then you must be doing something right.

I would have rebelled against parental authority, no matter what. When I was 15, I started painting my face and making my own clothes.

...the world needs to face up to the challenge of climate change, and to do so now. It is clear that climate change poses an urgent challenge, not only a challenge that threatens the environment but also international peace and security, prosperity and development. And as the Stern report showed, the economic effects of climate change on this scale cannot be ignored, but the costs can be limited if we act early

Don't be gloomy. Even if you are not happy, put a smile on your face. [Life is about] joy,... something to be happy and excited about.

I like when somebody says something negative about me because I can put it back in their face