Son Quotes - Page 94

Right reason is stronger than force.

If you do not love Christ, let me tell you plainly what is the reason. You have no sense of debt to him.

Even the song of birds, which we can bring under no musical rule, seems to have more freedom, and therefore more for taste, than a song of a human being which is produced in accordance with all the rules of music; for we very much sooner weary of the latter, if it is repeated often and at length. Here, however, we probably confuse our participation in the mirth of a little creature that we love, with the beauty of its song; for if this were exactly imitated by man (as sometimes the notes of the nightingale are) it would seem to our ear quite devoid of taste.

The collision of hail or rain with hard surfaces, or the song of cicadas in a summer field. These sonic events are made out of thousands of isolated sounds; this multitude of sounds, seen as totality, is a new sonic event.

Hope is nothing but a deceitful flatterer accepted by reason only because it is often in need of palliatives.

It's okay to lose; just don't lose the lesson.

The player who expects a lesson to 'take' without subsequent practice just isn't being honest with himself or fair to his professional.

A mistake isn't a mistake if you learn a lesson from it.

People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.

You know the one with the big ears? Wait a minute, he ain't my president, he might be yours, he ain't my president. You know that woman he had singing for him, singing my song - she's gonna get her a- whipped. The great Beyoncé But I can't stand Beyoncé. She has no business up there, singing up there on a big ol' president day singing my song that I've been singing forever.

You can't fake this music. You might be a great singer or a great musician but, in the need, that's got nothing to do with it. It's how you connect to the songs and to the history behind them.

Everything always happens for a reason.

The question has been asked, 'What is a woman?' A woman is a person who makes choices. A woman is a dreamer. A woman is a planner. A woman is a maker, and a molder. A woman is a person who makes choices. A woman builds bridges. A woman makes children and makes cars. A woman writes poetry and songs. A woman is a person who makes choices.

Every song is like a kid. How can you have that many kids and have a favorite? Which one do I like to hang most with?

I have pictures of me sitting in the racquetball court in my pajamas with an acoustic guitar, and Wolfgang is probably just two-and-a-half-feet tall. I'll never forget the day I saw his foot tapping along in beat! I knew then, I couldn't wait for the day I'd be able to make music with my son. I don't know what more I could ask for.

This is the gospel. The just and loving Creator of the universe has looked upon hopelessly sinful people and sent His Son, God in the flesh, to bear His wrath against sin on the cross and to show His power over sin in the resurrection so that all who trust in Him will be reconciled to God forever.

All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don't discover why.

Remorse is the poison of life.

Son, we'd like to keep you around this season but we're going to try and win a pennant.

I just write songs that I strongly believe in and that are coming from inside. There's no tricks. It's honesty with big melodies.

Every season is filled with lessons.

When you practice yoga, first your personality changes, the faith increases, then confidence improves

I like peasants-they are not sophisticated enough to reason speciously.

It takes a lot of courage to be the same person on the outside that you are on the inside.

If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them - not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone.