#invoke

Denzel Washington invoked confidence. When you have confidence, you can do anything. And that's what happened. I learned about being honest and keeping it true, keeping it true in my performance. ↗

— Derek Luke

#anything #being #being honest #confidence #denzel

I now bid farewell to the country of my birth - of my passions - of my death; a country whose misfortunes have invoked my sympathies - whose factions I sought to quell - whose intelligence I prompted to a lofty aim - whose freedom has been my fatal dream. ↗

— Thomas Francis Meagher

#been #bid #birth #country #death

Make friends with the angels, who though invisible are always with you. Often invoke them, constantly praise them, and make good use of their help and assistance in all your temporal and spiritual affairs. ↗

— Saint Francis de Sales

#always #angels #assistance #constantly #friends

Most of us have nicknames—annoying, endearing, embarrassing. But what about your true name? It is not necessarily your given name. But it is the one to which you are most eager to respond when called. Ever wonder why? Your true name has the secret power to call you. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#call #calling #evoke #invoke #name

Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict. ↗

— Dag Hammarskjold

#certainly #heard #history #invoke #those

Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very much. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#appear #gods #invoke #much #never

Music should be able to invoke the natural emotions in all human beings. Music is not notes fixed on apiece of paper. ↗

— Toru Takemitsu

#apiece #beings #emotions #fixed #human

The Divinity could be invoked as well in the English language as in the French. ↗

— Wilfrid Laurier

#divinity #english #english language #french #invoked

Some artists want to confront. Some want to invoke thought. They're all necessary and they're all valid. ↗

— Maya Lin

#confront #invoke #necessary #some #thought

Sanctions against polluters are feeble and out of date, and are rarely invoked. ↗

— Ralph Nader

#date #feeble #invoked #out #rarely