#summon

Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity which lies hidden in a woman's heart, is startled to find that he must obey the God he summoned. ↗

— Henry Adams

#calling #divinity #effort #every #every man

Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man comes upon mystery as a summons to pilgrimage. ↗

— Frederick Buechner

#another man #area #comes #experience #human

One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then. ↗

— John Burroughs

#beaten #his #may #philosophy #summon

An invitation to a wedding invokes more trouble than a summons to a police court. ↗

— William Feather

#court #invitation #invokes #more #police

I live now on borrowed time, waiting in the anteroom for the summons that will inevitably come. And then - I go on to the next thing, whatever it is. One doesn't, luckily, have to bother about that. ↗

— Agatha Christie

#borrowed #bother #come #go #i

We are tasked to rebuild not just a damaged economy, and a debt-ridden balance sheet, but to do so by drawing forth the best that is in our fellow citizens. If we would summon the best from Americans, we must assume the best about them. If we don't believe in Americans, who will? ↗

— Mitch Daniels

#assume #balance #believe #best #citizens

Tori joined us for dinner --in body, at least. She spent the meal practicing for a role in the next zombie movie, expressionless, methodically moving fork to mouth, sometimes even with food on it. ↗

— Kelley Armstrong

#humor #summoning #tori #food

On October 18, 1941, I suddenly received a mandate from His Majesty to form a new cabinet. This was completely unexpected, and when I was summoned to the Imperial Palace I thought I would be questioned on the army's point of view. ↗

— Hideki Tojo

#cabinet #completely #form #his #i

One reason I don't suffer Writer's Block is that I don't wait on the muse, I summon it at need. ↗

— Piers Anthony

#i #muse #need #reason #suffer

My coming to faith did not start with a leap but rather a series of staggers from what seemed like one safe place to another. Like lily pads, round and green, these places summoned and then held me up while I grew. Each prepared me for the next leaf on which I would land, and in this way I moved across the swamp of doubt and fear. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#another #coming #did #doubt #each