We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth and growth of the spirit, in those who are attentive to their own inner life, are slow and exceedingly painful.
But to make a holiday record that involves favorite American songs and then also get to sing about Jesus birth, it just seemed like a real easy, subtle way to combine a couple of things that I love.
The unique and supreme voluptuousness of love lies in the certainty of committing evil. And men and women know from birth that in evil is found all sensual delight.
I am an American, not by accident of birth but by choice. I voted with my feet and became an American because I love this country and think it is exceptional.
I would love to see more women directors because they represent half of the population - and gave birth to the whole world. Without them writing and being directors, the rest of us are not going to know the whole story.
If you don't like the feeling that you are experiencing, then it is time to challenge and replace that thought that is producing it. Thoughts always give birth to feelings.
By birth and upbringing, I think I'm emotionally resilient. I don't feel like I'm a depressive person.
Indian names were either characteristic nicknames given in a playful spirit, deed names, birth names, or such as have a religious and symbolic meaning.
When my father passed away and then when later on I gave birth, those are sort of ground-breaking experiences that put everything else into perspective.
Progressive rhetoric has the effect of concealing social crisis and moral breakdown by presenting them as the birth pangs of a new order.
Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child.
Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his spirit and heart.
Greatness is never birth in ice cream shops but in the field of hard work and perseverance.
Tragedy often gives birth to courage, it offers man a platform to change what will be." Eli Storm, Emanuel Stone And The Phoenix Shadow
It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.
From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free.
After momma gave birth to 12 of us kids, we put her up on a pedestal. It was mostly to keep Daddy away from her.
As it stands now, those of us who are lucky enough to be citizens by birth don't have to do much. Very little is asked of us.
Though your dream may be birth by you, it has eternal potential to impact lives and generations even after you.
I have always regarded historical fiction and fantasy as sisters under the skin, two genres separated at birth.
Every child of Heavenly Father born in the world is given at birth, as a free gift, the Light of Christ.
