The Return Quotes

Jesus left a long time ago, said he would return. He left us a book to believe in, in it we've got an awful lot to learn.

When gentle persuasion [of children] falls on deaf ears, we resort to ridicule and rebuke. Then we return to threats and punishment. This is the modus operandi of a mutual frustration society.

If we left the European Union, it would be a one-way ticket, not a return. So we will have time for a proper, reasoned debate. At the end of that debate you, the British people, will decide.

If you are greeted then return the greetings more warmly. If you are favored, then repay the obligation manifold; but he who takes the initiative will always excel in merit.

For more than a half a century, we know that we prospered because of a bipartisan consensus on defense and foreign policy. We must do more than return to that sensible, cooperative approach.

When a historian enters into metaphysics he has gone to a far country from whose bourne he will never return a historian.

On the way to work good-hearted young girls sometimes offer me their seats, which I accept and bless them in return, a transaction satisfying to all concerned.

If anybody starts using me as scenery, I'll return to New York.

Sometimes, Just when we need them, life wraps metaphors up in little bows for us. When you think all is lost, the things you need the most return unexpectedly.

When one practices discipline and moves from the beginner's territory to immovable wisdom, one makes a return and falls back to the level of the beginner.

To awaken chivalry we must return to femininity. We must stop doing the masculine things and become the gentle, tender, dependent women we were designed to be.

Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.

The spiritual journey is not about acquiring something outside yourself, rather, you are penetrating deep layers and veils to return to the deepest truth of your own being.

It is quite possible to leave your home for a walk in the early morning air and return a different person - beguiled, enchanted.

Liberalism Has Nearly Destroyed Black America, And Now It’s Time For Black America To Return The Favor.

Alone-in moments of prayer or meditation, or simply in stillness-we breathe more deeply, see more fully, hear more keenly. We notice more, and in the process, we return to what is sacred.

The soul's first adventure is the fight between two ideas: the wish to return to earth in a human form, and the desire to feel the freedom of having no form.

Every man should make up his mind that if he expects to succeed, he must give an honest return for the other man's dollar.

A snapshot steals life that it cannot return. A long exposure [creates] a form that never existed.

You know how little while we have to stay, And, once departed, may return no more.

Good customers are an asset which, when wellmanaged and served, will return a handsome lifetime income stream for the company.

And luckily, therefore the good old days return. The traditional art of driving counts again, and it is all about good tactics, skills and reflexes instead of simple power.

What makes human life - which is inseparable from this moment--so precious is its fleeting nature. And not that it doesn't last but that it never returns again.

He who flies can also return; but it is not so with him who dies.

Real poetry is a party, a wild party, a party where anything might happen. A party from which you may never return home.

An involuntary return to the point of departure is, without doubt, the most disturbing of all journeys.

He was a man, that he always performed his promises, that he had never said he would return.

The imagination is not an escape, but a return to the richness of our true selves; a return to reality.

And then there are the rare ones who know love, who understand it. Who freely give of themselves, demanding only a return of that love,that trust.

There is no such thing as high returns without risk.

We must beware of yielding to the pressure of a spirit of cowardly conformity which proclaims itself everybody's friend in the hope that everybody will obligingly return the compliment.

Self-seeking is the gate by which a soul departs from peace; and total abandonment to the will of God, that by which it returns.

Trust is a fragile thing - difficult to build, easy to break. It cannot be bargained for. Only if it is freely given it can be expected in return

There is a point at which everything becomes simple and there is no longer any question of choice, because all you have staked will be lost if you look back. Life's point of no return.

Producers are not gamblers. They want a good return on their investment.

Reformation is a return to the sound doctrine of the Bible. Revival is the practice of that sound doctrine under the power of the Holy Spirit.

The heaven I witnessed was so pure, love-filled, and magnificent that I did not want to return to earth.

Now a movie with 30 million returns would be something very incredible and the producer can only get 10 to 15 million. This is only 100 thousands US dollars. This is not enough!

Your nature is to keep quiet. You came from silence and you have to return to silence... you are dancing only for a little while you see... a little while you are dancing.

True beauty radiates not from outer cosmetics, but from the simple joy of making a difference for those that need your voice, passion, and time without expecting or wanting anything in return.

In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own.

In the event that I am reincarnated, I would like to return as a deadly virus, in order to contribute something to solve overpopulation.

God guarantees that His Word will not return void. He doesn't guarantee that the return will be immediate. Keep sowing!

The books I read are the ones I knew and loved when I was a young man and to which I return as you do to old friends.

Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones - with ingratitude.

What we have is given by God and to teach it to others is to return it to him.

Women who are stunningly beautiful are women who... love truly and honestly without demanding that they be loved in return.

Surprise! The returns reported by mutual funds aren't actually earned by mutual fund investors.

An investment operation is one which, upon thorough analysis, promises safety of principal and an adequate return.

We must first give to life if we expect life to give anything in return. This is the divine law.