Occasional Quotes - Page 17

• You cannot change anything in your life with intention alone, which can become a watered-down, occasional hope that you'll get to tomorrow. Intention without action is useless.

  Caroline Myss

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• There can be nothing more frequent than an occasional drink.

  Oscar Wilde

  Drinking, Funny Drinking, Drink

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• It is hopeless for the occasional visitor to try to keep up with Chicago-she outgrows his prophecies faster than he can make them. She is always a novelty; for she is never the Chicago you saw when you passed through the last time.

  Mark Twain

  Cities, Trying, Chicago

  Mark Twain (2014). “Life On The Mississippi”, p.643, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Following Christ is not a casual or occasional practice but a continuous commitment and way of life that applies at all times and in all places.

  Dallin H. Oaks

  Commitment, Following Christ, Practice

  FaceBook post by Dallin H Oaks from Jun 24, 2014

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• At the beginning of meditation training thoughts will arrive one on top of another, uninterrupted, like a steep mountain waterfall. Gradually, as you perfect meditation, thoughts become like the water in a deep, narrow gorge, then a great river slowly winding its way down to the sea; finally the mind becomes like a still and placid ocean, ruffled by only the occasional ripple or wave.

  Sogyal Rinpoche

  Ocean, Sea, Rivers

  FaceBook post by Sogyal Rinpoche from Jan 25, 2016

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