#oft

If you wish to strengthen your confidence in God still more, often recall the loving way in which He has acted toward you, and how mercifully He has tried to bring you out of your sinful life, to break your attachment to the things of earth and draw you to His love. ↗

— Alphonsus Liguori

#attachment #break #bring #confidence #draw

Often the test of courage is not to die but to live. ↗

— Vittorio Alfieri

#die #live #often #test

I have often felt bad that I am not great at any one thing. Like just a super super singer. Or the Gregory Hines of something. ↗

— Jasmine Guy

#any #bad #felt #great #gregory

My favorite actresses were Geraldine Paige, Anne Bancroft and Kim Stanley. ↗

— Sally Kirkland

#bancroft #favorite #geraldine #kim #paige

People often complain that music is too ambiguous, that what they should think when they hear it is so unclear, whereas everyone understands words. With me, it is exactly the opposite, and not only with regard to an entire speech but also with individual words. ↗

— Felix Mendelssohn

#ambiguous #complain #entire #everyone #exactly

I have said it often and I will say it again: I believe you learn to read when you are young, then read to learn for the rest of your life. ↗

— Ruth Ann Minner

#believe #i #i believe #learn #life

I've often entertained paranoid suspicions about my fridge and what it's been doing to my poetry when I'm not looking, but I never even considered that my fan was thinking about me. ↗

— George Murray

#been #considered #doing #entertained #even

I've experienced huge kindness here, a great welcome and some very generous reviews without the snide social edge I often suffer from at home. I'm not patronized here either, which I much appreciate! ↗

— Joanna Trollope

#edge #either #experienced #generous #great

Mental violence is as bad as physical violence. You don't see that very often in movies, so it was a good subject to tackle. ↗

— Chazz Palminteri

#good #mental #movies #often #physical

The squeaky wheel doesn't always get greased; it often gets replaced. ↗

— John Peers

#get #gets #greased #often #replaced