#ordinary

Our soul is not united to our body in the ordinary sense of these terms. It is immediately and directly united to God alone. ↗

— Nicolas Malebranche

#body #directly #god #immediately #ordinary

There is no doubt that this film is autobiographical, but at the same time it also tries to portray an ordinary couple in a language that everyone can understand. ↗

— Sophie Marceau

#autobiographical #couple #doubt #everyone #film

My dreams were always small and puny. All I ever needed was a little house with a little picket fence by the sea. Little did I know that I would live in Malacanang Palace for 20 years and visit all the major palaces of mankind. And then also meet ordinary citizens and the leaders of superpowers. ↗

— Imelda Marcos

#always #citizens #did #dreams #ever

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

#common #extraordinary #great #make #men

Extraordinary measures were required and I realize that not all of these steps were popular. ↗

— Tom McCall

#i #measures #popular #realize #required

To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia - to mistake an ordinary young woman for a goddess. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#goddess #love #love is #merely #mistake

I've realized the extraordinary power of sports to heal, unite and inspire. I believe the Olympics will serve as the ultimate platform to provide positive changes and I hope to inspire all of Japan through my strong showing there. ↗

— Kohei Uchimura

#changes #extraordinary #heal #hope #i

The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference. ↗

— Henry Miller

#acts #difference #hero #immense #involved

If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#even #i #much #myself #ordinary

There is extraordinary similarities between the Midwest in America and Europe in that there is this sense of vast, open sky and loneliness and cold. ↗

— Ajay Naidu

#between #cold #europe #extraordinary #loneliness