#tears

When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but from repentance he needs no chastisement. When the tears begin to flow from the grief of their conduct you can be sure there is an angel nestling in their heart. ↗

— Horace Mann

#begin #brought #chastisement #child #conduct

When onstage, I always try to take my audience through as many emotions as I possibly can. I want them to go from laughter to tears, be shocked and surprised and walk out the door with a renewed sense of themselves - and maybe a smile. ↗

— Reba McEntire

#audience #door #emotions #go #i

Well, we ought to be stirred, even to tears, by society's ills. ↗

— George McGovern

#ills #ought #society #stirred #tears

I think, in my life, there've been three times I've broken down into tears on a set because I was happy. ↗

— Stephen Tobolowsky

#been #broken #down #happy #i

Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy. ↗

— Ralph Ransom

#harvest #joy #labor #must #plant

Since she got a cause and stopped being funny. I think she's real funny, but lately it's all been hearts and flowers and tears and saving teenagers and creating a role model. And that ain't funny. No giggles there. ↗

— Andy Richter

#being #being funny #cause #creating #flowers

If I cry, it's because I'm very angry and I can't do anything about it because I've run into a dead end. That's when the tears would come down. ↗

— Rihanna

#angry #anything #because #come #cry

But there are other things than dissipation that thicken the features. Tears, for example. ↗

— Rebecca West

#example #features #for example #other #tears

Most blacks will argue that they excel because of hard work, because of intellect, determination, sweat, blood, tears and risk. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#because #blacks #blood #determination #excel

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. ↗

— Washington Irving

#deep #eloquently #grief #love #mark