Quotes about Inward

Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse. Votes: 5

To live happily is an inward power of the soul. Votes: 4

The outward work will never be puny if the inward work is great. Votes: 4

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. Votes: 4

Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are. Votes: 4

Illuminated emancipation, freedom, unalloyed and untainted bliss await you, but you have to choose to embark on the Inward Journey to discover it Votes: 4

I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There is an inward fermentation, and there must be a vent. Votes: 4

A civilization that only looks inward will stagnate. We have to keep looking outward; we have to keep finding new avenues for human endeavor and human expression. Votes: 4

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him. Votes: 4

He who has faith has... an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well - even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly. Votes: 4

Gaze Upward, Look Inward, Reach Outward, Press Forward. Votes: 3

Inward is not a direction. Inward is a dimension. Votes: 3

Great are the symbols of Being, But that which is symboled is greater; Vast the create and beheld, But vaster the Inward Creator. Votes: 3

Forget all you know or think you know; Abandon power and enforced decree. Inward, where the deepest rivers flow, Find the currents of eternity.... Votes: 3

Inward solitude has outward manifestations. There is the freedom to be alone, not in order to be away from people but in order to hear the divine Whisper better. Votes: 3

Inward spiritual practices such as meditation, breathing techniques and self-analysis generate insights and enhance abilities, but none are so useful as learning to live harmoniously in a committed relationship, being a skillful parent, or juggling the demands of daily life. Votes: 3

TOPER. Yesterday I carried to wait on a Relation of ours that has a Parrot, and whilst I was discoursing about some private Business, she converted the Bird, and now it talks of nothing but the Light of the Spirit, and the Inward man. Votes: 3

...the more strictly and faithfully every man and woman lives up to the guidance and teaching of this Inward Anointing - and never turns aside to the right hand or left for the precepts and traditions of men - the more instruction and help they afford one another. Votes: 3

The longest journey is the journey inward. Votes: 2

Outward judgment often fails, inward judgment never. Votes: 2

As we grow old, the beauty steals inward. Votes: 2

Faith is the sight of the inward eye. Votes: 2

Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith. Votes: 2

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances. Votes: 2

Those who have no hope pass their old age shrouded with an inward gloom. Votes: 2

Anger is energising. The opposite of anger is depression, which is anger turned inward. Votes: 2

Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul. Votes: 2

I don't want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward. Votes: 2

No one can be great, or good, or happy except through the inward efforts of themselves. Votes: 2

So this is how you swim inward. So this is how you flow outwards. So this is how you pray. Votes: 2

To discern what weaknesses and faults separate you from God, you must enter into your own inward ground and then confront yourself. Votes: 2

The inward area is the first place of loss of true Christian life, of true spirituality, and the outward sinful act is the result. Votes: 2

War has always been the grand sagacity of every spirit which has grown too inward and too profound; its curative power lies even in the wounds one receives. Votes: 2

One hearty laugh together will bring enemies into a closer communion of heart than hours spent on both sides in inward wrestling with the mental demon of uncharitable feeling. Votes: 2

I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theater is the outward and visible sign of an inward and probable culture. Votes: 2

Beg of God the removal of envy, that God may deliver you from externals, and bestow upon you an inward occupation, which will absorb you so that your attention is not drawn away. Votes: 2

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common. Votes: 2

Quietude, which some men cannot abide because it reveals their inward poverty, is as a palace of cedar to the wise, for along its hallowed courts the King in his beauty deigns to walk. Votes: 2

As no outward motion or change, when normal, in man's external body can take place unless provoked by an inward impulse, given through one of the three functions named, so with the external or manifested Universe. Votes: 2

Sanctification is not to be understood here as a separation from ordinary use or consecration to some special use, although this meaning is often present in Scripture, sometimes referring to outward and sometimes to inward or effectual separation. Votes: 2

Once conform, once do what other people do because they do it, and a lethargy steals over all the finer nerves and faculties of the soul. She becomes all outer show and inward emptiness; dull, callous, and indifferent. Votes: 2

As I got into high school and after puberty, I was a little more inward. I was a real extrovert when I was little, but I don't know, I just got quieter... With my friends, I was still an extrovert. Votes: 2

Instead of looking outside of ourselves and counting potential enemies, fasting summons us to turn our glance inward, and to take the measure of our greatest challenge: the self, the ego, in our own eyes and as others see us. Votes: 2

It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom. It is often easier to play the martyr, as it is to be rash in battle. Votes: 2

Mindfulness has helped me succeed in almost every dimension of my life. By stopping regularly to look inward and become aware of my mental state, I stay connected to the source of my actions and thoughts and can guide them with considerably more intention. Votes: 2

Standing on soil feels so much different than standing on city pavement; it lets you look inward and reflect and see who you really are, while you see a beautiful, unspoiled land as far as the eye can see. It allows your inner life to grow. Votes: 2

I have a profound belief in the power of the Sacraments. I believe that in a Divine way the use of them teaches the teachable their inward meaning and therefore I think we need be in no hurry to attempt to teach new converts all that we think we know about them. Votes: 2

If I have not the power to put myself in the place of other people, but must be continually burrowing inward, I shall never be the magnanimous creative person I wish to be. Yet I am hypnotized by the workings of the individual, alone, and am continually using myself as a specimen. Votes: 2

We are becoming able to see the pursuit of external power for what it is and the futility of trying to escape the pain of powerlessness by changing the world. When we look inward, not outward, we can dismantle the parts of our personalities that have controlled us for so long - such as anger, jealousy, vindictiveness, superiority, inferiority. Votes: 2

Sanctification is that inward spiritual work which the Lord Jesus Christ works in a man by the Holy Spirit when He calls him to be a true believer. He not only washes him from his sins in His own blood, but He also separates him from his natural love of sin and the world, puts a new principle in his heart and makes him practically godly in life. Votes: 2

Depression is anger turned inward. Votes: 0

Vision looks inward and becomes duty. Votes: 0

Grace is the outcome of inward harmony. Votes: 0

God sweetens outward pain with inward peace. Votes: 0

Without prayer there is no inward peace. Votes: 0

When you're hurting deeply, you go inward. Votes: 0

Hypocrisy is the outward acknowledgment of inward shame. Votes: 0

Words . . . present a picture of the inward man. Votes: 0

The wound that bleedeth inward is most dangerous. Votes: 0

The doorway to success swings outward not inward. Votes: 0

I was born with my eyes turned inward. Votes: 0

Without outward declarations, who can conclude an inward love? Votes: 0

Turn thy gaze inward, wherein resides the Supreme Self. Votes: 0

Honour is external conscience, and conscience is inward honour. Votes: 0

There never was a war that was not inward. Votes: 0

We always point the lens both outward and inward. Votes: 0

That inward eye/ Which is the bliss of solitude. Votes: 0

Faith is an outward look, not an inward look. Votes: 0

May the outward and inward man be at one. Votes: 0

Attitude is an inward thought that wiggles its way out. Votes: 0

True goodness is an inward grace, not an outward necessity. Votes: 0

Love helps you to know yourself... turn your vision inward. Votes: 0

Outward failure may be a manifested variant of inward success. Votes: 0

If I rest, if I think inward, I go mad. Votes: 0

Outward failure may be a manifested variant of inward success. Votes: 0

Strive to realize a state of inward happiness, independent of circumstances. Votes: 0

Prayer is either petitional or, in its wider sense, inward communion. Votes: 0

An attitude is: an inward feeling expressed by an outward action. Votes: 0

A paradise of inward tranquility seems to be faith's usual result. Votes: 0

This violent rage that turned inward cannot be helped by drink. Votes: 0

The more basic the color, the more inward, the more pure. Votes: 0

The only test of a soul's salvation is its inward happiness. Votes: 0

Importunate praying is the earnest inward movement of the heart toward God. Votes: 0

Love adorns itself; it seeks to prove inward joy by outward beauty Votes: 0

A man's attire is only an outward projection of his inward self... Votes: 0

The ghost is the outward and visible signs of an inward fear. Votes: 0

This outward spring and garden are a reflection of the inward garden. Votes: 0

In youth all doors open outward; in old age all open inward. Votes: 0

Our fate is shaped from within ourselves outward, never from without inward. Votes: 0

An outward observance without any real inward meaning is only a ceremony. Votes: 0

The person who looks outward dreams, the person who looks inward awakens. Votes: 0

To successfully open the door to heightened awareness, we must open it inward. Votes: 0

All real success springs from that inward might which we exert upon society. Votes: 0

Adversity not only draws people together, but brings forth that beautiful inward friendship. Votes: 0

We rarely hear the inward music, but we're all dancing to it nevertheless. Votes: 0

The inward pleasure of imparting pleasure - that is the choicest of all. Votes: 0

The door to my heart opens inward. I move through forgiveness to love. Votes: 0

For man may pious texts repeat, And yet religion have no inward seat Votes: 0

Be not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting. Votes: 0

Spiritual power comes out of inward fellowship with God and abandonment to his purposes. Votes: 0

Tattoos to me are the outward symbol of the inward change within my soul. Votes: 0

Being well-dressed gives a feeling of inward tranquility which psychoanalysis is powerless to bestow. Votes: 0

The computer actually may have aggravated management's degenerative tendency to focus inward on costs. Votes: 0

The farther the outward journey takes you, the deeper the inward journey must be. Votes: 0

Worship is an inward feeling and outward action that reflects the worth of God. Votes: 0

No ear can hear nor tongue can tell the tortures of the inward hell! Votes: 0

The Holy Ghost is the greatest guarantor of inward peace in our unstable world. Votes: 0

O England! Model to thy inward greatness, like little body with a might heart. Votes: 0

Nothing is more difficult to accomplish than changing outward actions without changing inward feelings. Votes: 0

Just try to keep the heart turned outward, as well as having moments inward. Votes: 0

You gotta go inward To experience the outer space That was built for you Votes: 0

Turn your vision inward and the whole world will be full of supreme spirit. Votes: 0

When our life ceases to be inward and private, conversation degenerates into mere gossip. Votes: 0

Agosins poetic language engages the reader in a mesmerizing journey of inward reflection and exile. Votes: 0

True inward quietness ... is not vacancy, but stability - the steadfastness of a single purpose. Votes: 0

There are two kinds of authors - subjective and objective. Introverts are more inward looking. Votes: 0

... when one's outward lot is perfect, the sense of inward imperfection is the more pressing. Votes: 0

Happiness is a choice. Happiness does not depend on outward conditions but on inward decisions. Votes: 0

When I speak of religion I mean a constant inward sense of communion with God ... Votes: 0

You turn inward. There's nothing to distract you, so you begin to look at yourself. Votes: 0

His high endeavours are an inward light That makes the path before him always bright. Votes: 0

There is a luxury in self-dispraise; And inward self-disparagement affords To meditative spleen a grateful feast. Votes: 0

The pleasures of humility are really the most refined, inward, and exquisite delights in the world. Votes: 0

Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat. Votes: 0

All satanic works are performed from the outside inward; all divine works from the inside outward. Votes: 0

The journey of true success and lasting leaderships begins with the inward journey to the soul. Votes: 0

Pity for him who one day looks uponhis inward sphinx and questions it. He is lost. Votes: 0

Worship is an inward reverence, the bowing down of the soul in the presence of God. Votes: 0

God lives and works in history. The outward mythology changes, the inward truth remains the same. Votes: 0

Goodness consists not in the outward things we do, but in the inward thing we are. Votes: 0

Order means light and peace, inward liberty and free command over one's self; order is power. Votes: 0

Find the courage and the strength to turn inward and to ask a simple, soaring question. Votes: 0

Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul. Votes: 0

Real inward devotion knows no prayer but that arising from the depths of its own feelings. Votes: 0

The spirit is an inward flame; a lamp the world blows upon but never puts out. Votes: 0

Let tears flow of their own accord; their flowing is not inconsistent with inward peace and harmony. Votes: 0

As breath stills our mind, our energies are free to unhook from the senses and bend inward. Votes: 0

I entered (into my inward self) and beheld with the eye of my soul...the Light Unchangeable. Votes: 0

Where God's Spirit does not reign, there is no humility, and men ever swell with inward pride. Votes: 0

The inward journey is about finding your own fullness, something that no one else can take away. Votes: 0

People have an overbearing need to project their inward doubt and hatred and emotions onto the outside world. Votes: 0

The inward battle--against our mind, our wounds, and the residues of the past--is more terrible than outward battle. Votes: 0

This is the curse of superficial religion: the constant attempt to do outward things apart from inward transformation. Votes: 0

I would suggest that the next generation stop looking for happiness outside of themselves but instead turn inward. Votes: 0

In Buddhist practice, the outward and inward aspects of taking the one seat meet on our meditation cushion. Votes: 0

The kind of happiness that stays with you is the happiness that springs from inward thoughts and emotions. Votes: 0

Gods suppressed become devils, and often it is these devils whom we first encounter when we turn inward. Votes: 0

Self-reliance is the key to a vigorous life. A man must look inward to find his own answers. Votes: 0

A man must seek his happiness and inward peace from objects which cannot be taken away from him. Votes: 0

The more the flesh is wasted by affliction, so much more is the Spirit strengthened by inward grace. Votes: 0

Let me be one of the upward and outward lookers, not one of the downward and inward lookers. Votes: 0

The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other. Votes: 0

People try to create an outwardly perfect life, but the quality of life is based on the inward. Votes: 0

In winter we lead a more inward life. Our hearts are warm and cheery, like cottages under drifts... Votes: 0

We are the strongest filter we can place before the lens. We point the lens both outward and inward. Votes: 0

When inward tenderness finds the secret hurt, pain itself will crack the rock and Ah! Let the soul emerge... Votes: 0

We may be focused on looking forward and upward yet looking inward can be the easiest path to take. Votes: 0

Enthusiasm is grave, inward, self-controlled; mere excitement, outward, fantastic, hysterical, and passing in a moment from tears to laughter. Votes: 0

To look for a job before looking deeply inward is likely to short-circuit the process of finding your calling. Votes: 0

A satyagrahi turns the searchlight inward relentlessly to weed out all the defects that may be lying hidden there still. Votes: 0

Golf is a worrier's game, inward, concentrated, a matter of inches, invented by the same people who gave us Presbyterianism. Votes: 0

Allow regular time for silent reflection. Turn inward and digest what has happened. Let the senses rest and grow still. Votes: 0

Nature inspires me because it's so peaceful. It makes me have an inward experience. It makes me reflective and nostalgic. Votes: 0

To gain an overall understanding of oneself does not require looking outward - it requires the strength of looking inward. Votes: 0

What the artist must render is a living moment somehow, a living moment actually in action or an inward experience. Votes: 0

In a sacred moment, when attention is pulled inward, rather than continuing in its usual outward direction, silence is realized. Votes: 0

By drawing our senses of perception inward, we are able to experience the control, silence, and quietness of the mind. Votes: 0

Time to go inward, man, I hope I have the nerve, to take inventory of the causes that I serve. Votes: 0

Each of us must turn inward and destroy in himself all that he thinks he ought to destroy in others. Votes: 0

It is doubtless a vice to turn one's eyes inward too much, but I am my own comedy and tragedy. Votes: 0

Time to go inward would you believe that I'm afraid to stare down the barrel of choices I have made. Votes: 0

Most women have not even been able to touch this anger, except to drive it inward like a rusted nail. Votes: 0

Woman must be the pioneer in this turning inward for strength. In a sense, she has always been the pioneer. Votes: 0

Necessity is cruel, but it is the only test of inward strength. Every fool may live according to his own likings. Votes: 0

There is no form of conviction more intimate and irresistible than that which arises from the inward teaching of the Spirit. Votes: 0

From innumerable complexities we must grow to simplicity; we must become simple in our inward life and in our outward needs. Votes: 0

We are such inward secret creatures, that inwardness is the most amazing thing about us, even more amazing than our reason. Votes: 0

To have a deeper understanding of life one must pause from looking outward and travel inward into the depths of consciousness. Votes: 0

Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward & learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires transforming greed into gratitude. Votes: 0

There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have conquered in myself what causes war. Votes: 0

Now shall my inward joys arise, And burst into a song; Almighty love inspires my heart, And pleasure tunes my tongue. Votes: 0

Dreams are only the image of outward things shown on an inward mirror. But the mirror is the soul's enclosing darkness. Votes: 0

Whoever is a hypocrite in his religion mocks God, presenting to Him the outside and reserving the inward for his enemy. Votes: 0

I turn my gaze inward. I fix it there and keep it busy. I look inside myself. I continually observe myself. Votes: 0

Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward & learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires transforming greed into gratitude. Votes: 0

Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth and the soul requires inward restfulness to attain its full height. Votes: 0

Goodness is richer than greatness. It consists not in the outward things we do, but in the inward thing we are. Votes: 0

A good shepherd has a positive influence on his people through "inward work", i.e. working on them from the inside. Votes: 0

To eliminate the inner turmoil we must focus our attention inward and act with loving kindness to ourselves"”and each other. Votes: 0

Shakespeare was naturally learned; he needed not the spectacles of the books to read nature; he looked inward, and found her there. Votes: 0

Those who wish well to the State ought to choose to places of trust men of inward principle, justified by exemplary conversation. Votes: 0

It is labor alone that is productive: it creates wealth and therewith lays the outward foundations for the inward flowering of man. Votes: 0

People talk about Japanese kids as being inward-looking. But my experience is that if you offer them an opportunity, they'll take it. Votes: 0

Your tendency to be inward-directed or outward-directed is huge; it governs every part of the way you live and work and love. Votes: 0

Yes, in all my research, the greatest leaders looked inward and were able to tell a good story with authenticity and passion. Votes: 0

Direct your eye inward, and you'll find / A thousand regions in your mind / Yet undiscovered. Travel them, and be / Expert in home-cosmography Votes: 0

Surrender yourselves then to be led and disposed of just as God pleases, with respect both to your outward and inward state. Votes: 0

‎The way you understand and investigate time is by moving inward, into metabolism. The human body is a knot in time. Votes: 0

When the inward is good the outward is also inevitably so, for the outward always follows the inward, whether good or evil. Votes: 0

Prudence is the virtue of the senses. It is the science of appearances. It is the outmost action of the inward life. Votes: 0

The most prosaic of us betray a belief in the inward life every time we talk about 'my body' rather than 'I. Votes: 0

...a soft inward look some into his eyes, as if he was amazed to find himself alive on such a beautiful day. Votes: 0

That grief is the most durable which flows inward, and buries its streams with its fountain, in the depths of the heart. Votes: 0

We need to learn that truth consists not in correct doctrine, but in correct doctrine plus the inward enlightenment of the Holy Spirit. Votes: 0

The very first discovery of beauty strikes the mind with an inward joy, and spreads a cheerfulness and delight through all its faculties. Votes: 0

There's a tendency in many politicians to become inward-looking, more protectionist, more nationalistic and more defensive, in the bad sense of the word. Votes: 0

By connecting with the present we turn our attention inward, away from all the chaos and activity, and experience our eternal, unbounded nature. Votes: 0

The inward sighs of humble penitence Rise to the ear of Heaven, when peal'd hymns Are scatter'd with the sounds of common air. Votes: 0

The practice of being at ease also gives you the strength and stamina to pursue all that you find when you connect inward. Votes: 0

O lovely Sisters! is it true That they are all inspired by you, And write by inward magic charm'd, And high enthusiasm warm'd? Votes: 0

The first half of life is devoted to forming a healthy ego, the second half is going inward and letting go of it. Votes: 0

True contact between beings is established only by mute presence, by apparent non-communication, by that mysterious and wordless exchange which resembles inward prayer. Votes: 0

If you are aware, you speak with awareness. But the awareness comes from the inward being. It flows from the inner being towards others. Votes: 0

Achieve order within yourself...an inward tranquility which knows no disturbance at any moment...in the daily life of the home and the office. Votes: 0

Her body was rounded like earth. Stories. Breath . Her eyes have been painted closed. I understand. To tell a story you must travel inward. Votes: 0

Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul. Votes: 0

Non-violence is not a quality to be evolved or expressed to order. It is an inward growth depending for sustenance upon intense individual effort. Votes: 0

The ancient philosophers, Chinese, Hindu, Persian, and Greek, were a class than which none has been poorer in outward riches, none so rich inward. Votes: 0

Dress gives one the outward sign from which people in general can, and often do, judge upon the inward state of mind and feelings. Votes: 0

The only real failure is trying to second-guess the taste of an audience. Nothing comes out of that except a kind of inward humiliation. Votes: 0

I see men's judgments are A parcel of their fortunes; and things outward Do draw the inward quality after them, To suffer all alike. Votes: 0

I believed that by a process of what I can only describe as inward dilation of the eyes I could increase my actual vision. Votes: 0

Wise people have an inward sense of what is beautiful, and the highest wisdom is to trust this intuition and be guided by it. Votes: 0

For there is only one great adventure and that is inward toward the self, and for that, time nor space nor even deeds matter. Votes: 0

True freedom is an inward state of being. Once it is attained, no situation in the world can bind one or limit one's freedom. Votes: 0

I think there's a danger, for me at least, in retreating and going inward and depression. I have to stay diligent against that tendency. Votes: 0

Pride is a vice not only dreadfully mischievous in human society, but perhaps of all others, the most insuperable bar to real inward improvement. Votes: 0

The mind is a mill which can incessant turn, 'til its mere operation focus the stress inward and the stones grind themselves to dust. Votes: 0

A man's felicity consists not in the outward and visible blessing of fortune, but in the inward and unseen perfections and riches of the mind. Votes: 0

Evil is a far more cunning and persevering propagandist than good, for it has no inward strength, and is driven to seek countenance and sympathy. Votes: 0

One must not look inward too much, while the inside is yet tender. I do not wish to frighten myself until I can stand it. Votes: 0

The difference between talent and genius is in the direction of the current: in genius, it is from within outward; in talent from without inward. Votes: 0

We are always looking for solutions from someone else. We forget that if we turn our mind inward, we can get some ideas, some solutions. Votes: 0

Spiritual growth-looking inward-is replacing the pursuit of external power-reaching outward to manipulate and control-as the cure for the insecurity at the core of human experience. Votes: 0

The physical body is not only a temple for our soul, but the means by which we embark on the inward journey toward the core. Votes: 0

Before dance unleashes its rage, there must be inward calm... for movements of the sea must be silent to hear the calling of the storm. Votes: 0

True dignity abides with him alone Who, in the silent hour of inward thought, Can still suspect, and still revere himself, In lowliness of heart. Votes: 0

We need to go inward instead of outward, and learn to trust our own inner guide, preserving our identity and finding the answers from within. Votes: 0

The less men are fettered by tradition, the greater becomes the inward activity of their motives, and greater again in proportion to their outer restlessness. Votes: 0

To each is given a certain inward talent, a certain outward environment or fortune; to each by wisest combination of these two, a certain maximum capacity. Votes: 0

All outward success, when it has value, is but the inevitable result of an inward success of full living, full play and enjoyment of one's faculties. Votes: 0

...Nature allows Destruction nor collapse of aught, until Some outward force may shatter by a blow, Or inward craft, entering its hollow cells, Dissolve it down. Votes: 0

When your consciousness is directed outward, mind and world arise. When it is directed inward, it realises its own Source and returns home into the Unmanifested. Votes: 0

The fruit of the Spirit is the natural produce of his gracious inward influence, the spontaneous and inevitable result of his uniting us to Jesus Christ. Votes: 0

The evidence points to central Asia as man's original home, for the general movement of human migrations has been outward from that region and not inward. Votes: 0

Our faith, trust, and love are proved and revealed in adversities, that is, in difficult and grievous outward and inward circumstances, during sickness, sorrow, and privations. Votes: 0

Christian contentment is that sweet, inward, quiet, gracious frame of spirit, which freely submits to and delights in God's wise and fatherly disposal in every condition. Votes: 0

When your institution is under assault, you're feeling like the weight is on it and the history might be flowing away, don't turn inward, go outward. Votes: 0

The lightsome countenance of a friend giveth such an inward decking to the house where it lodgeth, as proudest palaces have cause to envy the gilding. Votes: 0

To be free from ignorance you need knowledge. The mind should turn inward. Silence takes the mind inward and helps you to recognize who you are. Votes: 0

For oft, when on my couch I lie in vacant or in pensive mood they flash upon that inward eye which is the bliss of solitude Votes: 0

I could not answer the ceaseless inward question-why I thus suffered; now, at the distance of-I will not say how many years, I see it clearly. Votes: 0

The inward offer is a kind of spiritual enlightenment, whereby the promises are presented to the hearts of men, as it were, by an inward word. Votes: 0

If you're trying to connect to people with music - it's more of an outward process and a lot of times musicians can be very inward. Votes: 0

The mysterious path goes inward. It is in us, and not anywhere else, where the eternity of the worlds, the past and the future are found. Votes: 0

still hope leads men to venture; and no one ever yet put himself in peril without the inward conviction that he would succeed in his design. Votes: 0

The sight of one's own heart is degrading; people are not meant to look inward - that's why they've been given bodies, to hide their souls. Votes: 0

Knowledge is not a passion from without the mind, but an active exertion of the inward strength, vigor and power of the mind, displaying itself from within. Votes: 0

A Christian is Christ in the inward humanity; and a Jew is Christ in the figure, and in the office of his law, viz. according to nature. Votes: 0

When you are with the wrong person, who doesn't really love you, all you want is to be adored. It makes you more inward and needy. Gross. Votes: 0

A little lifting of the heart suffices; a little remembrance of God, one act of inward worship are prayers which, however short, are nevertheless acceptable to God. Votes: 0

They flower spontaneously out of the demands of our natures - and the best of them lead us not only outward in space, but inward as well. Votes: 0

Since 2004, Britain has been the destination for 1 in 5 of all inward investments into Europe. And being part of the Single Market has been key to that success. Votes: 0

An inward sincerity will of course influence the outward deportment; but where the one is wanting, there is great reason to suspect the absence of the other. Votes: 0

Happy he whose inward ear Angel comfortings can hear, O'er the rabble's laughter; And, while Hatred's fagots burn, Glimpses through the smoke discern Of the good hereafter. Votes: 0

I'd run. But maybe you can't run. Think of that, too.' His yellow eyes seemed to look inward, and he sounded tired. 'Sometimes you can't run. Votes: 0

When we see men of worth, we should think of equalling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inward and examine ourselves. Votes: 0

Do not worry about what others are doing! Each of us should turn the searchlight inward and purify his or her own heart as much as possible. Votes: 0

Feeling, in the broad sense of whatever is felt in any way, as sensory stimulus or inward tension, pain, emotion or intent, is the mark of mentality. Votes: 0

Every character has an inward spring; let Christ be that spring. Every action has a keynote; let Christ be that note, to which your whole life is attuned. Votes: 0

For many years, I searched for this connection outside of myself but always to no avail. It was only when I turned inward did I find this power. Votes: 0

He whose pure mind turns inward and searches whence does this 'I' arise, knows the Self and merges in You, the Lord, as a river into the sea. Votes: 0

Every government program needs to be more efficient. Instead of pointing out how other programs can tighten their belts, every program administrator must look inward to save money. Votes: 0

After a sharp inward struggle, he concluded to stay and see it out. He should despise himself, more than he cared to face, if he gave in now. Votes: 0

Learn the backward step that turns your light inward to illuminate your self. Body and mind of themselves will drop away, and your original face will be manifest. Votes: 0

Look upward to your God for direction! Look inward into yourself and discover your talents! Look outward into your environment and get helped! Stop looking at one direction! Votes: 0

Beloved Pan and all ye other gods who haunt this place, give me beauty in the inward soul; and may the outward and the inward man be one. Votes: 0

O that our hearts were enlarged in love to God, that we might turn inward, to the blessed comforter, that the blessed Jesus said the Father would send. Votes: 0

The gift turned inward, unable to be given, becomes a heavy burden, even sometimes a kind of poison. It is as though the flow of life were backed up. Votes: 0

And God is always calling me to open myself to all kinds of people that I've never thought about before and also calling me on this inward spiritual journey. Votes: 0

Guitar players get inward and analytical about their playing but when you start to get positive feedback from other players it makes you think that it is coming together. Votes: 0

The essence of all beauty, I call love, The attribute, the evidence, and end, The consummation to the inward sense Of beauty apprehended from without, I still call love. Votes: 0

The news that reaches your consciousness is incomplete and often not to be relied on.... Turn your eyes inward, look into your own depths, learn first to know yourself! Votes: 0

There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude. It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance Votes: 0

Thinking and spoken discourse are the same thing, except that what we call thinking is, precisely, the inward dialogue carried on by the mind with itself without spoken sound. Votes: 0

What follows is more about books than it is about me, but nonetheless it is my inward autobiography, for the words we take into ourselves help to shape us. Votes: 0

Eat less than you think you want, eat with your intelligence, not your stomach. Never get up from the table with an inward, silent apology for being a pig. Votes: 0

All virtue lies in individual action, in inward energy, in self determination. There is no moral worth in being swept away by a crowd even toward the best objective. Votes: 0

Ill-humor is nothing more than an inward feeling of our own want of merit, a dissatisfaction with ourselves which is always united with an envy that foolish vanity excites. Votes: 0

All that we do outwardly is but the expression and completion of our inward thought. To work effectively, we must think clearly; to act nobly, we must think nobly. Votes: 0

In history the way of annihilation is invariably prepared by inward degeneration, by decrease of life. Only then can a shock from outside put an end to the whole. Votes: 0

The fairy tale journey may look like an outward trek across plains and mountains, through castles and forests, but the actual movement is inward, into the lands of the soul. Votes: 0

Everyone should go inward, get curious about themselves, and investigate their shadows. It's one of the most important gifts we can give humanity. It's one of our most vital causes. Votes: 0

Mankind have such a deep stake in inward illumination, that there is much to be said by the hermit or monk in defence of his life of thought and prayer. Votes: 0

Depression is not 'anger turned inward'; if anything, anger is depression turned outward. Follow the trail of anger inward, and there you will find the small, still voice of pain. Votes: 0

Optimism, then, is a fact within my own heart. But as I look out upon life, my heart meets no contradiction. The outward world justifies my inward universe of good. Votes: 0

The joy of all mysteries is the certainty which comes from their contemplation, that there are many doors yet for the soul to open on her upward and inward way. Votes: 0

The man was hit in one eye by a stone, and that eye turned inward so that it looked into his mind, and he died of what he saw there Votes: 0

Facing inward, join hands so as to form a small circle. Then, without moving from their places they sing the opening song, according to previous agreement, in a soft undertone. Votes: 0

As you discover what strength you can draw from your community in this world from which it stands apart, look outward as well as inward. Build bridges instead of walls. Votes: 0

I'm not saying there's not darkness in there still, but it's happening from outward factors more than inward. Maybe things are terrifying, but they're beautiful, too. The world is extremely surprising. Votes: 0

Photography is nature seen from the eyes outward, painting from the eyes inward. Photography records inalterably the single image, while painting records a plurality of images willfully directed by the artist. Votes: 0

Outward attacks and troubles rather fix than unsettle the Christian, as tempests from without only serve to root the oak faster; while an inward canker will gradually rot and decay it. Votes: 0

Men decide far more problems by hate, love, lust, rage, sorrow, joy, hope, fear, illusion or some other inward emotion, than by reality, authority, any legal standard, judicial precedent, or statute. Votes: 0

Core competence, as it is used by many managers, is a dangerously inward-looking notion. Competitiveness is far more about doing what customers value than doing what you think you're good at. Votes: 0

Certain temperaments respond to anxiety by pulling inward. Their instincts tell them ' Don't go out to meet the world - you'll have a panic attack. Inside is where safety is. Votes: 0

We may restrict the expression of worship for a season, just as we may briefly hold our breath, but there is an inward craving for worship that cannot be permanently stilled Votes: 0

In the second and third debates the jacket has a generally padded shape across a large part of the entire back which tapers inward toward the spine in a downward direction. Votes: 0

None will ever be a true Parisian who has not learned to wear a mask of gaiety over his sorrows and one of sadness, boredom, or indifference over his inward joy. Votes: 0

Islam is a way of life which opens the heart to the meaning of existence. Thus any increase of outward splendor is usually a sign of a decrease in inward illumination Votes: 0

Why in the case of the ear, is there withdrawal and turning inward, a making resonant, but in the case of the eye, there is manifestation and display, a making evident? Votes: 0

Be that blind bard who on the Chian strand, By those deep sounds possessed with inward light, Beheld the Iliad and the Odyssey Rise to the swelling of the voiceful sea. Votes: 0

The precept to worship God 'in spirit and in truth' recommand to worship him as an inward and moral force, without physical attributes and with no relation to fears and egoist wishes. Votes: 0

The government is also looking at further benefits including enhanced capital allowances; the use of Tax Incremental Finance; and extra help from UK Trade and Investment on inward investment and trade opportunities. Votes: 0

The outward work can never be small if the inward one is great, and the outward work can never be great or good if the inward is small or of little worth. Votes: 0

I have an inward treasure born with me, which can keep me alive if all the extraneous delights should be withheld or offered only at a price I cannot afford to give. Votes: 0

I have heard with admiring submission the experience of the lady who declared that the sense of being well dressed gives a feeling of inward tranquility which religion is powerless to bestow. Votes: 0

I think the call of the inward life starts here. Solitude helps you differentiate, define the borders of the self. Solitude helps you figure our where everybody else stops and you begins. Votes: 0

Success is when you try to achieve your inward vision externally and have it come off the way you see it. Then YOU feel successful about it; that's how success is measured. Votes: 0

...what I dread more than anything else in this life is noise...silence helps you to go inward..anyone who is interested in something more than just life outside actually needs silence. Votes: 0

Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths. Votes: 0

The use of natural history is to give us aid in supernatural history: the use of the outer creation, to give us language for the beings and changes of the inward creation. Votes: 0

In a word, neither death, nor exile, nor pain, nor anything of this kind is the real cause of our doing or not doing any action, but our inward opinions and principles. Votes: 0

The letter kills the spirit. The written text is mute in the face of responding challenge. It does not admit of inward growth and correction. Text subverts the absolutely vital role of memory. Votes: 0

The clich? that women, more consistently than men, turn inward for sustenance seems to mean, in practice, that women have richly defined the ways in which imagination creates possibility; possibility that society denies. Votes: 0

For God to reveal His Son in us is not the result of research or searching; it is entirely a matter of mercy and revelation. It is an inward seeing, an inner knowing. Votes: 0

When we want to know God's will, there are three things which always concur: the inward impulse, the Word of God and the trend of circumstances. Never act until these three things agree. Votes: 0

Who can know how much of his most inward life is made up of the thoughts he believes other men to have about him, until that fabric of opinion is threatened with ruin? Votes: 0

How many cowards whose hearts are all as false As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars, Who inward searched, have livers white as milk! Votes: 0

There is no finer sensations in life that which comes with victory over one's self. Go forward to a goal of inward achievement, brushing aside all your old internal enemies as you advance. Votes: 0

Turn the mind inward and cease thinking of yourself as the body; thereby you will come to know that the self is ever happy. Neither grief nor misery is experienced in this state. Votes: 0

Readers and writers are united in their need for solitude, in their pursuit of substance in a time of ever-increasing evanescence: in their reach inward, via print, for a way out of loneliness. Votes: 0

We are free when we are not the slave of our impulses, but rather their master. Taking inward distance, we thus become the authors of our own dramas rather than characters in them. Votes: 0

Revenge is a really narrow scope through which to view things. In the same way secrets do, it has this ability to warp everything. But secrets are more inward, and revenge is outward. Votes: 0

I've since discovered that many human beings need no supernatural mentoring to commit acts of savagery; some people are devils in their own right, their telltale horns having grown inward to facilitate their disguise. Votes: 0

We must have the glory sink into us before it can be reflected from us. In deep inward beholding we must have Christ in our hearts, that He may shine forth from our lives. Votes: 0

What the artist is always looking for is the mode of existence in which soul and body are one and indivisible: in which the outward is expressive of the inward: in which form reveals. Votes: 0

Some people say that music isn't something you are; it's something you do. It's having a constant desire to share and express. But I believe it's something you are. To me it's more inward. Votes: 0

Our purpose is to provide you the way to the answer within that alone can fill the meaningless void. The way to the way is inward, where salvation has awaited your coming for 2000 years. Votes: 0

I cannot tell by what logic we call a toad, a bear, or an elephant ugly; they being created in those outward shapes and figures which best express the actions of their inward forms. Votes: 0

My golf is so delicate, so tenuously wired together with silent inward prayers, exhortations and unstable visualizations, that the sheer pressure of an additional pair of eyes crumbles the whole rickety structure into rubble. Votes: 0

Take the very hardest thing in your life - the place of difficulty, outward or inward, and expect God to triumph gloriously in that very spot. Just there He can bring your soul into blossom. Votes: 0

Sing, seraph with the glory! heaven is high. Sing, poet with the sorrow! earth is low. The universe's inward voices cry "Amen" to either song of joy and woe. Sing, seraph, poet! sing on equally! Votes: 0

In a quiet place, close your eyes, take a deep breath, and go inward. Place your attention on your heart, in the center of your chest. Sit quietly and easily let your attention remain there. Votes: 0

Mr. Pappadakis smells like Just for Men peroxide dye and eucalyptus foot unguents. He has a face like a catcher's mitt. The whole thing puckers inward, drooping with the memory of some dropped fly ball." Votes: 0

So what if you're scared spitless? So what if you're intimidated, insecure or inundated with doubt? If it's the thing that will advance you, do it anyway. Forward movement always begins with an inward decision. Votes: 0

Movements begin when oppressed people make - and keep remaking - a deeply inward decision to stop consenting to external demands that contradict a critical inner truth, the truth that they are worthy of respect. Votes: 0

Culture, then, is a study of perfection, and perfection which insists on becoming something rather than in having something, in an inward condition of the mind and spirit, not in an outward set of circumstances. Votes: 0

I know what my heart is like Since your love died: It is like a hollow ledge Holding a little pool Left there by the tide, A little tepid pool, Drying inward from the edge. Votes: 0

How can you expect God to speak in that gentle and inward voice which melts the soul, when you are making so much noise with your rapid reflections? Be silent and God will speak again. Votes: 0