Quotes about Uncommon

Of course, we all know that dying, rising again, Christ in me, hidden in God, seated in heaven are metaphors—the use of common language to grasp the uncommon, a reality too deep and thick for conventional vocabulary. Following Jesus is an inside-out transformation so thorough that dying and coming back to life is the only adequate way to put it.

I can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.

Success is not a matter of mastering subtle, sophisticated theory but rather of embracing common sense with uncommon levels of discipline and persistence.

If a man can have only one kind of sense, let him have common sense. If he has that and uncommon sense too, he is not far from genius.

The imperative need of this nation at all times is the leadership of Uncommon Men or Women.

Common is not the same as universal.

The boy is special, Aunt Annie told his mother, and his mother in turn told him. But what kind of special? No one ever says.

I wonder, Flask, whether the world is anchored anywhere; if she is, she swings with an uncommon long cable, though.

God grants us an uncommon life to the degree we surrender our common one.

Great work is not created for everyone. If it were, it would be average work.

A large number merely strange

I have already explained to you that what is out of the common is usually a guide rather than a hindrance.There are fifty who can reason synthetically for one who can read analytically.