Quotes about Close
Give me the chance to love you...Cause you are on my mind. I wanna know you feel it. What do you see when you close your eyes? You are on my mind.
- Cody Simpson
Desire in itself is empty, in other words it merely indicates direction, but never destination; destinations, in any case, always remain phantasmagoric and unclear; the closer we get to them, the more enigmatic they become. By no means is it possible to ever actually attain a given destination, nor, in so doing, appease desire.
- Olga Tokarczuk
Are you seeking great things for yourself, instead of seeking to be a great person? God wants you to be in a much closer relationship with Himself than simply receiving His gifts—He wants you to get to know Him. Even some large thing we want is only incidental; it comes and it goes. But God never gives us anything incidental. There is nothing easier than getting into the right relationship with God, unless it is not God you seek, but only what He can give you.
- Oswald Chambers
Pay close attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips.
- Exodus 23:13
But the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may obey it.
- Deuteronomy 30:14
Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Do not go and glean in another field, and do not go away from this place, but stay here close to my servant girls.
- Ruth 2:8
The Levites must surround the king with weapons in hand, and anyone who enters the temple must be put to death. You must stay close to the king wherever he goes.”
- 2 Chronicles 23:7
the fear of madness passes from me considerably upon seeing from close at hand those who are affected with it, as I may very easily be in the future.
- Vincent Van Gogh
I spend a great deal of time with the President. We have a very close, personal, loyal relationship. I'm not, as they say, a potted plant in these meetings.
- Dan Quayle
Death is a solemn thing, and never so much so as when we see it close at hand. The grave is a chilling, heart-sickening place, and it is vain to pretend it has no terrors.
- JC Ryle
Comfort isn't a solution to seek; rather, it's a by-product we'll reap when we stay close to the Lord.
- Lysa TerKeurst
Tension, striving and struggling for a worthwhile goal are positive; trying to close the gap between what one is and what one should become.
- Viktor E. Frankl