Block Quotes

One should, when overwhelmed by the shadow of a giant, move aside and see if the colossal shadow isn’t merely that of a pygmy blocking out the sun.

Our life is like a block of ice which is melting away every moment. Before it spends itself, devote it to the service of others. Education in Human Values is designed to prepare everyone for this life of dedicated service.

With every thought we think, we either summon or block a miracle. It is not our circumstances, then, but rather our thoughts about our circumstances, that determine our power to transform them.

I don’t know how many of you have been to New York, but if a building is two blocks away from anything, you can’t see it.

Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you.

Our wounds ultimately give us wisdom. Our stumbling blocks inevitably become our stepping stones. And our setbacks lead us to our strengths

You really ought to read more books – you know, those things that look like blocks but come apart on one side.

The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.

Anyone taken as an individual is tolerably sensible and reasonable – as a member of a crowd, he at once becomes a blockhead.

To obstruct this is to block God’s purposes in and through his people.