Emmet Quotes

But I'm an actor and I like to just keep working. ~ M. Emmet Walsh

ANT (ANT) n.s.[aemett, Sax. which Junius imagines, not without probability, to have been first contracted to aemt, and then softened to ant.]An emmet; a pismire. A small insect that lives in great numbers together in hillocks. ~ Samuel Johnson

The letter of the law should bend; and this bending should be with the winds of freedom rather than toward the lifelessness of still punishment. ~ Joshua Emmet

Where you stand today does not matter; it is the direction in which your are moving, and the rate at which you travel, that count. ~ Emmet Fox

I feel that whatever picture an artist makes it is in part a picture of himself - a matter of identity. ~ Emmet Gowin

Stop thinking about your difficulties, whatever they are, and start thinking about God instead. ~ Emmet Fox

I was going round the world searching for an interesting place, when I realized that the place that I was in was already interesting. ~ Emmet Gowin

A man dies daily, only to be reborn in the morning, bigger, better and wiser. ~ Emmet Fox

Bless a thing and it will bless you. Curse it and it will curse you ... If you bless a situation, it has no power to hurt you, and even if it is troublesome for a time, it will gradually fade out, if you sincerely bless it. ~ Emmet Fox

I am pessimistic about a picture's power to be the emissary of just one thing. What I hope is that the picture says, "Here I am, this is what I am like," and the person seeing the picture says in return, 'You know a lot but you don't know half of what I know.' ~ Emmet Gowin

You are provided with hands, but you decide how to employ them. Some use their hands to provide a lover's caress, chisel a sculpture, plant seeds; others use their hands to tighten a noose, pull a gun trigger, turn a prison key on innocent souls. ~ Joshua Emmet

As a good picture would come, I would never know exactly what I had done. When you did see it, it would strike you as a great surprise - who did that? How did it happen? Being surprised by your own work makes you both less serious and have serious reverence. ~ Emmet Gowin

And the Truth turns out to be nothing less than the amazing but undeniable fact that the whole outer world -whether it be the physical body, the common things of life, the winds and the rain, the clouds, the earth itself -is amenable to man's thought, and that he had dominion over it when he knows it. ~ Emmet Fox

Next door to the Bensons is Emmet Frag, a retired pacemaker who is credited with inventing the notion of happiness. He's currently working on a method for categorising ducks based on their singing voice. He's also the owner of the world's largest collection of tenor geese. ~ St John Morris

God is bigger than any problem. God in you is greater than any difficulty you have to meet. God cares for you more than it is possible for any human being to realize. God can help you in proportion to the degree in which you worship him. You worship God by really putting your trust in him instead of in outer conditions, or in fear, or in depression, or in seeming dangers, and so forth. You worship God by recognizing his presence everywhere, in all people and conditions that you meet; and by praying regularly. You pray well when you pray with joy. ~ Emmet Fox

Because love operates outside of time, love has always existed and it will never cease. ~ Joshua Emmet

Your Heart's Desire is the Voice of God, and that Voice must be obeyed sooner or later. ~ Emmet Fox

The story of your life is really the story of the relations between yourself and God. ~ Emmet Fox

Love is always creative, fear always destructive. ~ Emmet Fox

The tyrant is asleep to beauty and awake to ugliness. ~ Joshua Emmet

When you are in difficulties, look upon the overcoming of them as a great adventure. ~ Emmet Fox

You must not allow yourself to dwell for a single moment on any kind of negative thought. ~ Emmet Fox

No, I'm not a horse better. Every once in a while somebody will give me a sure thing and of course it's not. ~ M. Emmet Walsh

Welcome any change that comes into any phase in your life; insist that it is going to turn out for the better - and it will. See the Angel of God in it, and the Angel of God will make all things new. ~ Emmet Fox

What you think upon grows. Whatever you allow to occupy your mind you magnify in your life. Whether the subject of your thought be good or bad, the law works and the condition grows. Any subject that you keep out of your mind tends to diminish in your life, because what you do not use atrophies. The more you think of grievances, the more such trials you will continue to receive; the more you think of the good fortune you have had, the more good fortune will come to you. ~ Emmet Fox

Let there be no inscription upon my tomb; let no man write my epitaph: no man can write my epitaph. ~ Robert Emmet

Have enough faith in the love of God to believe that a short heartfelt prayer is just as good as a long one. Too long a session of prayer usually means that in your heart you really doubt the love of God, and think that a great deal of effort and toil will be necessary to move Him. Pray quietly and sincerely for a reasonable time-and then leave the matter, expecting success. ~ Emmet Fox

A philosopher's house is always more tuneful than a disciplinarian's. ~ Joshua Emmet

It is not a crime to commit First Degree Writing ~ Temple Emmet Williams

Not only does American corn syrup run deep in our food - it also runs deep in our propaganda. ~ Joshua Emmet

Constant rhythmical movement is necessary to health and harmony. Much ill health is due to emotional congestion. ~ Emmet Fox

Nature always takes you at your own valuation. Believe that you are the child of God. Believe that you express Life, Truth, Love. Believe that Wisdom guides you. Believe that you are a special enterprise on the part of God - and what you really believe, that you will demonstrate. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be ... (1 John ~ Emmet Fox

I made 10 times as many images as the other students," he says of the early years. "I destroyed all those negatives except a few. I did it as a reminder that you can't afford to waste time: take it seriously. ~ Emmet Gowin

I am normal. I belong. I have a friend who can kick ass from a wheelchair. I live independently and get good grades. I'm an excellent lover.
Like I said. I'm awesome. I'm Emmet David Washington. Train Man. The best autistic Blues Brother on the block. ~ Heidi Cullinan

Supply yourself with a mental equivalent, and the thing must come to you. ~ Emmet Fox

If people would reflect that one can only do one thing at a time and therefore there is never more than one thing to do at a time, there would be less fatigue in the world. ~ Emmet Fox

The root of all difficulties is a lack of the sense of the Presence of God. ~ Emmet Fox

What about the virtue of letting others be themselves? Is this not the greatest virtue of all? ~ Joshua Emmet

I will not entertain or dwell on negative things. ~ Emmet Fox

You must not under any pretense allow your mind to dwell on any thought that is not positive, constructive, optimistic, kind. ~ Emmet Fox

You cannot expect to reach port if you are faithful in your prayers and meditations for a time, and then for a time you forget God. ~ Emmet Fox

That a double-minded man is unstable in all his ways, and that such a person need expect nothing from the Great Law. If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, ~ Emmet Fox

Man does not live by bread alone, but he certainly does not live without the bread. ~ Emmet Larkin

I'm impressed with how professional they are and what they can get an animal to do. I mean, dogs and cats - that's one thing. But when you get into the larger animals, that's a different thing all together. ~ M. Emmet Walsh

Your fixed convictions concerning the things that really matter mold your destiny. ~ Emmet Fox

Life is consciousness. ~ Emmet Fox

We tremble at the feelings we experience as our sense of wholeness is reorganized by what we see. ~ Emmet Gowin

There is no difficulty that enough love will not conquer: no disease that love will not heal: no door that enough love will not open ... It makes no difference how deep set the trouble: how hopeless the outlook: how muddled the tangle: how great the mistake. A sufficient realization of love will dissolve it all. If only you could love enough you would be the happiest and most powerful being in the world ... ~ Emmet Fox

This is the gift of the landscape photograph, that the heart finds a place to stand. ~ Emmet Gowin

You can never solve a problem on the same level as the problem. ~ Emmet Fox

We grow into that which we admire. ~ Emmet Fox

The universe is run exactly on the lines of a cafeteria. Unless you claim - mentally - what you want, you may sit and wait forever. ~ Emmet Fox

Recognize success with thanksgiving and build more success on that. ~ Emmet Fox

The art of life is to live in the present moment and to make that moment as perfect as we can by the realization that we are the instruments and expression of God himself. ~ Emmet Fox

You will presently find that you are safely and comfortably out of your difficulty - that your demonstration is made. In order to "Golden Key" a ~ Emmet Fox

Affirm for yourself that you are a success. Affirm that you are successful in getting rid of your clutter. If you are having a hard time getting started, be grateful that you are such a successful clutterer. Who else could have amassed such a collection of stuff? ~ Emmet Fox

When you resist a difficulty you antagonize it, and it bites back. ~ Emmet Fox

Realizing God as Truth will save you hours of work in research in any field. You will be led to the right book or the right place or the right person without loss of time, or the necessary information will come to you in some other way. ~ Emmet Fox

Whatever you experience in your life is really but the outpicturing of your own thoughts and beliefs. Now, you can change these thoughts and beliefs, and then the outer picture must change too. The outer picture cannot change until you change your thought. ~ Emmet Fox

We are no petty people. We are one of the great stocks of Burke; we are the people of Swift, the people of Emmet, the people of Parnell. We have created most of the modern literature of this country. We have created the best of its political intelligence. ~ William Butler Yeats

Human nature is such that humans can turn to God anywhere at any time, and by believing in His care and protection, and thinking in accordance with this belief, fill their hearts with peace and poise, rebuild their bodies into health and strength, and surround themselves with harmonious and joyous conditions. ~ Emmet Fox

When melodies and chord changes are masterfully combined, a grand movement takes over our entire body, awakening heart, nerves, and emotions with a primitive force. One can see it in the ancient dance of the enchantress: her hypnotic jingling of costume, her trance to appease the gods. ~ Joshua Emmet

Emmet pinched the bridge of his nose. "I hate it when you're cryptic. ~ Nicole Sager

Fall down again, Bella?'
No, Emmett, I punched a werewolf in the face. ~ Stephenie Meyer

If you want to dismiss a negative thought, the only way to do so is to think of something positive and constructive. ~ Emmet Fox

Each day is a new life. Each moment is really a new life. What we call memories are really present thoughts. What we call anticipations are really present thoughts. No one has ever lived in any moment except the present. ~ Emmet Fox

When things are going wrong declare constantly that you are not going to be afraid or intimidated by any outer condition. ~ Emmet Fox

You cannot be healthy; you cannot be happy; you cannot be prosperous; if you have a bad disposition. ~ Emmet Fox

No movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad. ~ Roger Ebert

When the mind changes the outer expression must change to correspond. We are transferred by the renewing of our minds. ~ Emmet Fox

Twentieth-century art has allowed me to see things in a cryptic way. I love the butterfly's wings, which disappear when folded and when open leave this brilliant, intense pronouncement of nature, 'Here I am.' ~ Emmet Gowin

God is life. I understand that and express it. God is perfect Truth. I understand that and express it. God is Love. I understand that and express it. I radiate thoughts of love and peace and healing to the whole universe. If anyone has ever injured me or done me any harm, I fully and freely forgive that person now, and the thing is done forever. I go free. ~ Emmet Fox

Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you (Matthew 6:33). The principle that Jesus expressed in these words is the basic law that underlies all answer to prayer. Many people know this in theory but are confused about putting it into practice. They think, "I will ignore this problem and think about God instead." Here there is a subtle mistake; because they are really thinking of their problem as existing in one place, of God as existing in another, and of themselves as going in thought from the first place to the second place. This, of course, is by implication to reaffirm the existence of the problem in its own place, and such a belief will not heal. What we have to do is to seek the Kingdom in the very place where the trouble seems to be. We have to know that in Truth and reality it is not there, because God is there. When we succeed in doing this, the difficulty disappears. ~ Emmet Fox

Chosen to hold; and therefore they are of our own ordering; and therefore there is perfect justice in the universe. No suffering for another man's original sin, but the reaping of a harvest that we ourselves have sown. We have free will, but our free will lies in our choice of thought. ~ Emmet Fox

Jeremey smiled at me, and my chest felt warm and tight. I love you, Emmet. I love you too, Jeremey. I kissed the inside of my palm, then pressed that palm to Jeremey's. His eyes were bright as he took the kiss tight in his fist and his open palm to his lips. I couldn't stop smiling. I loved him so much. ~ Heidi Cullinan

Love is by far the most important thing of all. ~ Emmet Fox

Here's an experiment: For one whole day think, speak, and act exactly as you would if you were absolutely convinced of the truth of the statements that God has all power and infinite intelligence, and that His nature is infinite goodness and love. To think in this manner all day will be the most difficult thing, because thought is so subtle. To speak in accordance with these truths will be easier, if you are vigilant. To act in accordance with them will be the easiest part, although it may require much in the way of moral courage. ~ Emmet Fox

Whatever you think rightly concerning will go well. Whatever you think wrongly concerning, will go ill. ~ Emmet Fox

As you grow in true spiritual power and understanding you will actually find that many outer rules and regulations will become unnecessary; but this will be because you have really risen above them; never, never, because you have fallen below them. This point in your development, where your understanding of Truth enables you to dispense with certain outer props and regulations, is the Spiritual Coming of Age. When you really are no longer spiritually a minor, you will cease to need some of the outer observances that formerly seemed indispensable; but your resulting life will be purer, truer, freer, and less selfish than it was before; and that is the test. ~ Emmet Fox

Was it for this the wild geese spread The gray wing upon every tide; For this that all that blood was shed, For this. Edward Fitzgerald died, And Robert Emmet and Wolfe Tone, All that delirium of the brave? Romantic Ireland's dead and gone, It's with O'Leary in the grave. ~ William Butler Yeats

When you recklessly mine the depths of your imagination, universal truths are freed to surface. ~ Joshua Emmet

To be afraid is to have more faith in evil than in God. ~ Emmet Fox

There is a place for analysis, but it is apt to be quite fatal in prayer and meditation. Do not dissect the love of God, but feel it. Do not dissect divine intelligence, but realize it. Do not wonder how God can possibly solve this problem, but just watch Him do it in His own way-and He will if you will give Him a chance. You know that God is Love. So go ahead on that, and do not get theoretical about it. ~ Emmet Fox

Many people look upon change with dread and foreboding. But for those on the spiritual path-for those who believe in God and the power of prayer-change is a fuller expression of life. When a problem or condition arises in your life that indicates a change, rely upon God, and realize that it is not so much that a door has closed on a chapter of your life, but rather that a door has opened on new and more interesting things. ~ Emmet Fox

All day long the thoughts that occupy your mind, your Secret Place, as Jesus calls it, are moulding your destiny for good or evil; in fact, the truth is that the whole of our life's experience is but the outer expression of inner thought. Now we can choose the sort of thoughts that we entertain. It will be a little difficult to break a bad habit of thought, but it can be done. We can choose how we shall think - in point of fact, we always do choose - and therefore our lives are just the result of the kind of thoughts we have ~ Emmet Fox

What we see in the outer is but a reflection of the inner, because we surround ourselves with a picture of our own beliefs. In other words, we manifest in general what we seriously think and believe. So if we want to find out what our habitual thinking is like, we have but to look around us and ask ourselves what we really see. ~ Emmet Fox

It is not possible that you could ever find yourself anywhere where God was not fully present, fully active, able and willing to set you free. ~ Emmet Fox

In the spiritual life you must practice. And the only way to practice is by trying to solve your problems with prayer. This develops your spiritual power and it also trains you to use that spiritual power in the most effective way. ~ Emmet Fox

Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting. ~ Emmet Fox

Medicine is not a science; it is empiricism founded on a network of blunders. ~ Emmet Densmore

Read The Golden Key several times. Do exactly what it says, and if you are persistent enough you will overcome any difficulty. ~ Emmet Fox

To radiate any quality, that quality must be within yourself. ~ Emmet Fox

You must pray for yourself constantly. How could it be otherwise? We worship God by believing in Him, trusting Him, and loving Him wholeheartedly - and we can attain to that only through prayer. The sole object of our being here is that we may grow like Him - and we can do that only through prayer. The more we pray for ourselves the more power will our prayers have for any other purpose whatever; so praying for ourselves is the reverse of selfishness - it is truly glorifying God. ~ Emmet Fox

In a legitimate democracy, all have an equal say. ~ Joshua Emmet

Why should the constitution of a peaceful individual hold less weight than the constitution of a nation? ~ Joshua Emmet

Let us be merciful in our mental judgments of our brothers and sisters, for, in truth, we are all one, and the more deeply they seem to err, the more urgent is the need for us to help them with the right thought, and so make it easier for them to get free. ~ Emmet Fox

An age is the reversal of an age:
When strangers murdered Emmet, Fitzgerald, Tone,
We lived like men that watch a painted stage.
What matter for the scene, the scene once gone:
It had not touched our lives. ~ William Butler Yeats

I was raised in an Irish-American home in Detroit where assimilation was the uppermost priority. The price of assimilation and respectability was amnesia. Although my great-grandparents were victims of the Great Hunger of the 1840's, even though I was named Thomas Emmet Hayden IV after the radical Irish nationalist exile Thomas Emmet, my inheritance was to be disinherited. My parents knew nothing of this past, or nothing worth passing on. ~ Tom Hayden

Make friends with nature by working in harmony with her and she will make friends with you. ~ Emmet Fox

A man in my situation, my lords, has not only to encounter the difficulties of fortune. and the force of power over minds which it has corrupted or subjugated. but the difficulties of established prejudice: the man dies, but his memory lives. ~ Robert Emmet