Quench Quotes - page 2

I'm looking for someone to quench my thirst-for all eternity" -Luna Maxwell. (Ellen Schreiber)
You don't quench ambition by feeding it any more than you quench a fire the same way,” said Cletus. "To an ambitious man, what he already has is nothing. It's what he doesn't have that counts. View quote
Gordon R. Dickson
5142. To cast Oyl into the Fire, is not the Way to quench it. View quote
Thomas Fuller (writer)
Being exposed to different production environments in Korea, Japan and the U.S. was a great experience, and each system allows you to quench your thirst in a different way. View quote
Bae Doona
By engaging in a delusive quest for happiness, we bring only suffering upon ourselves. In our frantic search for something to quench our thirst, we overlook the water all around us and drive ourselves into exile from our own lives. View quote
Sharon Salzberg
Let's choose today to quench our thirst for the 'good life' we thinks others lead by acknowledging the good that already exists in our lives. We can then offer the universe the gift of our grateful hearts. View quote
Sarah Ban Breathnach
You can tell people of the need to struggle, but when the powerless start to see that they really can make a difference, nothing can quench the fire. View quote
Leymah Gbowee
Some men, like a tiled house, are long before they take fire, but once on flame there is no coming near to quench them. View quote
Thomas Fuller
He must pull out his own eyes, and see no creature, before he can say, he sees no God; He must be no man, and quench his reasonable soul, before he can say to himself, there is no God. View quote
John Donne
If we sell you land, you must remember that it is sacred, and you must teach your children that it is sacred and that the ghostly reflection in the clear water of the lakes tells us events and memories in the life of my people. The water's murmur is the voice of my father's father. The rivers are our brothers, they quench our thirst. The rivers carry our cannoes, feed our children. If we sell our land, you must learn, and teach your children, that the rivers are our brothers, and yours, and you must henceforth give the rivers the kindness you would give any brother. View quote
Chief Seattle
The preaching of God's word is hateful and contrary unto them. Why? For it is impossible to preach Christ, except thou preach against antichrist; that is to say, them which with their false doctrine and violence of sword enforce to quench the true doctrine of Christ. (William Tyndale)
Resist is the word applied to the unconverted. Grieve is that applied to the individual Christian. Quench is that which has reference to the saints when gathered together waiting on the Spirit. View quote
William Paton Mackay
The experiences which drugs induce are as far removed from Reality as is a mirage, from water. No matter how much you pursue the mirage, you will never quench your thirst, and the search for Truth through drugs must end in disillusionment. View quote
Meher Baba
A little fire is quickly trodden out, Which, being suffered, rivers cannot quench. View quote
William Shakespeare
While He [the Lord Jesus] was sitting alone by the well, 'There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water' (John 4:7). As man, the Lord was thirsty, and saw that someone who was naturally thirsty was coming to quench her thirst. As God, however, He also saw that her heart was athirst for the water of salvation, although she did not know Him Who could give it to her. So He hastened to reveal Himself to her longing soul for, as it is written, He Himself longs for those who long for Him (cf. Ps. 9:10; Prov. 7:15). View quote
Gregory Palamas
Yet, when we must put aside our wrath, quench our envy, soften our anger, offer our prayers, and show a disposition which is reasonable, mild, kindly, and loving, how could poverty stand in our way? For we accomplish these things not by spending money but by making the correct choice. View quote
John Chrysostom