Sentences with phrase «book opened the eyes»

The examples in the book opened my eyes to the power of the «experimental mind» — taking small steps and appreciating the value of each step.

The book opened the eyes of readers from all across the globe, providing a new perspective to how the universe came to be.

This book opened my eyes to something that I personally had reservations about.

In 1992, she was a young mother with kids, very much focused on her family, when a book opened her eyes to the positive influence a relationship expert can have on a person's life.

I feel that the book opened my eyes to the brutality of slavery and that its images will stay with me.

If that book opened my eyes to the inequality women faced, my most recent nonfiction book, A Woman in the House (and Senate): How Women Came to the United States Congress, Broke Down Barriers, and Changed the Country, published by Abrams Books for Young Readers in 2014, reminded me of the long and difficult struggle endured by the diverse and inspiring women who hammered down the doors of inequality in Congress.

This book opened my eyes wide.

This book opens your eyes up to how real, lasting wealth is most often built.

His intriguing book opened our eyes to a swarm of surprising developments.

These books opened my eyes about the cash flow habits of the classes, the stunningly simple «asset» and «liability» definitions, and what defines wealth (a very different concept than «rich»).

I thought my resume was fine, but this book opened my eyes to how poorly written my old one was.

Not exact matches

But we do know his new book, which comes out tomorrow, is quite eye - opening.

Solutions for clients, articles for publication, chapters in my next book; my work pours out onto the screen before my eyes are fully open.

Reading «Disrupted» strictly as a memoir of career transition — rather than as some sort of exposé of life at HubSpot or life «in the startup bubble,» as the title provocatively puts it — will open your eyes to many of of the book's finer points.

Previous posts have identified the best motivational business books of all time, and the best eye - opening books for the entrepreneur.

That book helped open my eyes to the reality of starting a business.

The book — which has received recent coverage and praise in USA Today, Forbes, The Guardian, US News & World Report, Fox Business News, PBS's Next Avenue, and beyond — is an easy, informative, eye - opening read.

David Meerman Scott's book «The New Rules of Marketing & PR» opened people's eyes to the new realities of marketing and public relations on the Web.

My 2007 book The New Rules of Marketing & PR opened people's eyes to the new realities of marketing and public relations on the Web.

Most of the people in the book have gone on to do other things very successfully, but it was just super eye opening.

It was an eye - opening book and I loved the idea that you could «automatically» become a millionaire by paying yourself first and investing in a diverse portfolio of low - cost index funds.

So I reluctantly opened the book and began reading with skeptical eyes.

It's opening our eyes to our willful ignorance about context and time, about struggle and suffering, about the entire backstory for these books we would have missed without a strong history lesson.

My friends opened the door, bleary - eyed from the late night of talking previous, and the first thing they did was open a bottle of sparkling apple juice, pour them into fancy champagne glasses and toast my good book fortune, they cheered me on, and we all cried a bit, I think.

By reading this book, you will see the death of Jesus in a whole new light, and will also have your eyes opened about the plight of humanity and what Jesus came to rescue and deliver us from.

Augustine snatched up the «book of the Apostle» he had been reading, opened it, and read in silence the passage on which his eyes first lighted: «Not in dissipation or drunkenness, nor in debauchery and lewdness, nor in arguing and jealousy; but put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh or for the gratification of your desires» (Rom.

In his book Third - Eye Theology (Orbis, 1979) he focuses on the image of the third eye in the teaching of the Japanese Zen master Daisetz Suzuki, who suggests that the aim of Zen Buddhism is to open up a vision of life that is usually clouded by our ignorance, a vision that will enable us to see ourselves as we truly are.

But the very minute that you are willing to let God rewrite your books, if He would want to, is the moment that He would have all of your heart, and that He would open your eyes to see all of His very plain words!

Or, you can «open your eyes» and see that living your life based off an out - dated book of fish stories is utterly insane.

Thank you for opening my eyes to a new book!

I interpreted it solely as a divine command... I seized (the book I had been reading], opened it and in silence read the first passage on which my eyes lit: «Not in riots and drunken parties, not in eroticism and indecencies, not in strife and rivalry, but put on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh in its lusts» (Rom.

The author of seven books on cutting - edge topics in spirituality and psychology, including Eyes Wide Open and, most recently, The Guru Question.

Also, keep your eyes open for Kevin Timpe's forthcoming book Free Will in Philosophical Theology, which has a very insightful discussion of the logic of choosing evil, including damnation.

This book will open your eyes to the real battle you're facing and teach you the skills to effectively fight back.

However all this may be, even if we were obliged to qualify the belief that in the opening oracles of the Book of Amos we actually see Israel's monotheism taking its nascent form right under our eyes, yet at least the passage reveals the sort of thinking that certainly at some time led to Israel's great discovery.

To this, quoting Vatican I and the books of Wisdom and Hebrews, the same text adds, «For all things are open and laid bare to his eyes, even those which are yet to come into existence through the free action of creatures.»

Here he is introducing Fathers and Sons: The Autobiography of a Family by Evelyn Waugh's grandson, Alexander: Here is the story of four generations of Waughs, told with wit and brio... [it] reveals aspects of the novelist's poisonous relationship with his father, Arthur, that have never been given adequate attention... The book opens with a portrait of Arthur's father, Alexander, otherwise known as «the Brute» who... with his booming voice... and mad, piercing eyes... terrified family and associates alike.

The book, «Silence of God» by Sir Robert Anderson sums it thusly: «If Christ was indeed divine, no person of ordinary intelligence will question that he had power to open the eyes of the blind, the ears of the deaf, the lips of the dumb.

«Make me to know what is acceptable in Thy sight, and therein to delight, open the eyes of my understanding, and help me thoroughly to examine myself concerning my knowledge, faith, and repentance, increase my faith, and direct me to the true object, Jesus Christ the Way, the Truth, and the Life,...» [from a 24 page authentic handwritten manuscript book dated April 21 - 23, 1752]

This is a really important, honest, and eye - opening book, set to release in July.

FIND YOUR OWN TRUTH, one need not read a book, or listen to a pastor, or believe and fallow dogmas and doctrines, the truth is, that once your mind and heart are open, so will your eyes open, for as of now our eyes are closed

The experience of those whose eyes were opened to know Jesus as their Lord at Easter; the experience of those who wrote the New Testament; for those books were written because Jesus was known to be the living Lord, and otherwise no Christian would have put pen to paper; indeed, there would be no Christians.

Read a non-fiction book sometime, it might open your eyes.

In a sixteenth «century painting by Battista d'Agnolo, St. Mark at the Recruiting Table, the apostle sits at the end of the table with a book open on his lap, his eyes fixed on three local officials examining new recruits.

The book is a serious feast for the eyes and the stomach — I wish I could list all the recipes here but there are just way too many, so I'll leave the others as a surprise for you when you open the book!

We'll be doing some contests for the Horizons Cookbooks which have been donated by Book Publishing Company, so be sure to keep your eyes open.

But the one thing that caught my eye, that was actually the first recipe I opened up to (I do this weird thing with cookbooks where I just randomly open the book first and see where it opens up to like it's a prophet or some weird shit) was Lindsay Lohan Cookies.

Yes, Langdon's book is wonderful — funny, great stories and eye - opening new PNW food adventures to explore.

For those of you into non-fiction reading, the three most eye - opening and thought - provoking books I've read these past couple of months: The American Way of Eating (read it cover to cover in two and a half hours), The Soil Will Save Us, and The Unsettling of America.

When I opened my friend Gena Hamshaw's new book Power Plates, my eyes immediately fell to her Gentle Morning Kitchari recipe.