This narrative is filled with cliches, but contains a solid structure
with quality characters and a nicely wrapped - up ending.
Not exact matches
For better or for worse, people often possess «less than ideal»
character qualities or behaviors that make working
with or for them intensely challenging.
With clarity and wit and verve, she shows that the gift -
quality of Tolkien's and Chesterton's art is premised on the gift -
character of the universe itself.
The great issues of our time are moral: the uses of power; wealth and poverty; human rights; the moral
quality and
character of society; loss of the sense of the common good in tandem
with the pampering of private interests; domestic violence; outrageous legal and medical costs in a system of maldistributed services; unprecedented developments in biotechnologies which portend good but risk evil; the violation of public trust by high elected officials and their appointees; the growing militarization of many societies; continued racism; the persistence of hunger and malnutrition; a still exploding population in societies hard put to increase jobs and resources; abortion; euthanasia; care for the environment; the claims of future generations.
Therefore, to the
qualities already mentioned, I would add the following generic
qualities: (a) an expansive
quality associated
with the feelings of subjectivity; (b) a retrogressive or inertial
quality inherent in the conformal feature of simple causal feelings; and (c) a discordant
quality present within the communal
character of transmuted physical feelings.
isn't it true then that you «don't» have to be a Christian to live
with these
character qualities...?
Gentility in a democracy has nothing to do
with social status, but depends only on the considerate, patient, tender, and reasonable
quality of
character.
The deplorable
quality and lack of restraint of art, and the sentimental, feminine
character of the picture of the Sacred Heart, a handsome Jesus
with azure blue eyes, statues of Our Lady, dolled up
with lipstick and mascara and who looks like a lovely society lady.
The principal points Paul made in that address are (1) to recall to their minds the
character and
quality of his ministry to them; (2) to remind them of the trouble the Jews gave him and the anxiety and suffering he underwent in their behalf; (3) to state that he preached repentance and faith in Jesus Christ as the essence of the gospel; (4) to testify that he went now to Jerusalem not knowing what would happen to him there except that he knew by the Holy Spirit that afflictions awaited him; (5) to assure them that nothing concerned him, not even the loss of life itself, so long as he could testify to the grace of God in Jesus Christ; (6) to say that he had no regrets about his ministry to the people in Ephesus, for he was clean of the blood of all the people there, for he preached the full gospel to all of them; and (7) to admonish them to be diligent in their oversight of the Ephesian church and to feed the church of God there, which Christ purchased
with his own blood.
For the present, however, the point is that the
quality of the Spirit, and hence our criterion for knowing whether any given spirit is indeed to be linked
with the Spirit of God, is for Christians the congruity which that spirit does, or does not, possess
with what we have learned of God, God's
character and purpose and manner of operation, through Jesus Christ in his revelation of the divine nature and agency in the world.
With the
character of that passage in Romans in your memory, consider this: that there is here exhibited a
quality of the mind in its working which is not permeable to the merely analytical intelligence.
Divine judgment, historical judgment, consistent, on the one hand, in its punitive
quality with the concept of God - as - Creator - Judge but, on the other hand, transcended in the main by the concept of God - as - Redeemer into judgment not merely punitive but ultimately itself redemptive in
character and purpose.
It has to do
with a
quality, discernible in that human
character, which confronts us
with a claim to our worship: in response to which it is not absurd, as it would be in the case of other men, to exclaim «My Lord and my God».
What we know of ourselves is not, as usually put, a mysterious substratum
with an enormous and very doubtfully remembered life history, decorated
with transient
qualities but getting its
character from some simple attribute which it always carries around
with it.
7 In discussing an earlier version of this paper, Hall responded that while there might be some aesthetic
quality associated
with technology, the «difference of degree» between this and the aesthetic
character of other modes of human activity is so great as to constitute a «difference in kind.»
Incidentally, the
quality of mind and
character of this journal's senior editor, Reinhold Niebuhr, that makes the deepest imprint on younger followers is the contempt he shares
with John Milton for «a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race where that immortal garland is to be run for, not without dust and heat.»
In the sixth century before Christ, he understood
with astonishing clarity the inward origins of public
character and traced the good life back, behind taboo and custom, legality and form, to personal
quality of spirit.
and the conditions of its enjoyment lay in a
quality of
character which had nothing to do
with special race or nation — «Whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.»
Whatever the relationship between chapters 1 and 3, and whatever the interpretation of Hosea's personality, the prophet was in marriage covenant
with an unfaithful woman; and in his own anguish and love for his wife, he believed Yahweh had revealed the nature of the relationship between Yahweh and unfaithful Israel, the specific
character of the divine compassion, and the precise
quality of Israel's violation of covenant.
Negatively, religious naturalism would not locate this
quality in a being or process called God,
with ontologically or axiologically supreme
character, which is what both traditional and revised theisms appear to do.
Amos was preeminently the prophet of justice, the moral
quality upon which Judaism at its moral best has placed its chief emphasis, and he established this as the major
character of Yahweh in his dealings
with men.
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Thomas Hardy bought our Tintara Winery in McLaren Vale in 1876
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character and
quality.
Lost
quality players and replaced them
with good players
with character or potential
quality like griezmenn.
They aren't the only two
quality performers you should have feelings about in this match, though: Mickie James is looking to tie Trish Stratus for the most women's titles in WWE history, Becky Lynch has been screwed out of winning the title back from Alexa on multiple occasions, and Natalya and Carmella could both do a lot
with the title given their current jerk
characters should they manage to come out on top.
I must really commend the Leicester coach for the job he's doing as I think their success won't be a one off should things continue like this and
with some intelligent planning they would be great and would take points from a lot of top teams.However I must say this it pains me to say it but I must.Arsene Wenger is a very very sackable manager at this point in time.He's lost a lot of
qualities of a top coach and he behaves like he doesn't know what he wants.If he wanted success well he can go out there and buy what we need but it's like he doesn't know what to do or chooses to not do what's right.I like him a lot but his
character bothers me and it's painful to see things go like this.
And in those cases change must come from the outside and the only way for that to happen is to show willingness to buy the
quality players
with the right
character!
«We showed everything; we showed
character, we showed spirit, we showed
quality with the ball.
It is not only the England stopper's goalkeeping attributes which have impressed,
with his
character, communication and leadership
qualities also coming to the fore.
They couldn't live
with the
quality that Man City produced in the second half at Wembley on the weekend and they just lacked the
character and fight really.
But in How Children Succeed, Paul Tough argues that the
qualities that matter most have more to do
with character: skills like perseverance, curiosity, conscientiousness, optimism, and self - control.
The author of «How Children Succeed,» Paul Tough argues that the
qualities that matter most have less to do
with cognitive skills and more to do
with character: skills like perseverance, curiosity, conscientiousness, optimism, and self - control.
Paul Tough argues that the
qualities that matter most have more to do
with character: skills like perseverance, curiosity, conscientiousness, optimism, and self - control.
Doodle Pants is an exciting collection of
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And, they're not cartoon - themed which means that parents who don't want to expose their children to
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with quality toys for infants through pre-school.
Drawing on groundbreaking research in neuroscience, economics, and psychology, Tough shows that the
qualities that matter most have less to do
with IQ and more to do
with character: skills like grit, curiosity, conscientiousness, and optimism.
Researchers concerned
with academic - achievement gaps have begun to study,
with increasing interest and enthusiasm, a set of personal
qualities — often referred to as noncognitive skills, or
character strengths — that include resilience, conscientiousness, optimism, self - control, and grit.
But in How Children Succeed, Paul Tough argues that the
qualities that matter more have to do
with character: skills like perseverance, curiosity, optimism, and self - control.
If your child wants a backpack that is low
quality with poor fit because it has a popular cartoon or movie
character splashed all over it, you can still pass up the low
quality, poor fit option and compromise
with the following strategy:
I was impressed
with the whimsical
quality of this set, which is especially fun if you add some extra
character sets to it!
While some consider the particular sleep habits of a baby to simply be a natural part of their
character, more and more people are having success
with improving the
quality of a baby's sleep by taking into consideration factors like the type of pillow they're using.
In Paul Tough's new book How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity and the Hidden Power of
Character, the author argues that the qualities that matter most to children's success, now and later in life, have more to do with character — and that parents and schools can play a powerful role in nurturing the character traits that foster
Character, the author argues that the
qualities that matter most to children's success, now and later in life, have more to do
with character — and that parents and schools can play a powerful role in nurturing the character traits that foster
character — and that parents and schools can play a powerful role in nurturing the
character traits that foster
character traits that foster success.
Whatever might be his strength and good
qualities, critics would nevertheless say that Atiku is a politician
with unstable
character - someone who has never been a good team player.
When Gordon Brown came up
with his «no time for a novice» line, the putative Tory Prime Minister and his Chancellor designate answered that attack
with the claim that the most important
qualities in politics are
character and judgment.