Set aside Quotes

“The most common mistake students of literature make is to go straight for what the poem or novel says, setting aside the way that it says it. To read like this is to set aside the ‘literariness’ of the work – the fact that it is a poem or play or novel, rather than an account of the incidence of soil erosion in Nebraska.”

“But, Aunt... I don't want to go to the grave site set aside for me a few years ago at the ancestral grave site. I don't want to go there. When I lived here and woke up from the fog in my head, I would walk by myself to the grave site set aside for me, so that I could feel comfortable if I lived there after death. It was sunny, and I liked the pine tree that stood bent but tall, but remaining a member of this family even in death would be too much and too hard. To try to change my mind, I would sing and pull weeds, sitting there until the sun set, but nothing made me feel comfortable there. I lived with this family for over fifty years; please let me go now.”

“Whether right or wrong, it is my belief that Christian colleges place their emphasis not on that which divides us, but on the substance that binds us together. That commonality is the gospel of Jesus Christ. He commanded us to love one another—to set aside our differences and to care for “the least of these” among us. It is our unity, not our diversity, that deserves our allegiance.”

“To be creative you must set aside both certainty and doubt.”

“Set aside your repertoire of objections and own 100 percent of your focus.”

“You make me burn with life, and yearn to set aside my cold and distant, solitary ways.”

“If someone tries to follow the narrow way and does not set aside who they think they are and what they think they need, they cannot follow.”

“Set aside even one day just for fun, and you will improve the next seven.”

“Do not set aside your happiness. Do not wait to be happy in the future. The best time to be happy is always now.”