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The overcoming of adversity and, ultimately, denying it the rite of passage, has been a constant and perpetual motive throughout my life. — Heather Mills

In accordance with the centuries-old tradition of the Latin rite, the Latin language is to be retained by clerics in the divine office. — Pope Paul VI

O happy, happy each
man whom predestined fate
leads to the holy rite
of hill and mountain worship. — Hilda Doolittle

To be the altar boy at the first Mass of the day was a sacred initiation rite. It was like being hazed at a fraternity, only more Catholic. — Ian Morgan Cron

They were the books to read, 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings.' A rite of passage going through life. — Sylvester McCoy

We stand in black to watch this rite performed, the body in the box, the box in the hole, the dirt on the box. — Johnny Rich

RITE, n. A religious or semi-religious ceremony fixed by law, precept or custom, with the essential oil of sincerity carefully squeezed out of it. — Ambrose Bierce

One must observe the proper rites. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

For we must not build temples according to the same rules to all gods alike, since the performance of the sacred rites varies with the various gods. — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

It has always been the prime function of mythology and rite to supply the symbols that carry the human spirit forward. — Joseph Campbell

Death is the least civilized rite of passage. — Louise Erdrich

our difficulties need not be condemned but often seen as a rite of passage that opens the doors to greatness. — Brendon Burchard

The simple dignity of a child drinking a bowl of milk embodies the fascination of an ancient rite. — Carl Sandburg

The slaying of multitudes should be mourned with sorrow. A victory should be celebrated with the funeral rite. — Lao-Tzu

The juniors were acting different because they are now the seniors. They even had T-shirts made. I don't know who plans these things. — Stephen Chbosky

He was her father after all. True, a father whose funeral rite she planned to dance at and toast with ale, but her father just the same. — G.A. Aiken

(W)rite the things you have the most to say about and the things you're afraid of messing up. — Emily Henry

When we're at the end of The Rite of Spring or of a Bruckner symphony, I want people to feel the music physically. — Esa-Pekka Salonen

When we're struck with cruelty, we can either inflict the same on others like it's a rite of passage, or decide that here is where it stops. — Joyce Rachelle

My rite of passage into my brave new world, life on the road. — Kenny Loggins

The slow growth and change of rite and dogma like his own rare thoughts, a chemistry of stars. — James Joyce

Sometimes I feel that 'Footloose' is the rite of passage. — Craig Brewer

No doubt they rose up early to observe the rite of May; and, hearing our intent, Came here in grace of our solemnity. — William Shakespeare

It's a rite of passage for the everyman, to a higher ground. — Bob Seger

Every missed rite of passage leads to a new rigidification of the personality. — Richard Rohr

I think it's sort of a rite of passage for a British actor to try and get the American accent and have a good crack at doing that. — Orlando Bloom

I remember visits to the local libraries and getting my own library cards as things of rite-of-passage significance. — Richard K. Morgan

Music, at the end of the day, is communicating something - emotion, a feeling, a rite of passage, where you are in life. — Ed O'Brien

It's almost a rite of passage for the middle-aged, it seems, to invent generational stereotypes for dumping on the young. — Robin Marantz Henig

I think the prom is very serious also. It's an American ritual, it's a rite of passage, and it's very much a part of this country. — Mary Ellen Mark