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Quotes About Rescue

In his eyes was everything she'd ever wanted as a girl, everything she'd given up on years before. Emma had grown weary of waiting for rescue. She'd had to rescue herself and she would never forget that.
~ Unknown
I had succeeded in saving him, but only, as it turned out, from death.
~ Viet Thanh Nguyen
but we were given this wisdom because God chose us to become Christians, to be rescued from sin and hellfire through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Knowing this, there is no room for arrogance, but we are grateful to God for our salvation, and we labor so that others may be saved as well.
~ Unknown
Since they are dead, they are unable to cooperate with any assistance, or even request it. In fact, they would choose not to be rescued if left by themselves (Romans 8:7; Colossians 1:21). Against this, the Father has chosen some to be saved by Christ (2 Thessalonians 2:13; Ephesians 1:4-5) by dragging them out of the water (John 6:44, 65), purely by his own initiative (Romans 9:15).
~ Unknown
Kiddo—here's a problem. We've got witches, we've got Evil, we've got an orphan, and we've got a kidnapping. What's the deal?
~ Unknown
They'd poisoned me, dammit. Probably to trade my dead body to the barbarians for Wulfgar's safe return. Or maybe just for the fun of it.
~ Vivian Vande Velde
Still," I said, "I am sorry. But I was desperate to rescue my sister." "I understand," the sagging dragon assured me. He explained, "I, too, had a sister, once." The past tense didn't escape me. "What happened to her?" I asked, feeling we were connected, two of a kind after all, sharing similar personal tragedies. "I had to eat her," the dragon said, "to keep her from stealing my gold.
~ Vivian Vande Velde
I realized that today I truly understood my purpose as Ellie: not just to Find people but to save them.
~ W. Bruce Cameron
There are other dogs who need help. Rescue is like a river; it has to keep flowing. Otherwise even more dogs would die.
~ W. Bruce Cameron
The way he was speaking to me reminded me of the first time Senora called me Toby. I instantly understood what was happening—just as the men had pulled my first family from the culvert, this man had taken me from the grass. And now my life would be what he decided it would be.
~ W. Bruce Cameron
Ahora comprendía por qué había vivido tantas veces. Tenía que aprender un montón de lecciones muy importantes para que, llegado el momento, pudiera rescatar a Ethan, pero no del lago, sino de la desesperación de su propia vida.
~ W. Bruce Cameron
It's wonderful, what you do," she said to Jennifer as she stood by the gate to the yard, with Che on a leash beside her. "I think if I tried to foster dogs I'd wind up keeping all of them.
~ W. Bruce Cameron
What you remember saves you.
~ W. S. Merwin
She took a deep breath, "Last chance. Are you in need of rescuing?" His expression turned very strange, almost as if she'd struck him, "yes," he said finally. -Tana and Gavriel-page 33- chapter 5
~ Holly Black
Rescue operation, " he says, breathless. "Saved Barbie from drowning.
~ Kelley York, Made of Stars
Christmas is God saving mankind from the folly of mankind's grandiose sense of greatness.
~ Craig D. Lounsbrough
It was the greatest, most intricate, most ingenious and most costly rescue mission in all of human history.
~ Craig D. Lounsbrough
A girl expecting rescue never learns to save herself. Even with the means, she will find her courage wanting.
~ Kate Morton
Roland grabbed Jake and hauled him to his feet. "You came!" Jake shouted. "You really came!" "I came, yes. By the grace of the gods and the courage of my friends, I came.
~ Stephen King
Women and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves but the first to rescue when others are endangered.
~ Jean Paul Richter
Capitalism, and capitalism alone, has rescued the human race from degrading poverty, rampant sickness and early death.
~ Llewellyn Rockwell
Dissent is what rescues democracy from a quiet death behind closed doors.
~ Lewis H. Lapham
I advocate the use of force to rescue Terri Schiavo from being starved to death. I further advocate the killing of anyone who interferes with such rescue.
~ Unknown
Come on, Gypsy girl. I'm bleeding to death here, in case you haven't noticed. At least make it worth my while and kiss me before I die.
~ Jennifer Estep