“ I hope I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an Honest Man. ”
- George Washington- Copy
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“ Only you can hold yourself back, only you can stand in your own way. Only you can help yourself. ”
- Mikhail Strabo- Copy
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“ That virtue we appreciate is as much ours as another's. We see so much only as we possess. ”
- Henry David Thoreau- Copy
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“ The clear-sighted do not rule the world, but they sustain and console it. ”
- Agnes Repplier- Copy
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“ A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses; it is an idea that possesses the mind. ”
- Robert Oxton Bolton- Copy
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“ Only when manhood is dead — and it will perish when ravaged femininity no longer sustains it — only then will we know what it is to be free. ”
- Andrea Dworkin- Copy
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“ Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God, cannot long retain it. ”
- Abraham Lincoln- Copy
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“ Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man. ”
- Pliny the Elder- Copy
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“ Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions. ”
- Peace Pilgrim- Copy
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“ Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness; on the confines of the two everlasting empires, necessity and free will. ”
- Thomas Carlyle- Copy
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“ It is vital that the United States maintains open lines of communication with our allies. We must assure them of our commitment to eradicating global terrorism. ”
- George Allen- Copy
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“ You take my house when you do take the prop That doth sustain my house; you take my life When you do take the means whereby I live. - The Merchant of Venice. Act iv. Sc. 1. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ In the cellars of the night, when the mind starts moving around old trunks of bad times, the pain of this and the shame of that, the memory of a small boldness is a hand to hold. ”
- John Leonard- Copy
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“ We are doomed to cling to a life even while we find it unendurable. ”
- William James- Copy
- 2K
“ Let the human mind loose. It must be loose. It will be loose. Superstition and dogmatism cannot confine it. ”
- John Adams- Copy
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“ I began to realise that the large chocolate companies actually did possess inventing rooms, and they took their inventing very seriously. ”
- Roald Dahl- Copy
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“ Old things need not be therefore true, O brother men, nor yet the new; Ah! still awhile the old thought retain, And yet consider it again! ”
- Arthur Hugh Clough- Copy
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“ I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. ”
- G.K. Chesterton- Copy
- 1.7K
“ Old grandsires talk of yesterday with sorrow,And for our children we reserve tomorrow. ”
- John Donne- Copy
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“ The fanatic is not really a stickler to principle. He embraces a cause not primarily because of its justness or holiness but because of his desperate need for something to hold onto. ”
- Eric Hoffer- Copy
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“ An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit. ”
- Pliny the Younger- Copy
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“ The first woman holds it in her hands. She holds the moon in her hands. In the center of the sky, she holds it in her hands. As she holds it in her hands, it starts upward. ”
- Navajo Night Chant- Copy
- 2.7K
“ Creation is a better means of self-expression than possession. Iit is through creating, not possessing, that life is revealed. ”
- Vida D. Scudder- Copy
- 2.4K
“ Caring about the quality of your work causes stress. Stress can kill you. Maintain good health by remembering that the stockholders are complete strangers who have never done anything for you. ”
- Scott Adams- Copy
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