“ The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the real idea of growth, which means leaving things inside us. ”
- Gilbert K. Chesterton- Copy
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“ The myths have always condemned those who "looked back." Condemned them, whatever the paradise may have been which they were leaving. Hence this shadow over each departure from your decision. ”
- Dag Hammarskjold- Copy
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“ The best hope is that one of these days the ground will get disgusted enough just to walk away - leaving people with nothing more to stand on than what they have so bloody well stood for up to now. ”
- Kenneth Patchen- Copy
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“ The trouble with leaving your feet on the ground is you never get to take your pants off. ”
- Ringo Starr- Copy
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“ The journey to the cross began long before. As the echo of the crunching of the fruit was still sounding in the garden, Jesus was leaving for Calvary. ”
- Max Lucado- Copy
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“ Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it. ”
- Marion Wright Edelman- Copy
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“ Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness. ”
- Rabbi Harold Kushner- Copy
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“ A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o'clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone. ”
- Emily Bronte- Copy
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“ No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever. ”
- Francois Mauriac- Copy
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“ Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of the nonessentials. ”
- Lin Yutang- Copy
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“ Along with being forever on the move, one is forever in a hurry, leaving things inadvertently behind - friend or fishing tackle, old raincoat or old allegiance. ”
- Louis Kronenberger- Copy
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“ I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern. ”
- Thomas Jefferson- Copy
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“ And now, the silences come in a single lifetime, in a single year… when species die, leaving a silent space in the world song that can never be filled. ”
- Charles Delint- Copy
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“ Everything you want in life has a price connected to it. There's a price to pay if you want to make things better, a price to pay just for leaving things as they are, a price for everything. ”
- Harry Browne- Copy
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“ False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade. ”
- John Christian Bovee- Copy
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“ Happiness is something that comes into our lives through doors we don't even remember leaving open. ”
- Rose Wilder Lane- Copy
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“ I am leaving the town to the invaders: increasingly numerous, mediocre, dirty, badly behaved, shameless tourists. ”
- Brigitte Bardot- Copy
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“ Let each look to himself and see what God wants of him and attend to this, leaving all else alone. ”
- Henry Suso- Copy
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“ Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile. ”
- Harold Ross- Copy
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“ No man should desire to be happy who is not at the same time holy. He should spend his efforts in seeking to know and do the will of God, leaving to Christ the matter of how happy he should be. ”
- A. W. Tozer- Copy
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“ Often I think writing is a sheer paring away of oneself leaving always something thinner, barer and more meager. ”
- Francis Scott Fitzgerald- Copy
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“ Often the difference between a successful marriage and a mediocre one consists of leaving about three or four things a day unsaid. ”
- Harlan Miller- Copy
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“ Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone; at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer. ”
- Elbert Hubbard- Copy
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