“ People everywhere enjoy believing things that they know are not true. It spares them the ordeal of thinking for themselves and taking responsibility for what they know. ”
- Brooks Atkinson- Copy
- 3K
“ Detroit turned out to be heaven, but it also turned out to be hell. ”
- Marvin Gaye- Copy
- 3.8K
“ Since you have chosen to elect a man with a timber toe to succeed me, you may all go to hell and I will go to Texas. ”
- Davy Crockett- Copy
- 930
“ I have had dreams, and I have had nightmares. I overcame the nightmares because of my dreams. ”
- Dr. Jonas Salk- Copy
- 3.3K
“ Capitalism without bankruptcy is like Christianity without hell. ”
- Frank Borman- Copy
- 3.8K
“ I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter. ”
- Sir Winston Churchill- Copy
- 584
“ We could hardly believe that after so many ordeals, after all the trials of modern skepticism, there was still so much left in our souls to destroy. ”
- Alexander Herzen- Copy
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“ The mantram becomes one's staff of life and carries one through every ordeal. Each repetition has a new meaning, carrying you nearer and nearer to God. ”
- Mahatma Gandhi- Copy
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“ The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he's in business. ”
- John Berryman- Copy
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“ I am ready to meet my maker, but whether my maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter. ”
- Winston Churchill- Copy
- 4K
“ For people who live on expectations, to face up to their realization is something of an ordeal. ”
- Elizabeth Bowen- Copy
- 2.7K
“ I am prepared to meet anyone, but whether anyone is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
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“ Family dinners are more often than not an ordeal of nervous indigestion, preceded by hidden resentment and ennui and accompanied by psychosomatic jitters. ”
- M. F. K. Fisher- Copy
- 3.5K
“ My personal trails have also taught me the value of unmerited suffering. As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways that I could respond to my situation: either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force… ”
- Martin Luther King Jr.- Copy
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