Every desire bears its death in its very gratification. Curiosity languishes under repeated stimulants, and novelties cease to excite and surprise, until… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
True Christians are assured that no temptation (or trial) shall happen to them but what they shall be enabled to bear; and… — Roger Sherman Copy Share Image
So dearly does His Majesty love us that He will reward our love for our neighbor by increasing the love which we… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Thus the call to follow Christ always means a call to share the work of forgiving men their sins. Forgiveness is the… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Does your uncle need anything? A coffee? A latte?” “He needs someone to bear his illegitimate child if you’re interested — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
Besides the Autumn poets sing, A few prosaic days, A little this side of the snow, And that side of the Haze...,… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe. — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
Now, as the world's largest economy and as the world's second largest emitter, America bears our responsibility to address climate change, and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I don't believe in twisting yourself into knots of excuses and explanations over the food you make… Usually one's cooking is better… — Julia Child Copy Share Image
There is more joy in heaven over a converted sinner than over a righteous person standing firm. A leader in battle has… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
Rob [Reiner] is a teddy bear. He's hell delicious. He's a really good director. He's a great soul. In the movie business,… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
Your prayer must be for a healthy mind in a sound body. Ask for a brave soul that has no fear of… — Juvenal Copy Share Image
Bear sorrows for the sake of the Heavenly Kingdom. Without sorrows there is no salvation. On the other hand, the Kingdom of… — Seraphim of Sarov Copy Share Image
It is not possible that we should remember that we existed before our body, for our can bear no trace of such… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
When you take a tree that is rooted in the ground, and transfer it from one place to another, the tree will… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
Developing a cheerful disposition can permit an atmosphere wherein one's spirit can be nurtured and encouraged to blossom and bear fruit. Being… — Barbara W. Winder Copy Share Image
Law has been unjustly charged with the whole blame of the calamities resulting from the scheme that bears his name. — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
Anxiety prepares the organism badly for an ordeal which even under more favorable circumstances would not be an easy thing to bear. — Henryk Sienkiewicz Copy Share Image
The important question is whether [a theory] is true, not whether envisioning an alternative is too intellectually painful to bear. — J. D. Trout Copy Share Image
Just because something bears the aspect of the inevitable one should not, therefore, go along willingly with it. — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
The B.C. spirit bear symbolizes the essence of the spirit of British Columbia. It is a powerful presence and a thing of… — Gordon Campbell Copy Share Image
Time and I have quarrelled. All hours are midnight now. I had a clock and a watch, but I destroyed them both.… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
Alas, how can we help but mourn When hero bosoms yield their breath! A century itself may bear But once the flower… — Silas Weir Mitchell Copy Share Image
When I say that I am going to do an American film, I didn't want to suddenly go off into a completely… — Park Chan-wook Copy Share Image
Things you can't understand are always the hardest to bear. To know why is the first step to consolation. — Patricia Wentworth Copy Share Image
When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth… — Eda LeShan Copy Share Image
If you are willing to bear serenely the trial of being displeasing to yourself, then you will be for Jesus a pleasant… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
Never think of any right effort as being fruitless. All right effort bears fruit, whether we see the results or not. — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
The soul of man, when it gets fairly rotten, will bear you all sorts of poisonous toad-stools, and no eye can see… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
But, Polly, a principle that can't bear being laughed at, frowned on, and cold-shouldered, isn't worthy of the name. — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Are you scared of going in to see the raghnaid [the council]?” asked a gray female pup. “Are you cag mag [crazy]?… — Kathryn Lasky Copy Share Image
The gospel shows a God far more holy than the legalist can bear, yet far more merciful than a humanist can conceive — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Hold on to your friends. Resist - or move on Be mad, be rash Smoke and explode Sell all of your clothes… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As civil rulers, not having their duty to the people duly before them, may attempt to tyrannize,... The people are confirmed by… — Tench Coxe Copy Share Image
These divisions in the international community - the Syrians bear quite a lot of the blame, but we have enabled it by… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
I cannot tell by what logic we call a toad, a bear, or an elephant ugly; they being created in those outward… — Thomas Browne Copy Share Image
On the face of it, it must be a bad cause which will not bear discussion. Truth seeks light instead of shunning… — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
And ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, while the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves. — Robert Treat Paine Copy Share Image
Obsolete misleading theologies bear the same relation to the essence of true religion that scarlet fever, mumps, and measles do to education. — Luther Burbank Copy Share Image