I tore open the closet door and began feverishly sorting through the shirts piled on the floor in the vain hope that… — John Green Copy Share Image
If those millions squandered on designing missionaries had been deposited in funds for the support of yourselves, when old age, misfortune, or… — Anne Royall Copy Share Image
“I did not say anything. I was always embarrassed by the words sacred, glorious, and sacrifice and the expression in vain. We… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Let us labor for an inward stillness-- An inward stillness and an inward healing. That perfect silence where the lips and heart… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, “Peace! Peace!” — but there is no peace. The war… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
Speaking the Lord’s name with reverence must simply be part of our lives as members of the Church... we do not use… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
When a man has offered in sacrifice all that he has for the truth’s sake, not even withholding his life, and believing… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
To illustrate the vain conceit that the universe must be somehow pre-ordained for us, because we are so well-suited to live in… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Of what use are the great number of petrifactions, of different species, shape and form which are dug up by naturalists? Perhaps… — Carl Linnaeus Copy Share Image
Would all, who cherish such wild wishes, but look around them, they would oftenest find their sphere of duty, of prosperity, and… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
“If she hadn’t been so vain, Blue could’ve worn the boring but functional gloves she’d been given for Christmas. But she was… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
In a gas, motion has the upper hand; the atoms are moving so fast that they have no time to enter into… — William Henry Bragg Copy Share Image
I think you have to earn beauty. You can use it or abuse it however you want when you're young. It's a… — Charlotte Rampling Copy Share Image
But do you remember Gandalf’s words: Even Gollum may have something yet to do? But for him, Sam, I could not have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Not so in haste, my heart! Have faith in God and wait; Although he linger long, He never comes too late. He… — Bradford Torrey Copy Share Image
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Most of our platitudes notwithstanding, self-deception remains the most difficult deception. The tricks that work on others count for nothing in that… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
The folly of men has enhanced the value of gold and silver because of their scarcity; whereas, on the contrary, it is… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
Love, I thought to myself abstractedly. Not 'This is love' or 'Is this love?' Not a sentence, not a certainty, not a… — Julian Gough Copy Share Image
The pain comes from more than the facts of circumstance, or the deeds of others. It comes from within. From understanding what… — John Jakes Copy Share Image
Do you remember the sight we saw, my soul, that soft summer morning round a turning in the path, the disgusting carcass… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
Taxes are paid in the sweat of every man who labors. If those taxes are excessive, they are reflected in idle factories,… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
But deepest of all illusory Appearances, for hiding Wonder, as for many other ends, are your two grand fundamental world-enveloping Appearances, SPACE… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Marriage is a way to avoid intimacy. It is a trick to create a formal relationship. Intimacy is informal. If a marriage… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Scripture will ultimately suffice for a saving knowledge of God only when its certainty is founded upon the inward persuasion of the… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
How many victims must that be? Slaughtered in vain across the land, And how many strugles must that be? Before we choose… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
It is incumbent on us diligently to remember that the kingdom of heaven was promised to the poor in spirit, and that… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
In the desert you become a discoverer. You discover your soul, which had been submerged in vain pursuits, which had been lost… — Ameen Rihani Copy Share Image
One has to spend so many years in learning how to be happy. I am just beginning to make some progress in… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
The advance of science is not comparable to the changes of a city, where old edifices are pitilessly torn down to give… — Henri Poincare Copy Share Image
Tell me, you vain professor, when did you shed a tear for the deadness, hardness, unbelief, or earthliness of your heart? Do… — John Flavel Copy Share Image
There's always time. . .to own up to things you're ashamed of, to change them. There's always time to start. And I… — Peter Danielson Copy Share Image
Vain empty words / Of honour, glory and immortal fame, / Can these recall the spirit from its place, / Or re-inspire… — George Sewell Copy Share Image
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