Consider what you have in the smallest well-chosen library-a company of the wisest and wittiest men which can be plucked out of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
We did not choose to believe that personal choice is the highest human virtue. Rather, we were taught, formed, forced to believe… — William Henry Willimon Copy Share Image
You have chosen to risk your lives for the defense of this country. I will not insult you by saying that you… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
It hurts more than anything in the world because even though it might not be the case, it feels like you've chosen… — Mike Gayle Copy Share Image
I say, of the Congress, then, this - that its aims are mistaken, that the spirit in which it proceeds towards their… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
Nay! Alas for us all! And for all that walk in the world in these after-days. For such is the way of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The majority of American writers today have chosen passive non-resistance to things as they are, producing sloughs of poetry about their personal… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
The power of theocrasy or exercise of government rule over the masses by a hierarchy of priests or adepts rested on its… — Edith Starr Miller Copy Share Image
In this point of the case the question is distinctly presented whether the people of the United States are to govern through… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
Orthodox Jews, or, as they are known in the Talmud, the Really Chosen Ones, are committed to the idea that the entire… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
Lovers feel a certain burning in their hearts. A deep longing and desire to meet with the beloved creates that burning. To… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think that a huge positive that's come out of me having successful competitions as an athlete has been that, through the… — Evan Lysacek Copy Share Image
[God] arranged that the boy Samuel should be chosen but instead of teaching him directly He had him, turn once or twice… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
My love for my children makes me glad that I am what I am, and keeps me from desiring to be otherwise;… — James Weldon Johnson Copy Share Image
How can anyone be interested in war? - that glorious pursuit of annihilation with its ceremonious bellowings and trumpetings over the mangling… — Margaret Caroline Anderson Copy Share Image
I didn't know what I wanted to Be...A sense that I had permanently botched things already, embarked on the trip without the… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
...if you were designing an organism to look after life in our lonely cosmos, to monitor where it is going and keep… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
When Darroc returns, I know by the look in his eyes that I've chosen well. He thinks I picked black and red… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
The scientist is not responsible for the laws of nature. It is his job to find out how these laws operate. It… — Edward Teller Copy Share Image
And it was kind of funny to see all these professional fighters unwilling to get within a mile of the female. Then… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
There were a million different things I could have chosen or wanted to do, but the path of an artist was the… — Milo Ventimiglia Copy Share Image
Every time in my life when I have chosen to delay following inspired counsel or decided that I was an exception, I… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
Everybody is waiting for the end to come, but what if it already passed us by? What if the final joke of… — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
He ran as he'd never run before, with neither hope nor despair. He ran because the world was divided into opposites and… — Karl Marlantes Copy Share Image
I don't mind being labeled as a political songwriter. I've chosen to do that. What really annoys me is being dismissed as… — Billy Bragg Copy Share Image
Nobody knows but you what it is that’s sacred to you as far as what you want to manifest in your life.… — Gay Hendricks Copy Share Image
Nonviolent action involves opposing the opponent's power, including his police and military capacity, not with the weapons chosen by him but by… — Gene Sharp Copy Share Image
Ultimately, I don't know if love is an organizing principle we choose or if it's innate. I'm not sure the distinction matters… — C.E. Morgan Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have to be careful when selecting a new nickname for yourself. For instance, let's say you have chosen the nickname… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
Thus, for followers of Christ, calling neutralizes the fundamental position of choice in modern life. “I have chosen you,” Jesus said, “you… — Os Guinness Copy Share Image
If you are a designer, sometimes it is better not to delegate, because someone pays money for something that you designed, so… — Tom Ford Copy Share Image
I had no idea of who could play it, no notion really. Then Richard came to see us but I don't think… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
Everyone who has ever overcome hardship or adversity has done so in large part because he or she has chosen, consciously or… — Rod Stryker Copy Share Image
We know about bad guys, what they do, and often, who they are. The politicians have chosen to send us into battle,… — Marcus Luttrell Copy Share Image
It's funny, but thinking back on it now, I realize that this particular point in time, as I stood there blinking in… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
I can't stand on a podium and beat my chest saying I'm the best. I just think I've been the luckiest of… — Kajol Copy Share Image
We ought not to be in too much of a hurry here to speak piously of God’s will and guidance. It is… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
In science men have learned consciously to subordinate themselves to a common purpose without losing the individuality of their achievements. Each one… — John Desmond Bernal Copy Share Image
Surrendering completely to love, be it human or divine, means giving up everything, including our own well-being or our ability to make… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
All the different ways God has chosen to display his glory in creation and redemption seem to reach their culmination in the… — John Piper Copy Share Image
![“Nay! Alas for us all! And for all that walk in the world in these after-days. For such is the way of it: to find and lose, as it seems to those whose boat is on the running stream. But I count you blessed [...] for your loss you suffer of your own free will, and you might have chosen otherwise…” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3a5/anonymous-1_blessed_nay-alas-for-us-all-and-for-all-that-wal_2729349.jpg)
![“[God] arranged that the boy Samuel should be chosen but instead of teaching him directly He had him, turn once or twice to an old man. This youngster, to whom He had granted a direct encounter with Himself, had nevertheless to go for instruction to someone who had offended God, and all because…” quote by John Cassian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1cd/john-cassian-13822_boys_god-arranged-that-the-boy-samuel-should_1767780.jpg)
