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title: "11 Day Reckoning Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [Now that the day of reckoning has arrived, they cry socialism!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/now-that-the-day-of-reckoning-has-arrived-they-cry-socialism/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [To sensible men, every day is a day of reckoning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-gardner/to-sensible-men-every-day-is-a-day-of-reckoning/)

[John W. Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-w-gardner/)

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> [My belief in a day of reckoning keeps me on the straight and narrow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-gubay/my-belief-in-a-day-of-reckoning-keeps-me-on-the-straight-and-narrow/)

[Albert Gubay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-gubay/)

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> [Chili, spice of red Thursday, which is the day of reckoning. Day which invites us to pick up the sack of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/chili-spice-of-red-thursday-which-is-the-day-of-reckoning-day-which/)

[Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chitra-banerjee-divakaruni/)

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> [“In every life, there comes a day of reckoning - a time when unsettled scores demand retribution, and our own lies and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-thorne/in-every-life-there-comes-a-day-of-reckoning-a-time-when-unsettled/)

[Emily Thorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-thorne/)

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> [What will you do on the day of reckoning, when disaster comes from afar? To whom will you run for help? Where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaiah/what-will-you-do-on-the-day-of-reckoning-when-disaster-comes-from/)

[Isaiah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaiah/)

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> [It is just human nature to take time to connect the dots, I know that. But I also know that there can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-gore/it-is-just-human-nature-to-take-time-to-connect-the-dots-i-know-that/)

[Al Gore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-gore/)

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> [This is the essence of all sciences - that you should know who you will be when the Day of Reckoning arrives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/this-is-the-essence-of-all-sciences-that-you-should-know-who-you-will/)

[Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/)

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> [“A day may come when all hope is lost; when the oceans run red with our blood, and our darkest hour is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-blackwick/a-day-may-come-when-all-hope-is-lost-when-the-oceans-run-red-with-our/)

[Louise Blackwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-blackwick/)

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> [“Not only is there often a right and wrong, but what goes around does come around, Karma exists, chickens do come home…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-van-de-mark/not-only-is-there-often-a-right-and-wrong-but-what-goes-around-does/)

[Donald Van de Mark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-van-de-mark/)

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> [“Not only is there often a right and wrong, but what goes around does come around, Karma exists, chickens do come home…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-van-de-mark/not-only-is-there-often-a-right-and-wrong-but-what-goes-around-does-2/)

[Donald Van de Mark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-van-de-mark/)

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