I think the word 'earnest' kind of has a negative connotation on some level. I think one of the things that's happened… — Josh Radnor Copy Share Image
Just because he was pretty didn't mean he couldn't be improved by a smack upside the head with a piece of earnest… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
How we shall earn our bread is a grave question; yet it is a sweet and inviting question. Let us not shirk… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The homestead policy was established only after long and earnest resistance; experience proves its wisdom. The lands in the hands of industrious… — Andrew Johnson Copy Share Image
A man in earnest finds means or, if he cannot find, creates them. — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
Grace comes immediately to meet some of those who strive, giving them assurance of the earnest of their inheritance (cf. Eph. 1:14),… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
I have been urged by the earnest pleas of thousands of people to enter this race. Therefore, I hereby declare my candidacy… — Harold Washington Copy Share Image
I'm married to Kevin, a photographer whose career has put him on the campaign trail with presidential candidates and sent him on… — Nancy Horan Copy Share Image
The struggle of today, is not altogether for today - it is for a vast future also. With a reliance on Providence,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Things can be funny only when we are in fun. When we're 'dead earnest,' humor is the only thing that is dead. — Flip Wilson Copy Share Image
I am interested in the notion that people can become so obsessed by their world that they lose sense and awareness of… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
I don't 'handle' people. It's so much easier to manipulate actors than to really have an earnest discussion with them. It's very… — Jon Favreau Copy Share Image
“For any one who is pervaded with the sense of causal law in all that happens, who accepts in real earnest the… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The Lord's appearing, His coming back, is a warning, an encouragement, and an incentive to us; we should love His appearing and… — Witness Lee Copy Share Image
The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does the reverse.… — Confucius Copy Share Image
My earnest request is that you practice love and kindness whether you believe in a religion or not — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The great reason why we have so little good preaching is that we have so little piety. To be eloquent one must… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Let us recognize the beauty and power of true enthusiasm; and whatever we may do to enlighten ourselves and others, guard against… — Henry Theodore Tuckerman Copy Share Image
I found that married life gave me the necessary freedom to follow an ambition which had been with me since childhood; and… — Jean Plaidy Copy Share Image
I like it that they [disciples] feed me and pay for my clothes and protect me. And in return I will do… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
TEACHER seeks pupil. Must have an earnest desire to save the world. Apply in person. — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
Let me assure my countrymen of the Southern States that it is my earnest desire to regard and promote their truest interest… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
It was inevitable: Yankel fell in love with his never-wife. He would wake from sleep to miss the weight that never depressed… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
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