Importunate praying is the earnest inward movement of the heart toward God. — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
We will stand by our friends and administer a stinging rebuke to men or parties who are either indifferent, negligent, or hostile,… — Samuel Gompers Copy Share Image
An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man; as, monachism of the Hermit Anthony, the Reformation of Luther, Quakerism of Fox,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I know why people lie to themselves in life, but I'll never understand the appeal of the dishonest theater where the actor… — Jim Parrack Copy Share Image
I had pretty much raised my kids and my first wife and I were divorced, so I began, in earnest, to start… — Jimmy Carl Black Copy Share Image
Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
If I find myself being too earnest and sentimental and hyperbolic and simplistic, which is definitely a tendency I have, then I… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Perhaps myself the first, at some expense of popularity, to unfold the true character of Jefferson, it is too late for me… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
A husband and wife should resolve never to wrangle with each other; never to bandy words or indulge in the least ill-humour.… — Timothy Shay Arthur Copy Share Image
There is terrible suffering in our world today. Tragic things happen to good people. God does not cause them, nor does He… — Rex D. Pinegar Copy Share Image
A man who desires to get married should know everything or nothing. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
A reliable assurance of the right and ability to dismantle the constructed structure must be offered, before the job of construction starts… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
I keep a mountain anchored off eastward a little way, which I ascend in my dreams both awake and asleep. Its broad… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Laurence Olivier said in an interview once that when he plays a tragedy he always aims for the funny parts, and the… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
I don't know. I imagine good teaching as a circle of earnest people sitting down to ask each other meaningful questions. I… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
A life in any sphere that is the expression and outflow of an honest, earnest, loving heart, taking counsel only of God… — J. G. Holland Copy Share Image
Altruism is for those who can't endure their desires. There's a world as ambiguous as a moan, a pleasure moan our earnest… — Stephen Dunn Copy Share Image
[W]ork at ridding yourself of the esteem you have had up to now for the glitter and sparkle of virtue and the… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
I'll take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short term. Earnest is long term. — Randy Pausch Copy Share Image
I knew credibility would come only in time and through earnest performances. — Dwayne Johnson Copy Share Image
An earnest conjuration from the King, As England was his faithful tributary, As love between them like the palm might flourish, As… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The reveries of the dreamer advance his hopes, but not their realization. One good hour of earnest work is worth them all. — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
I've only auditioned for one non-culturally specific role. I went through drama school and studied classic texts and played lead roles in… — Shari Sebbens Copy Share Image
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