By "moral discipline," I mean self-discipline based on moral standards. Moral discipline is the consistent exercise of agency to choose the right… — D. Todd Christofferson Copy Share Image
There's a belief that since Africa got a raw deal from the colonial West, then the Chinese must be Africa's best friend.… — George Ayittey Copy Share Image
Gossip is certainly one of the things that language is useful for, because it's always handy to know who needs a favor,… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Above the pyramid on the great seal of the United States it says in Latin: "God has favored our undertaking." God will… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
The fact is, the cocktail party has much in its favor. Going to one is a good way of indicating that you're… — Peg Bracken Copy Share Image
Being God is not all it's cracked up to be, and it's not as easy as one would think it would be.… — Misha Collins Copy Share Image
This Administration [of Barack Obama] favors a pluralistic world and respects cultural differences, so it's wrong for the West and American elitists… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
When confronted with two courses of action I jot down on a piece of paper all the arguments in favor of each… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
There is a striking parallel between the spreading of germs and the spreading of ideas or propaganda. On the one hand we… — Andre Siegfried Copy Share Image
There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government, and serve to keep… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Commenting on playoffs to determine a national champion: I'm not in favor of 15 games either. I think that's way too much… — LaVell Edwards Copy Share Image
When I Asked God for Strength He Gave Me Difficult Situations to Face When I Asked God for Brain & Brawn He… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Life is challenging. I wish I could tell you that you’ll always be on top of the mountain, but the reality is… — Tony Dungy Copy Share Image
Russia could be, in fact, it would have to be a different Russia, but it could be a splendid ally. I will… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
In many patriarchies, language, as well as cultural tradition, reserve the human condition for the male. With the Indo-European languages this is… — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
It is not true that a man can believe or disbelieve what he will. But it is certain that an active desire… — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
it must be plain also that we should not anxiously strive for riches and honors by relying on our own diligence or… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
I have a very strong tool in competitional enforcement: To do merger control, to look into cartels, misuse of dominant position -… — Margrethe Vestager Copy Share Image
One of the biggest favors that you can do for yourself is to accept your loved ones for who they are, and… — Jennifer O'Neill Copy Share Image
I can't find anything in the Constitution that says you prefer the life of the mother, or the convenience of the mother… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice and oppression of another, is certainly the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
White people, wake up before it is too late. Do you want Negroes working beside you, your wife and your daughters, in… — Jesse Helms Copy Share Image
If at great things thou would'st arrive, Get riches first, get wealth, and treasure heap, Not difficult, if thou hearken to me;… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Once you open that door to a values conversation, it's going to undercut a right-wing economic agenda, which values wealth over work… — Jim Wallis Copy Share Image
Pornography and obscenity...work by specialism and fragmentation. They deal with a figure without a ground - situations in which the human factor… — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
One answer is that the town's elected officials thought that the project served a public purpose and that the various subsidies and… — Michael Kinsley Copy Share Image
You mean am I for it or against it? You think this is a key question I'm going to be asked on… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
No one has needed favours more than I, and generally, few have been less unwilling to accept them; but in this case,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Compliments of congratulation are always kindly taken, and cost nothing but pen, ink and paper. I consider them as draughts upon good… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Do you know someone you would like to change and regulate and improve? Good! That is fine. I am all in favor… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
Gen. Tommy Franks Says That If The United States Is Hit With A Weapon Of Mass Destruction That Inflicts Large Casualties, The… — Tommy Franks Copy Share Image
In fact it is remarkable that this theory has had progressively greater influence on the spirit of researchers, following a series of… — Pope John Paul I Copy Share Image
To the extent that President Trump means strengthened border security, I am fully in favor of the idea that the rule of… — Alan Bersin Copy Share Image
This is why I am calling you to See as God Sees every moment, for it is the only way to release… — James F. Twyman Copy Share Image
In a world of complete economic equality, you get and keep the affections you deserve. You can't buy love with gifts or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Hold on to that new, enlarge vision of victory that God has given you. Start expecting things to change in your favor.… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
People are always trying to tell you how they feel. Some of them say it outright, and some of them, they tell… — Justin Halpern Copy Share Image
To whatever degree he may have desacralized the world, the man who has made his choice in favor of a profane life… — Mircea Eliade Copy Share Image
I'm in favor of free trade, but I think if you had to make a choice between having technological progress versus free… — Peter Thiel Copy Share Image
Our Keystone legislation received strong bipartisan support in the Senate. Although it didn't receive the 60 votes necessary for passage, 56 senators… — John Hoeven Copy Share Image