True worth is in being, not seeming- In doing, each day that goes by, Some little good, not in the dreaming Of… — Alice Cary Copy Share Image
The gloomy theology of the orthodox--the Calvinists--I do not, I cannot believe. Many of the notions--nay, most of the notions--which orthodox people… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
Man does not create gods, in spite of appearances. The times, the age, impose them on him. Man can serve his age… — Stanislaw Lem Copy Share Image
I wish, my dear Kepler, that we could have a good laugh together at the extraordinary stupidity of the mob. What do… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
If there is a purpose in life at all, there must be a purpose in suffering and in dying. But no man… — Gordon Allport Copy Share Image
We repeat again: strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one’s balance in spite of… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
Infield practice is more mystic ritual than preparation, encouraging the big-leaguer, no less than the duffer in the stands, to believe in… — Roger Angell Copy Share Image
Only the tango has continued to enjoy undiminished favor for more than twenty years in spite of polishing and refinement. To be… — Curt Sachs Copy Share Image
In spite of our sinfulness, in spite of the darkness surrounding our souls, the Grace of the Holy Spirit, conferred by baptism… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Fear is a normal human emotion. It is not in itself a killer. We can learn to be aware when fear grips… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
You may blame yourself for not being strong enough to appreciate some unhappy people in spite of their negative emotional offerings toward… — Esther Hicks Copy Share Image
Ah!" I cried, springing up. "But no! no! My uncle shall never know it. He would insist upon doing it too. He… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
We may remark in passing that to be blind and beloved may, in this world where nothing is perfect, be among the… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
It seemed perfectly possible that, in spite of my certainty of my own genius, I might die of some illness, or perhaps… — Colin Wilson Copy Share Image
Oh, he was just angry, we tell ourselves when someone blurts out something he later apologizes for. But a word, once spoken,… — Margaret George Copy Share Image
... in spite of being happier than I ever dreamed I could be, I'm also soberer. The fear that something may happen… — Jean Webster Copy Share Image
Tis true, 'tis day; what though it be? O wilt thou therefore rise from me? Why should we rise, because 'tis light?… — John Donne Copy Share Image
To spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get your emotions going. To be enthusiastic every day and as… — Jim Valvano Copy Share Image
Conservatives believe in the ties that bind us. Society is stronger when we make vows to each other and we support each… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
There was more courage in bearing trouble than in escaping from it; the brave and the energetic cling to hope, even in… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
Nothing can touch the Word of God. Not all the powers of earth and hell, men and devils combined, can ever move… — Charles Henry Mackintosh Copy Share Image
I thought Mike Pence, upon reflection to me, came across a little bit like your favorite aunt who refuses, in spite of… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
Give us, O God, the vision which can see Your love in the world in spite of human failure. Give us the… — Frank Borman Copy Share Image
Out of pure spite we pretty much always said the opposite of what the other said, no matter what they said, only… — Varg Vikernes Copy Share Image
Art is very mysterious. I wonder if you can really do any damage to art. I think that when we're writing, something… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
The ghetto was not only a place of refuge for a persecuted minority but a great experiment in peace, in self-discipline and… — Isaac Bashevis Singer Copy Share Image
The terrifying breakdown of social cohesion in the American city, in spite of intense institutionalized police surveillance equipped with every sophisticated aid… — Colin Ward Copy Share Image
“After all, “saying yes to life in spite of everything,” to use the phrase in which the title of a German book… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Slowly, and in spite of anything we Americans do or do not do, it looks a little as if you and some… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The words are very distinctly formed; but by the bodily ear they are not heard. They are, however, much more clearly understood… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
“The great chasm between the thing I say, & the thing I would say, wd be quite dispiriting to me, in spite… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning Copy Share Image
In spite of my own reservations about Bing's ability to convert Google users, I have to admit that the search engine does… — Douglas Rushkoff Copy Share Image
I missed him so much I would sometimes turn to tell him something before I forgot he was gone. In spite of… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
When you have dogs, you witness their uncomplaining acceptance of suffering, their bright desire to make the most of life in spite… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Anybody can work when everything goes smoothly, when there is nothing to trouble him; but a man must be made of the… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
So, to get to play somebody who was insisting on it, in spite of all the evidence was very liberating and exciting.… — Brendan Gleeson Copy Share Image
We are not, however, a species that can choose the baggage with which we must travel. In spite of our best intentions,… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
The pejorative term 'political correctness' was adapted to express disapproval of the enlargement of etiquette to cover all people, in spite of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Electric and magnetic forces. May they live for ever, and never be forgot, if only to remind us that the science of… — Oliver Heaviside Copy Share Image
When, to gratify a private appetite, it is once resolved upon that an ignorant and helpless creature shall be sacrificed, it is… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
