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Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers. — Henri Frederic Amiel
Politicians must set their aims for the high ground and according to our various leanings, Democratic, Republican, Independent, we will follow. Politicians must be told… — Maya Angelou
We have to confront ourselves. Do we like what we see in the mirror? And, according to our light, according to our understanding, according to… — Maya Angelou
You're damned if you're too thin and you're damned if you're too heavy. According to the press I've been both. Its impossible to satisfy everyone… — Jennifer Aniston
Whatever is received is received according to the nature of the recipient. — Thomas Aquinas
Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason. — Thomas Aquinas
Quite often I have been faced with people who were praised and admired for their talents and their achievements... According to prevailing attitudes, these people-the… — Alice Miller
We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes. The situation that we hoped to change because it… — Marcel Proust
Our attitude toward abortion . . . is fixed by our knowledge that according to an eternal plan all of the spirit children of God… — Dallin H. Oaks
We are trying to identify employers that might be [hiring illegal aliens] and to take effective action against them. We're trying to make sure that… — Janet Reno
According to Democritus, truth lies at the bottom of a well, the water of which serves as a mirror in which objects may be reflected.… — Charles Francis Richter
Man is only a moral being because he lives in society, since morality consists in solidarity with the group, and varies according to that solidarity.… — Emile Durkheim
According to an old French motto, Noblesse oblige - one must live up to one's name. The Rothschilds' condition of life has imposed on them… — Guy de Rothschild
I don't like the income tax. Every time we talk about these taxes we get around to the idea of 'from each according to his… — T. Coleman Andrews
An irrefutable proof that such single-celled primaeval animals really existed as the direct ancestors of Man, is furnished according to the fundamental law of biogeny… — Ernst Haeckel
Learn to love humility, for it will cover all your sins. All sins are repulsive before God, but the most repulsive of all is pride… — Anthony of Padua
One would like to believe that people who think of themselves as devout Christians would also behave in a manner that is in according with… — Richard John Neuhaus
According to the teaching of our Lord, what is wrong with the world is precisely that it does not believe in God. Yet it is… — John Baillie
You may as well quit reading and hearing the Word of God, and give it to the devil, if you do not desire to live… — Martin Luther
One must never be perfidious to his master. In the Lun Yu it says: One should act according to the way even in times of… — Takeda Nobushige
Fourthly, the way of the artisan. The way of the carpenter is to become proficient in the use of his tools, first to lay his… — Miyamoto Musashi
The reason why we obtain no more in prayer is because we expect no more. God usually answers us according to our own hearts. — Richard Alleine
Our prayers are heard by God not according to what we try to be when we pray, but who we are when we are not… — Joyce Meyer
By prayer, the ability is secured to feel the law of love, to speak according to the law of love, and to do everything in… — Edward McKendree Bounds
I'm also particularly pleased that there is bipartisan support to include the input of border communities. Not only will security be strengthened according to Washington,… — Jeff Flake

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