Account Quotes

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To take no account of oneself, but always to think well and highly of others is the highest wisdom and perfection. — Thomas a Kempis
In any problem where an opposing force exists and cannot be regulated, one must foresee and provide for alternative courses. Adaptability is the law which… — B. H. Liddell Hart
Take account of yourselves before you are brought to account. — Unknown Author
He is man whose heart is spirited and eyes are wet each moment on account of the sorrow, compassion, virtue, beauty, and nobility that decorate… — Kedar Joshi
Someone has described the modern American as a person who drives a bank financed car over a bond financed highway on credit card gas to… — Paul Billheimer
Leaving the complications of the human breakfast-table out of account, in an elemental sense, the egg only exists to produce the chicken. But the chicken… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
But the meaning of life is not . . . explained by one's business life, nor is the deep desire of the human heart answered… — Carl Jung
Roughly two billion people participate in the money economy, with less than half of those living in the wealthy countries of the developed world. These… — Stuart L. Hart
The idea of self is dependent upon attraction, aversion and memory. Memory is simply a serial account of attractions and aversions that don't exist now… — Frederick Lenz
Our leading men are not of much account and never have been, but the average of the people is immense, beyond all history. Sometimes I… — Walt Whitman
We hold that the reckless disregard for human life implicit in knowingly engaging in criminal activity known to carry a grave risk of death represents… — Sandra Day O'Connor
People really do identify with the characters they see on the show, but these days, social media allows you to interact with fans in a… — Chris Carmack
I consider him of no account who esteems himself just as the popular breath may chance to raise him. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Who knows whether the best of men be known? or whether there be not more remarkable persons forgot, than any that stand remembered in the… — Thomas Browne
I don't fly on account of my religion. I'm a devout coward. — Henny Youngman
As to harmonizing the theory of evolution with the Biblical account of creation, I do not believe it can be done, and I do not… — Will Durant
Salamander: Originally a reptile inhabiting fire; later, an anthropomorphous immortal, but still a pyrophile. Salamanders are now believed to be extinct, the last one of… — Ambrose Bierce
If a spectacle is going to be particularly imposing I prefer to see it through somebody else's eyes, because that man will always exaggerate. Then… — Mark Twain
According to the state of a man's conscience, so do hope and fear on account of his deeds arise in his mind. — Unknown Author
There can be no theory of any account unless it corroborate with the theory of the earth. — Walt Whitman

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