Allotted Quotes

71 quotes by 66 authors

If we accept and internalize the fact of our own mortality, then, by definition, we have to deal with the essential questions of how we… — Surya Das
Maybe happiness was just a matter of the little upticks- the traffic signal that said "Walk" the second you go there- and downticks- the itch… — Ann Brashares
Failure or success seems to have been allotted to men by their stars. But they retain the power of wriggling, of fighting with their star… — E. M. Forster
Even those to whom Providence has allotted greater strength of understanding, can expect only to improve a single science. In every other part of learning,… — Samuel Johnson
You stars that reigned at my nativity, whose influence hath allotted death and hell. — Christopher Marlowe
His [Henry Cavendish's] Theory of the Universe seems to have been, that it consisted solely of a multitude of objects which could be weighed, numbered,… — George Wilson
The occurrence of any event where the chances are beyond one in ten followed by 50 zeros is an event which we can state with… — Emile Borel
This planet is an exquisitely arranged and interconnected system. What's controlled in one place is going to have consequences in another place. Our job as… — Marjorie Harris
Enjoy the blessing of strength while you have it and do not bewail it when it is gone, unless, forsooth, you believe that youth must… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
A realistic expectation also demands our acceptance that one's allotted time on earth must be limited to an allowance consistent with the continuity of our… — Sherwin B. Nuland
[M]y fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe; who presides in the councils of nations; and whose providential aid can supply… — George Washington
It may not be improper, however, to remark two consequences, evidently flowing from an extension of the federal power to every subject falling within the… — James Madison
I appear, my fellow-citizens, in your presence and in that of Heaven to bind myself by the solemnities of religious obligation to the faithful performance… — John Quincy Adams
The allotted function of art is not, as is often assumed, to put across ideas, to propagate thoughts, to serve as an example. The aim… — Andrei Tarkovsky
A professor was telling students about his colleagues class. Students in the other class had taken to tossing erasers at the clock. Each precise hit… — Vicki Davis
Indeed, I have observed one ingredient, somewhat necessary in a manâ€™s composition towards happiness, which people of feeling would do well to acquire; a certain… — Henry Mackenzie
The gods do not deduct from man's allotted span the hours spent in fishing. — Herbert Hoover
It is impossible for our working people to maintain their full strength if they do not succeed in obtaining a sufficient supply of fat, allotted… — Paul von Hindenburg
Time Management Tips: The perpetual processing of the same temptation is both dangerous and time-wasting. Cycling and recycling the same temptation (instead of rejecting such… — Neal A. Maxwell
Itâ€™s a race between your foolishness and your allotted days. Good luck. — Mark Slouka

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