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Such is the condition of life that something is always wanting to happiness. In youth we have warm hopes, which are soon blasted by rashness…

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If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.
It is the excitement of becoming - always becoming, trying, probing, falling, resting, and trying again- but always trying and always gaining
For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that…
I don't have any handicap. I am all handicap.
Many have no happier moments than those that they pass in solitude, abandoned to their own imagination, which sometimes puts sceptres in…
I believe in the American tradition of separation of church and state which is expressed in the First Amendment to the Constitution.…
...in the decline of life shame and grief are of short duration; whether it be that we bear easily what we have…
Nothing is more despicable than the old age of a passionate man. When the vigour of youth fails him, and his amusements…
If the purpose of lamentation be to excite pity, it is surely superfluous for age and weakness to tell their plaintive stories;…
Every old man complains of the growing depravity of the world, of the petulance and insolence of the rising generation. He recounts…
...that though they may refuse to grow wise, they must inevitably grow old; ...that the proper solaces of age are not music…
The prospect of penury in age is so gloomy and terrifying that every man who looks before him must resolve to avoid…

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When I was a kid, I would do stupid things on my bike. I'd jump any ramp, I'd jump over people, I'd… — Eric Bana
Such is the condition of life that something is always wanting to happiness. In youth we have warm hopes, which are soon… — Lyndon B. Johnson
For many of us we are always wanting more - we would be happier if we had such and such. Maybe we… — Abigail Van Buren
To come back to the secret of inner peace, our questioning and doubting mind is always wanting in peace. Our loving and… — Sri Chinmoy
Why? Why are they always wanting to kill Jews? — Alex Jones
To actually feel like you've done something good with your life and you're useful to others is what I was always wanting,… — Angelina Jolie
I wanted to be like an actor or a comedian for a little while, because I was always wanting to make people… — Gemma Ward
Many of you would like to take evil and step on it, destroying it like you would a bug. Squish, smash! Begone… — Barbara Marciniak
You are always wanting miracles; but God sows miracles by handfuls under your feet, and yet you still have people who deny… — Allan Kardec
Christians are always wanting God to give them something. They appear as beggars before the throne of the Almighty. — Swami Vivekananda
In great countries, children are always trying to remain children, and the parents want to make them into adults. In vile countries,… — John Ruskin
Jesus Christ can afford to be misunderstood; we cannot. Our weakness lies in always wanting to vindicate ourselves. — Oswald Chambers

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