Assuming Quotes

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The Pacific no longer represents menacing avenues of approach for a prospective invader. It assumes, instead, the friendly aspect of a peaceful lake. Our line… — Douglas MacArthur
Our young Marines of today are courageous, willing to make sacrifices, and are marvelous team players. I am confident our Corps, and indeed our Nation,… — James T. Conway
What an immense mass of evil must result...from allowing men to assume the right of anticipating what may happen. — Leo Tolstoy
Every time I fail I assume I will be a stronger person for it. — Joan Benoit
Never pay attention to the rumors and what they assume — Drake
Assume responsibility for the quality of your own life — Norman Cousins
I believe that if a man like him were to assume the dictatorship of the modern world he would succeed in solving its problems in… — George Bernard Shaw
You can't assume that kindness is an inherited trait. It is learned behavior. — Katie Couric
If you obsess over whether you are making the right decision, you are basically assuming that the universe will reward you for one thing and… — Deepak Chopra
When two people are really happy about one another one can generally assume they are mistaken. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I never play cricket. It requires one to assume such indecent postures. — Oscar Wilde
I consider the government of the United States as interdicted by the Constitution from intermeddling with religious institutions, their doctrines, discipline, or exercises. This results… — Thomas Jefferson
There is no vice so simple but assumes some mark of virtue on his outward parts. — William Shakespeare
I assume that to prevent illness in later life, you should never have been born at all. — George Bernard Shaw
It is with the approach of winter that cats...wear their richest fur and assume an air of sumptuous and delightful opulence. — Pierre Loti
To assume a cat's asleep is a grave mistake. He can close his eyes and keep both his ears awake. — Aileen Fisher
Never assume that you can make it alone. You need the help of the Lord. Never hesitate to get on your knees in some private… — Gordon B. Hinckley
The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice so pleasurable that I assume it must be evil. — Heywood Hale Broun
We assume that celebrities have it easy and so love to watch them having to endure a bit of hardship. — Shirley Jones
The cloud represents the creative power of the mind, which can assume any imaginable form. It is the ideal medium of creation for the enlightened… — Anagarika Govinda

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