Bear Quotes

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There are seeds of self-destruction in all of us that will bear only unhappiness if allowed to grow. — Dorothea Brande
If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it is horrible to lose, So the one is pretty equal… — Jean de la Bruyere
Unfortunately, in today's world we have to be reminded that the power of an oath derives from the fact that in it we ask God… — James L. Buckley
One must bear in mind that the expansion of federal activity is a form of eating for politicians. — William F. Buckley, Jr.
Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice… — Louisa May Alcott
When things get so absurd and so stupid and so ridiculous that you just can't bear it, you cannot help but turn everything into a… — David Byrne
Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water. — Miguel de Cervantes
The Senator from Massachusetts has given us ample grounds to doubt the judgment and the attitude he brings to bear on vital issues of national… — Dick Cheney
There is nothing that people bear more impatiently, or forgive less, than contempt: and an injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult. — Lord Chesterfield
Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear… — John Ciardi
I don't think my parents liked me. They put a live teddy bear in my crib. — Woody Allen
I will not accept a new wave of fiscal retrenchment, of belt-tightening, without asking people at the top to make their contribution, to make an… — Nick Clegg
Whether a woman's running for office or she's supporting her husband who's running for office and she gets criticised for wearing open-toed shoes or for… — Hillary Clinton
Posterity is the world to come; the world for whom we hold our ideals, from whom we have borrowed our planet, and to whom we… — William J. Clinton
The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of… — Jean Cocteau
I know that I'm not the easiest person to live with. The challenge I put on myself is so great that the person I live… — Maya Angelou
Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes. — Aesop
To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a… — Thomas Aquinas
To bear defeat with dignity, to accept criticism with poise, to receive honors with humility - these are marks of maturity and graciousness. — William Arthur Ward

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