Before Us Quotes

363 quotes by 290 authors

Cowards never win victories. We have to fight fear and troubles and ignorance if we expect them to flee before us. — Swami Vivekananda
I believe that nothing is more important to our ability to effectively address our present than understanding the lessons learned from those who have come… — Charlie Gonzalez
We, today, stand on the shoulders of our predecessors who have gone before us. We, as their successors, must catch the torch of freedom and… — Benjamin E. Mays
Under the pretext of study we spent our hours in the happiness of love, and learning held out to us the secret opportunities that our… — Peter Abelard
My wife - to-be and I went to see my father. Only he could answer the two questions before us: Shall we get married now?… — Emanuel Celler
Each day is a lifetime. In the morning we are born. The day lies before us: vast and bright and new. — Michael Leunig
Our friend and we were invited aboard on a party of pleasure, which is to last forever. His chair was ready first, and he has… — Benjamin Franklin
We have before us the fiendishness of business competition and the world war, passion and wrongdoing, antagonism between classes and moral depravity within them, economic… — Karl Barth
God has gone before us so we can walk in the future He has for us. — Priscilla Shirer
Black History Month should be celebrated everyday. It's a month that's kind of sad to me, because I am reminded of the struggles that people… — Unknown Author
For a mile up and down the open fields before us the splendid lines of the veterans of the Army of Northern Virginia swept down… — Unknown Author
By replacing fear of the unknown with curiosity we open ourselves up to an infinite stream of possibility. We can let fear rule our lives… — Alan Watts
We need innovation in education and dedication to the task before us. — Alan Autry
One of our major flaws, and causes of unhappiness, is that we find it hard to take note of appreciate and be grateful for what… — Alain de Botton
We may not have demon fathers dangling offers of infernal power before us, but everyone understands what it means to struggle with temptation or resist… — Jacqueline Carey
If busyness can become a kind of violence, we do not have to stretch our perception very far to see that Sabbath time â€“ effortless,… — Wayne Muller
Every single choice we make, no matter how small, is the ground where who we are meets what is in the world. And the fruits… — Wayne Muller
The material world is simply an expression of the mind; that's what so many fail to see. We're so dependent on what is before us… — Megan Chance
When so rich a harvest is before us, why do we not gather it? All is in our hands if we will but use it. — Elizabeth Ann Seton
The Bible holds up before us ideals that are within sight of the weakest and the lowliest, and yet so high that the best and… — William Jennings Bryan

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