Bestowed Quotes
226 quotes by 195 authors
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Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. Large stores, gilt signs, flaming advertisements, will all prove unavailing if you or your…
— P T Barnum
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Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
— Ambrose Bierce
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There are people who have never been taught anything, and know everything, have never been anywhere, and understand everything, have never given a moment's thought…
— Sholom Aleichem
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What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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There is no effect more disproportionate to its cause than the happiness bestowed by a small compliment.
— Robert Breault
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Prayer is not appointed for the furnishing of God with the knowledge of what we need, but it is designed as a confession to Him…
— Arthur W. Pink
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That praises are without reason lavished on the dead, and that the honours due only to are paid to antiquity, is a complaint likely to…
— Ben Jonson
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One set of messages of the society we live in is: Consume. Grow. Do what you want. Amuse yourselves. The very working of this economic…
— Susan Sontag
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Liberty is one of the most precious gifts which heaven has bestowed on man; with it we cannot compare the treasures which the earth contains…
— Miguel de Cervantes
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It seems that nature, which has so wisely disposed our bodily organs with a view to our happiness, has also bestowed on us pride, to…
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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In the beginning of his human life man was embryonic in the world of the matrix. There he received capacity and endowment for the reality…
— Abdu'l-Bahá
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I remember watching Mel Gibson on some show once, and he was being asked about his belief in the afterlife. Gibson said: 'Well, I can't…
— Hugh Laurie
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Generosity consists not the sum given, but the manner in which it is bestowed
— Mahatma Gandhi
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Let us sit and mock the good housewife Fortune from her wheel, that her gifts may henceforth be bestowed equally, I would we could do…
— William Shakespeare
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God's purpose for man is to acquire a seeing eye and an understanding heart." "God gave you life and bestowed upon you his attributes; eventually…
— Rumi
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Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual…
— Mary McCarthy
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I believe that mediocrity is self-inflicted and that genius is self-bestowed.
— Walter Russell
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The libertarian creed...offers the fulfillment of the best of the American past along with the promise of a far better future. Libertarians are squarely in…
— Murray Rothbard
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Do not be merciful, but be just, for mercy is bestowed upon the guilty criminal, while Justice is all that the innocent man requires.
— Khalil Gibran
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Young women need to know that abortion rights and abortion access are not presents bestowed or retracted by powerful men (or women) - Presidents, Supreme…
— Katha Pollitt
Who Wrote These Bestowed Quotes
195 authors contributed a total of 226 Bestowed Quotes, led by these top contributors: