Best Bestowed Sayings
226 Bestowed quotes by 189 unique authors
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The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, Having bestowed all he has on others, he has yet…
— Laozi
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Heroic deeds, to use whatever dower Heaven has bestowed, to test our utmost power.
— Sarah Knowles Bolton
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For even these are no less bestowed on him of pure grace, than are righteousness and salvation themselves.
— Johann Arndt
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Cheerfulness is among the most laudable virtues. It gains you the good will and friendship of others. It blesses those who practice it and those…
— B. C. Forbes
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God gave you life and bestowed upon you his attributes; eventually you will return to him.
— Rumi
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A masculine education cannot spare from professional study and the necessary acquisition of languages, the time and attention which I have bestowed on the compositions…
— Anna Seward
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Frst of all that I would crave as the richest of heaven's blessings would be wisdom from my Heavenly Father bestowed daily.
— Unknown Author
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God has bestowed upon you intelligence and knowledge. Do not extinguish the lamp of Divine Grace and do not let the candle of wisdom die…
— Khalil Gibran
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Before the coming of Jesus Christ, men fled away from God and, being attached to the earth, refused to unite themselves to their Creator. But…
— Alphonsus Liguori
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I endeavored to give thanks to our Heavenly Father for all his mercies to me, for his preservation of me through all the dangers I…
— Robert E. Lee
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Consider carefully before you say a hard word to a man, but never let a chance to say a good one go by. Praise judiciously…
— George Horace Lorimer
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That which is common to the greatest number has the least care bestowed upon it
— Aristotle
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If even a small portion of the praise that is bestowed on Michael Jackson now in death was given to him last year, in life,…
— Robin Gibb
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Imagination, realm of enchantment!- which the most beneficent of beings bestowed upon man to console him for reality- I must quit you now.
— Unknown Author
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Socrates called beauty a short-lived tyranny; Plato, a privilege of nature; Theophrastus, a silent cheat; Theocritus, a delightful prejudice; Carneades, a solitary kingdom; Aristotle, that…
— Francis Quarles
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Patriarchy is bestowed on men at birth. Whether you want it or not, you have a privilege as a man, and you either fight against…
— Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
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The psychological and moral comfort of a presence at once humble and understanding-this is the greatest benefit that the dog has bestowed upon man.
— Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Do we give thanks to God 'for his unspeakable gift' and His rich blessings so abundantly bestowed upon us?
— Thomas S. Monson
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We are profoundly grateful for the blessings bestowed upon us: the preservation of our freedom, so dearly bought and so highly prized; our opportunities for…
— Harry S. Truman
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A drug is neither moral nor immoral - it's a chemical compound. The compound itself is not a menace to society until a human being…
— Frank Zappa
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The constitution regulates our stewardship; the constitution devotes the domain to union, to justice, to defense, to welfare, and to liberty. But there is a…
— William H. Seward
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Thank God! we are in the full enjoyment of all these privileges. But can we be taught to prize them too much? or how can…
— Benjamin Franklin
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I think also, that general virtue is more probably to be expected and obtained from the education of youth, than from exhortations of adult persons;…
— Benjamin Franklin
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I am humanly unable to correct my negative self-image until I encounter a life-changing experience with non-judgmental love bestowed upon me by a Person whom…
— Robert H. Schuller
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Of all the gifts bestowed by nature on human beings, hearty laughter must be close to the top.
— Norman Cousins
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