Bestowed Upon Quotes
71 quotes by 61 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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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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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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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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But, as sculpture and painting are gifts of God, what I insist on is, that both shall be used purely and lawfully, that gifts which…
— John Calvin
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I always thought that people told you that you're beautiful-that this was a title that was bestowed upon you...I think that it's time to take…
— Margaret Cho
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Cable had a latitude to move which created less censorship and bestowed upon the artists, the writers and the creators, more liberty to create their…
— Daniel Gillies
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I can't control what other people do or say. I can only control the one vote I've been bestowed upon by the people in the…
— Mo Brooks
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This Sabbath day has been designated as a day of thanksgiving, a day of gratitude-even a day of prayer. We pause, we ponder, we reflect…
— Thomas S. Monson
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You may have the administration of angels, you may see many miracles; . . . but I claim that the gift of the Holy Ghost…
— Wilford Woodruff
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I'd always believed that a life of quality, enjoyment, and wisdom were my human birthright and would be automatically bestowed upon me as time passed.…
— Dan Millman
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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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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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That which is common to the greatest number has the least care bestowed upon it
— Aristotle
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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.
— Xavier de Maistre
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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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