Causes Quotes
5764 quotes by 3336 authors
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Pessimists see problems as stemming from stable and universal causes, thus making them less susceptible to corrective action. Optimists, in contrast, view problems as temporary…
— Rosabeth Moss Kanter
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I have never seen more Senators express discontent with their jobs....I think the major cause is that, deep down in our hearts, we have been…
— John C. Danforth
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Very few live by choice. Every man is placed in his present condition by causes which acted without his foresight, and with which he did…
— Samuel Johnson
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Jealousy is the greatest of all evils, and the one that arouses the least pity in the person who causes it.
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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The day before the anniversary of D-Day, we lost a man who was equaled by few and surpassed by none as a leader in the…
— Mac Thornberry
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Envy is the cause of political division.
— Democritus
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Patanjali, declares that the true secret of evolution is the manifestation of the perfection which is already in every being; that this perfection has been…
— Swami Vivekananda
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A miracle signifies nothing more than an event... the cause of which cannot be explained by another familiar instance, or.... which the narrator is unable…
— Baruch Spinoza
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As long as you remember that if you get involved in politics, you have to be very careful that your leader is for Allah. You…
— Siraj Wahhaj
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You get involved in politics because politics are a weapon to use in the cause of Islam.
— Siraj Wahhaj
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The Laws of Nature are just, but terrible. There is no weak mercy in them. Cause and consequence are inseparable and inevitable. The elements have…
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Reason is the cause of our falsification of the evidence of the senses. In so far as the senses show becoming, passing away, change, they…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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The Green-eyed Monster causes much woe, but the absence of this ugly serpent argues the presence of a corpse whose name is Eros.
— Minna Antrim
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When you win a race your on top that day, so take it for what its worth, have a good time and party, cause the…
— Bobby Allison
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I would absolutely refuse any direct or indirect war service and would try to persuade my friends to do the same, regardless of the reasons…
— Albert Einstein
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The goal of pacifism is possible only though a supranational organization. To stand unconditionally for this cause is the criterion of true pacifism.
— Albert Einstein
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Scientific research can reduce superstition by encouraging people to think and view things in terms of cause and effect.
— Albert Einstein
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All paths cause pain, so to chose the safe over the audacious will not give you less pain, only less beauty.
— Michael Ventura
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I hate to take showers! Guitarists don't like showers 'cause we like the grease to build up on our fingers, makes playing more fluid.
— Izzy Stradlin
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Always make it a goal to keep your conversations cordial. Sometimes that will not be possible. If a principled, charitable expression of your ideas makes…
— Greg Koukl
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