Decent Quotes

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Nothing is gained except by sacrifice.... Do not degrade it to the level of the brutes.... Make yourselves decent men! ... Be chaste and pure!… — Swami Vivekananda
Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right… — Nelson Mandela
The knives in my apartment are only sharp enough to open envelopes with. Cutting a slice of coarse bread is on the borderline of their… — Peter HÃ¸eg
Educational exchange can turn nations into people, contributing as no other form of communication can to the humanizing of international relations. Man's capacity for decent… — J. William Fulbright
Any time you can get up there and scare a few people, throw up some decent times, it builds up your confidence and also sends… — Marianne Limpert
It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do not deserve to live; before killing… — Andre Gide
The bombs in Vietnam explode at home; they destroy the hopes and possibilities for a decent America. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Every young sculptor seems to think that he must give the world some specimen of indecorous womanhood, and call it Eve, Venus, a Nymph, or… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Many bad golfers marry, feeling that a wife's loving solicitude may improve their game. But they are rugged, thick-skinned men, not sensitive and introspective. It… — P.G. Wodehouse
Start doing the things you think should be done, and start being what you think society should become. Do you believe in free speech? Then… — Adam Michnik
We live that our souls may grow. The development of the soul is the purpose of existence. God Almighty is trying to obtain some decent… — John G. Lake
A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. — Samuel Johnson
If you prefer illusions to realities, it is only because all decent realities have eluded you and left you in the lurch; or else your… — George Santayana
Once again decent citizens will be able to enter this house of worship, kneel down in front of a nearly-naked man hanging from a wooden… — A. Whitney Brown
A long and wicked life followed by five minutes of perfect grace gets you into Heaven. An equally long life of decent living and good… — Robert A. Heinlein
There are people who've said that I'm being brave for being openly supportive of gay marriage, gay adoption... With all due respect, I humbly dissent.… — Anne Hathaway
Don't try to be spiritual. That is only a word in the dictionary. Make it your goal to become a normally functioning individual. Let these… — Vernon Howard
Not until the creation and maintenance of decent conditions of life for all people are recognized and accepted as a common obligation of all people… — Albert Einstein
Let us stay at home: there we are decent. Let us not go out: our defects wait for us at the door, like flies. — Jules Renard
Sometimes, political campaigns make decent people act and talk like perfect buffoons. — Tony Snow

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