Despite Quotes
1296 Despite quotes by 1034 unique authors
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Despite all the progress of civilization, women have remained exactly as they emerged from the hand of Nature.
— Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
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A determined will, grounded on a clear order of rank of values, coupled with organic strength of outlook, will also one day - despite all…
— Alfred Rosenberg
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What makes the strength of the soldier isn't the energy he uses trying to intimidate the other guy by sending him a whole lot of…
— Muriel Barbery
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According to Richard Clarke, the former White House counterterrorism chief, Bush was so obsessed with Iraq that he failed to take action against Osama Bin…
— Ferdinand Mount
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My value as a woman is not measured by the size of my waist or the number of men who like me. My worth as…
— Yasmin Mogahed
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In the final analysis, despite our diversity, there is only one type of vegan -- a person who is committed to and practices a reverence…
— Joanne Stepaniak
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The beginning of political wisdom is the realization that despite everything you’ve always been taught, the government is not really on your side; indeed, it…
— Robert Higgs
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It is the nature of the Kali Yuga that most human beings are now held back from spiritual liberation due to the gravity of inertia,…
— Zeena Schreck
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For all our failings, despite our limitations and fallibilities, we humans are capable of greatness.
— Carl Sagan
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The many factors which divide us are actually much more superficial than those we share. Despite all of the things that differentiate us - race,…
— Dalai Lama
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Many successful people have fear, along with doubts and worries. The difference is that those who know how to succeed also know how to take…
— T. Harv Eker
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To see the other side, to defend another people, not despite your tradition but because of it, is the heart of pluralism
— Eboo Patel
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I will light candles this Christmas, Candles of joy, despite all sadness, Candles of hope where despair keeps watch. Candles of courage where fear is…
— Howard Thurman
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God, despite my circumstances, I will find reasons to praise You.
— Lysa TerKeurst
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There is hardly a more gracious gift that we can offer somebody than to accept them fully, to love them almost despite themselves.
— Elizabeth Gilbert
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Leaders must pick causes they won't abandon easily, remain committed despite setbacks, and communicate their big ideas over and over again in every encounter.
— Rosabeth Moss Kanter
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While a little faith may bring your souls to heaven, a lot of faith--clinging to God despite your circumstances--will bring heaven to your soul
— Skip Heitzig
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It's an old saying that one still has to know something, despite everything.
— Halldór Laxness
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We consciously decide whether to consider people; we fall in love despite ourselves; we entirely fail to fall in love with people who fall in…
— Matt Ridley
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If everybody feels fear when approaching something totally new in life—yet so many are out there doing it despite the fear—then we must conclude that…
— Susan Jeffers
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The masses will not vote for their own upliftment in a higher order of society. This has to be accomplished without their support and request,…
— Colin Jordan
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Every time I fail, I assume I will be a stronger person for it. I keep on running figuratively and literally, despite a limp that…
— Joan Benoit
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What after all, has maintained the human race on this old globe despite all the calamities of nature and all the tragic failings of mankind,…
— Jane Addams
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Whatever your difficulties - a devastated heart, financial loss, feeling assaulted by the conflicts around you, or a seemingly hopeless illness - you can always…
— Jack Kornfield
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A person's true nature will reveal itself despite disguise.
— Aesop
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