Diminishes Quotes

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Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave. — Christian Nestell Bovee
By nature, I think I am a pretty private person, and that is what is hard even doing interviews for films that I really love… — Steve Buscemi
In every animal which has not passed the limit of its development, a more frequent and continuous use of any organ gradually strengthens, develops and… — Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Silence kills the soul; it diminishes its possibilities to rise and fly and explore. Silence withers what makes you human. The soul shrinks, until it's… — Marlon Riggs
Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it. — Arthur Ashe
The fundamental trouble with marriage is that it shakes a man's confidence in himself, and so greatly diminishes his general competence and effectiveness. His habit… — H. L. Mencken
The more we see the unconscionable ends to which the human spirit can descend when it is determined to remain autonomous, the more our confidence… — Ravi Zacharias
It may be said of some very old places, as of some very old books, that they are destined to be forever new. The nearer… — Amelia B. Edwards
I do not feel any less of a woman. I feel empowered that I made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my femininity. — Angelina Jolie
A passed pawn increase in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes. — Jose Raul Capablanca
A tax is always a sacrifice which the government demands of individuals.While it only lessens every one's personal eÇŒoyments, it only shifts expenses from one… — Antoine Destutt de Tracy
Solve global warming, eliminate the nuclear threat, and we will still have to confront the vastness of our species and the way it diminishes, without… — Verlyn Klinkenborg
The best reason to be assigned, in this case, for not having made the Constitution more free from a charge of uncertainty in its meaning,… — James Madison
I've always felt that if you back down from a fear, the ghost of that fear never goes away. It diminishes people. So I've always… — Hugh Jackman
I felt that one of the major issues in the third film is that Luke is finally on his own and has to fight Vader… — George Lucas
It's easy to pretend 'to be fierce and fearless because living your truth takes real courage. Real fearless and fierce women admit mistakes and they… — Gabrielle Union
To the eyes of a god, mankind must appear as a species of bacteria which multiply and become progressively virulent whenever they find themselves in… — Aleister Crowley
Short term volatility is greatest at turning points and diminishes as a trend becomes established — George Soros
The faculty of using my resources well diminishes when their number grows. — Robert Bresson
The prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise; the hero sees both; diminishes the former and makes the… — Johann Kaspar Lavater

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