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I know this, and I know it from actual experience in the Orient, that the progress of modern Christian civilization has largely depended on the… — William Howard Taft
The chief want, in every state that I have been into, was a high and earnest purpose in its inhabitants. — Henry David Thoreau
We seem to have forgotten that the expression "a liberal education" originally meant among the Romans one worthy of free men; while the learning of… — Henry David Thoreau
The struggle of today, is not altogether for today - it is for a vast future also. With a reliance on Providence, all the more… — Abraham Lincoln
You take yourself to be limited, but you are not. Discover this. Stay silent and attentive. Be earnest about it. Just be aware of your… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Also remember that in any man's dark hour, a pat on the back and an earnest handclasp may work a small miracle. — Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall
In the 1950s and '60s the [democrat] party included many obviously earnest and thoughtful liberals who supported goals that were in line with and expressions… — Peggy Noonan
The universe does not jest with us, but is in earnest. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
For men in earnest have no time to waste In patching fig-leaves for the naked truth. — James Russell Lowell
Honesty is one part of eloquence. We persuade others by being in earnest ourselves. — William Hazlitt
There are two men in Tolstoy. He is a mystic and he is also a realist. He is addicted to the practice of a pietism… — William Ernest Henley
Extension work is not exhortation. Nor is it exploitation of the people, or advertising of an institution, or publicity work for securing students. It is… — Liberty Hyde Bailey
All deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea, while the wildest winds of… — Herman Melville
Girls especially are fond of exchanging confidences with those whom they think they can trust; it is one of the most charming traits of a… — Lucy Larcom
I was writing an earnest novel about cruises in the Caribbean and I just started writing 'Bridget Jones' to get some money, to finance this… — Helen Fielding
I have heard earnest American sociologists say that American children have a right to the divorce experience as an enriching element of an advanced civilisation. — Anthony Burgess
I think the word 'earnest' kind of has a negative connotation on some level. I think one of the things that's happened is that being… — Josh Radnor
It is the earnest hope of our people that the world may see the day when all nuclear weapons are abolished. — Eisaku Sato
My office walls are covered with autographs of famous writers - it's what my children call my 'dead author wall.' I have signatures from Mark… — Debbie Macomber
This above all-ask yourself in the stillest hour of your night: must I write? Delve into yourself for a deep answer. And if this should… — Rainer Maria Rilke
I would love to have a more earnest prayer life! In my life, prayer is the single most difficult discipline. I love God and there's… — Max Lucado
Earnest is our dog. She senses instantly that something is wrong, and guided by that timeless and unerring nurturing instinct that all female dogs have,… — Dave Barry
Men, my brothers, men the workers, ever reaping something new, That which they have done but earnest of the things which they shall do. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
The multitude will hardly believe the excessive force of education, and in the difference of modesty between men and women, ascribe that to nature, which… — Bernard de Mandeville
It would be terribly boring to be earnest. — Adrien Brody

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