Effect Quotes

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A full moon is poison to some; they shut it out at every crevice, and do not suffer a ray to cross them; it has… — Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford
The constant habit of perusing devout books is so indispensable, that it has been termed the oil of the lamp of prayer. Too much reading,… — Hannah More
The interior life is a real life, and the intangible dreams of people have a tangible effect on the world. — James A. Baldwin
Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself. — Viktor E. Frankl
And invention must still go on for it is necessary that we should completely control our circumstances. It is not sufficient that there should [only]… — Reginald Fessenden
Any consideration of the life and larger social existence of the modern corporate man begins and also largely ends with the effect of one all-embracing… — John Kenneth Galbraith
Let's note, that in what I consider the most disgraceful performance abroad by an American official in my lifetime - something not exampled since Jane… — George Will
What is called economic progress is the joint effect of the activities of the three progressive groups-or classes-of the savers, the scientist-inventors, and the entrepreneurs,… — Ludwig von Mises
To avoid the hard necessity of either obeying or rejecting the plain instructions of our Lord in the New Testament we take refuge in a… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Another discovery which came out of my investigation was the fact that when one gives his or her order to produce a definite result and… — Alexander Graham Bell
In our rough and rugged individualism, we think of gentleness as weakness, being soft and virtually spineless. Not so! Gentleness includes such enviable qualities as… — Charles R. Swindoll
If you look at body fat, it seems to increase with age, even though your weight does not. That's a physiological fact of aging, they… — Kenneth H. Cooper
Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly. He is like a watch of which the most that can be said is that its… — H. L. Mencken
Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents has been always tragic, chiefly as an almost indecent excitement at first, and a worse reaction afterwards; but… — Henry Adams
Reason deserves to be called a prophet; for in showing us the consequence and effect of our actions in the present, does it not tell… — Arthur Schopenhauer
If one uses one's intellect to become master over the unlimited emotions, it may produce a sorry and diversionary effect upon the intellect. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Prayer as a means to effect a private end is theft and meanness. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A novel is based on evidence, + or -x, the unknown quantity being the temperament of the novelist, and the unknown quantity always modifies the… — E. M. Forster
In executing the duties of my present important station, I can promise nothing but purity of intentions, and, in carrying these into effect, fidelity and… — George Washington
If the preaching of our ministers and the practice of our parishioners do not have the same effect on people that Jesus had, then we… — Timothy Keller

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