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But in the present day men cast off gentleness, and are all for being bold; they spurn frugality, and retain only extravagance; they discard humility,… — Laozi
O be very sure That no man will learn anything at all, Unless he first will learn humility. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
The beginner's humility and openness lead to exploration. Exploration leads to accomplishment. All of it begins at the beginning, with the first small and scary… — Julia Cameron
When committees gather, each member is necessarily an actor, uncontrollably acting out the part of himself, reading the lines that identify him, asserting his identity....… — Lewis Thomas
[Let] the poor the needy and oppressed of the Earth, and those who want Land, resort to the fertile lands of our western country, the… — George Washington
This new world hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty from every part of Europe. Hither have they fled,… — Thomas Paine
After having produced aquatic animals of all ranks and having caused extensive variations in them by the different environments provided by the waters, nature led… — Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Our immigration policy is focussed in four areas: First, strengthening border control; second, protecting American jobs by enforcing laws against illegal immigrants at the workplace;… — William J. Clinton
We should strengthen our immigration laws to prevent the importation of foreign wages and working conditions. We should make it illegal for employers to lay… — Edward Kennedy
We've come to a basic agreement, which is that first, people will be legalized. In other words, not citizens, but they'll be allowed to work,… — Charles Schumer
The wars of the twenty-first century will be fought over water. — Ismail Serageldin
The cleanup costs of polluting a river, injecting pesticides into the ground water, or putting noxious gases into the air have not been figured into… — Gloria Steinem
Were I Diogenes, I would not move out of a kilderkin into a hogshead, though the first had had nothing but small beer in it,… — Charles Lamb
I shall never forget my mother, for it was she who planted and nurtured the first seeds of good within me. She opened my heart… — Immanuel Kant
In the sheltered simplicity of the first days after a baby is born, one sees again the magical closed circle, the miraculous sense of two… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Is my mother my friend? I would have to say, first of all she is my Mother, with a capital 'M'; she's something sacred to… — Sophia Loren
First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can. — Horatio Nelson
Just as Darwin discovered the law of evolution in organic nature, so Marx discovered the law of evolution in human history; he discovered the simple… — Friedrich Engels
The first and most fundamental rule is: Consider social facts as things. — Emile Durkheim
... the fact is it didn't happen in the first month, the first six weeks, in a way that was at all acceptable. And since… — Barack Obama

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