Granted Quotes

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Real grief is not healed by time... if time does anything, it deepens our grief. The longer we live, the more fully we become aware… — Henri Nouwen
One unconsciously takes it for granted that doer and sufferer think and feel alike, and according to this supposition we measure the guilt of the… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Granted the endless variations of moral customs, still the essential standards persist. As in a scientific laboratory, all else may change but the standards are… — Harry Emerson Fosdick
In fact, we will have to give up taking things for granted, even the apparently simple things. We have to learn to understand nature and… — John Desmond Bernal
Astronomy concerns itself with the whole of the visible universe, of which our earth forms but a relatively insignificant part; while Geology deals with that… — Charles Lapworth
It's human nature to start taking things for granted again when danger isn't banging loudly on the door. — David Hackworth
Because all the societies, all the nations, all the cultures, have taken it for granted that the individuals exist for them, not vice-versa. To me,… — Rajneesh
We all move on the fringes of eternity and are sometimes granted vistas through fabric of illusion. Many refuse to admit it: I feel a… — Ansel Adams
Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many… — Ralph Washington Sockman
A favor is half granted, when graciously refused. — Jonathan Swift
In the life of the human spirit, words are action, much more so than many of us realize who live in countries where freedom of… — Jimmy Carter
The freedom of speech and the freedom of the press have not been granted to the people in order that they may say things which… — Samuel Gompers
Emergency does not increase granted power or remove or diminish the restrictions imposed upon power granted or reserved. The Constitution was adopted in a period… — Charles Evans Hughes
I therefore took this opportunity and also began to consider the possibility that the Earth moved. Although it seemed an absurd opinion, nevertheless, because I… — Nicolaus Copernicus
I think the single biggest thing that money gave me-and obviously I came from a place where I was a single mother and it really… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
All my life I have made it a rule never to permit a religious man or woman take for granted that his or her religious… — Chapman Cohen
I hope my daughter knows that in our house we can make messes and have fun and we'll laugh through it. Granted I don't want… — Angela Kinsey
Paradise had four rivers that watered the earth.... and howsoever neglected by many, they make glad the city of God. So Bernard sweetly: Eternal life… — Thomas Adams
I have always been fascinated with guns. I grew up in America so granted, it is part of our heritage and it is written into… — Joe Perry
The things that most deserve our gratitude we just take for granted. Without air we cannot live for more than a minute or two. Everyday… — Sri Chinmoy

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