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Poets and songwriters speak highly of spring as one of the great joys of life in the temperate zone, but in the real world most… — Barbara Holland
Two great talkers will not travel far together. — George Henry Borrow
How does one chip off the marble that doesn't belong? ... That comes about through five things: humility, reverence, inspiration, deep purpose, and joy. No… — Walter Russell
Seek the simplest in all things, in food, clothing, without being ashamed of poverty. For a great part of the world lives in poverty. Do… — Unknown Author
Learn to love humility, for it will cover all your sins. All sins are repulsive before God, but the most repulsive of all is pride… — Anthony of Padua
Every one is fond of comparing himself to something great and grandiose, as Louis XIV likened himself to the sun, and others have had like… — Francois Magendie
A person who suffers bitterly when slighted or insulted should recognize from this that he still harbors the ancient serpent in his breast. If he… — Symeon the New Theologian
The man of the future who will redeem us not only from the hitherto reigning ideal but also from that which was bound to grow… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Great God, grant that twice two be not four. — Ivan Turgenev
His great act of condescension in becoming man and His willingness to be completely humiliated in the death on the cross is set before us… — John F Walvoord
When the Lord instills hope and faith and peace and assurance in people, they can bring great things to pass. This, then, is often what… — Gene R. Cook
He doesn't like my name... Of course we couldn't all come over on the Mayflower... But I got here as soon as I could, and… — Anton Cermak
Observe immigrants not as they come travel-wan up the gang-plank, nor as they issue toil-begrimed from the pit's mouth or mill-gate, but in their gatherings,… — Edward Alsworth Ross
I have never seen a river that I could not love. Moving water... has a fascinating vitality. It has power and grace and associations. It… — Roderick Haig-Brown
I am sure it is a great mistake always to know enough to go in when it rains. One may keep snug and dry by… — Unknown Author
Kite surfing is a great way of keeping fit. Kiting is great because you're bouncing over the waves and you're surfing the waves. I do… — Richard Branson
I've used the Phoenix Centrifuge to replicate what the body's going to go through on the flight up. I've also done some gravity tests with… — Richard Branson
Every man ought to be inquisitive through every hour of his great adventure down to the day when he shall no longer cast a shadow… — Frank Moore Colby
Without adventure civilization is in full decay. ... The great fact [is] that in their day the great achievements of the past were the adventures… — Alfred North Whitehead
The applause of a single human being is of great consequence. — Samuel Johnson
Good painting is nothing else but a copy of the perfections of God and a reminder of His painting. Finally, good painting is a music… — Michelangelo
A little praise goes a great ways. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self. — Suzanne Curchod
When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great thought, another is born who is able to understand and… — Joseph Joubert
The real attitude of sin in the heart towards God is that of being without God; it is pride, the worship of myself, that is… — Oswald Chambers

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