Held Quotes
2520 quotes by 1835 authors
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Avoid the profane novelty of words, St. Paul says (I Timothy 6:20) ... For if novelty is to be avoided, antiquity is to be held…
— Vincent of Lerins
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So, to add to a momentous day, I corrected a misconception that my family had held for at least fifteen years and came out to…
— Graeme Simsion
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It is rare for people to say they want to be held accountable, but in reality, everyone wants everyone else to be held accountable.
— David Cottrell
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In the free society envisioned by the founders, schools are held accountable to parents, not federal bureaucrats.
— Ron Paul
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Most failures could have been converted into successes if someone had held on another minute or made more effort.
— Napoleon Hill
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Knowledge is power, and for each level of knowledge, you are held responsible for how you use it.
— Gary Zukav
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Despite all of the ghastliness in the world, human beings are made for goodness. The ones that are held in high regard are not militarily…
— Desmond Tutu
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Of course; a nurse wouldn't have been quite so bold in her speech. Not to a duke's heir. Not even to a wealthy tradesman who…
— Courtney Milan
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Homer and Candy passed by the empty and brightly lit dispensary; they peeked into Nurse Angela's empty office. Homer knew better than to peek into…
— John Irving
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Likewise the leader of any state has to do the same, he has to enforce Shariah firmly, for he will be held in account later…
— Abu Bakar Bashir
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Men will be held accountable for the things which they have and not for the things they have not. ... All the light and intelligence…
— Joseph Smith, Jr.
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Give it your all. Give it away. Your desires are being held in the hand of the cosmos with incredibly sturdy care. Life is not…
— Danielle LaPorte
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Vice President Joe Biden said today that 'Syria must be held accountable.' Unfortunately, the Obama administration has never employed an accountant, so they have no…
— Jay Leno
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Finally he closed the distance between us and kissed me - a sweet, gentle kiss that held within it every single one of the thousand…
— Aimee Carter
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The things that matter the most in this world, they can never be held in our hand.
— Gloria Gaither
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The beauty of the written word is that it can be held close to the heart and read over and over again.
— Florence Littauer
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I've never liked the name Marilyn. I've often wished that I had held out that day for Jean Monroe. But I guess it's too late…
— Marilyn Monroe
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She seemed to melt against him in her terror, and he caught her in his arms, held her fast there, felt her lashes beat his…
— Edith Wharton
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Though free to think and act, we are held together, like the stars in the firmament, with ties inseparable. These ties cannot be seen, but…
— Nikola Tesla
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There’s no need for us to be held back by the past or how things have been so far. The important thing is what seeds…
— Daisaku Ikeda
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