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Make sure that your ambitions are really lofty - not just seem to be. Sometimes instead of engaging in those so called "mountaintop employments of… — Sterling W Sill
The fruit of our labors is sweet when the work is consecrated to God. But we have to be able to weather the conditions -… — Elaine L. Jack
Climbing is the lazy man's way to enlightenment. It forces you to pay attention, because if you don't, you won't succeed, which is minor -… — Duncan Ferguson
The Scythians take kannabis seed, creep in under the felts, and throw it on the red-hot stones. It smolders and sends up such billows of… — Herodotus
People make a decision on what they take based on whether or not it's legal. We give people at the age of 18 a choice… — Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
Until we start thinking in terms of revolution instead of compromise the Church will continue to pat itself on the back with token steps of… — Mike Yaconelli
From all human oracles, however self-confident, we turn at last to the inspired Word, where instead of ambiguous and untrustworthy utterances, we find teachings distinct… — Arthur Tappan Pierson
We need to repent of the haughty way in which we sometimes stand in judgment upon Scripture and must learn to sit humbly under its… — John Stott
What is reprehensible is that while leading good lives themselves and abhorring those of wicked men, some, fearing to offend, shut their eyes to evil… — Saint Augustine
President David O. McKay (1873-1970) observed that too many couples come to "marriage looking upon the marriage ceremony as the end of courtship instead of… — David O. McKay
Just about this time, when in imagination I was so great a warrior, I had good use in real life for more strength, as I… — Georg Brandes
I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was growing up, really. So when I decided to go to university instead of drama… — Hugh Dancy
Why has marriage failed? In the first place, we raised it to unnatural standards. We tried to make it something permanent, something sacred, without knowing… — Rajneesh
That's what we're missing. We're missing argument. We're missing debate. We're missing colloquy. We're missing all sorts of things. Instead, we're accepting. — Studs Terkel
This gets back to the fundamental lesson of political survival that Bill Clinton taught me, which is if you make it about the American people's… — Paul Begala
I think that, regardless of our culture, age, or even personal handicaps, we can still strive for something exceptional. Why not expand our sights instead… — Jimmy Carter
Have faith in yourselves, be proud of your ancestors, instead of being ashamed of them. — Swami Vivekananda
I am proud to call myself a Hindu, I am proud that I am one of your unworthy servants. I am proud that I am… — Swami Vivekananda
Modern Christians, especially those in the Western world, have generally been found wanting in the area of holiness of body. Gluttony and laziness, for example,… — Jerry Bridges
Science, incidentally, not only ignores the question of indwelling 'essences' by looking instead at measurable relationships, but science also does not agree that knowledge is… — Robert Anton Wilson

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