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2182 Likely quotes by 1547 unique authors

You most likely need a thesaurus, a rudimentary grammar book, and a grip on reality. This latter means: there's no free lunch. Writing is work.… — Margaret Atwood
I've seen extreme bravery from the least likely of people. Life is about the moments when it's all gone wrong. That's when we define ourselves. — Bear Grylls
Persistence is probably the single most common quality of high achievers. They simply refuse to give up. They longer you hang in there, the greater… — Jack Canfield
Whoever the last true cowboy in America turns out to be, he's likely to be an Indian. — William Least Heat-Moon
Don't forget that few people are likely to tell more than a small part of the truth: no one tells much of the truth, let… — HalldÃ³r Laxness
You’re not likely to err by practicing too much of the cross. — Alexander Whyte
The world of the arts is by no means always comfortable, but neither is it likely ever to be boring. It is full of surprises,… — Russell Lynes
Verily, a man should not cling to those who have passed, for he will likely neglect service to the living. — Wayne Gerard Trotman
In the United States, commentators recognize that, generally speaking, most people who hold liberal positions over a range of issues will likely vote Democratic, while… — Stockwell Day
Defining OO as based on the use of class hierarchies and virtual functions is also practical in that it provides some guidance as to where… — Bjarne Stroustrup
I think it’s just as likely that someone could say that this place, right here, is heaven, hell and earth all at the same time.… — David Wroblewski
A weekday edition of The New York Times contains more information than the average person was likely to come across in a lifetime in seventeenth-century… — Richard Saul Wurman
A man's memory is bound to be a distortion of his past in accordance with his present interests, and the most faithful autobiography is likely… — Fawn M. Brodie
Through the practice of yoga, you come to feel confident and develop a feeling of wholeness and completeness; you are not likely to feel deprived… — Sharon Gannon
If your faith is in experiences, anything that happens is likely to upset that faith. — Oswald Chambers
When we can see an immediate payoff, we are more likely to change our behavior in the moment. This aligns our daily actions with our… — Tom Rath
Allow for many paths to your goal. Do not fixate on one path, because then you are likely to give up when that path is… — Po Bronson
In the years ahead of me, I learned that the world is actually filled with people ready to tell you how likely something is, and… — Liz Murray
Inspiration, hunger: these are the qualities that drive good schools. The best we educational planners can do is to create the most likely conditions for… — Ted Sizer
If outside forces and culture were the reasons behind declining and non-influential churches, we would likely have no churches today. The greatest periods of growth,… — Thom S. Rainer
We are afraid that our adult sexuality will somehow damage our kids, that it’s inappropriate or dangerous. But whom are we protecting? Children who see… — Esther Perel
Never marry something until you've established the perfect pizza ratio...The premise is simple. My husband and I knew we were made for each other because… — Celia Rivenbark
Someday our grandchildren will very likely look back at the individual, selfish control of the wealth of the world by a small elite the same… — Corinne McLaughlin
The more invested I am in my own ideas about reality, the more those experiences will feel like victimizations rather than the ups and downs… — David Richo
Outside intelligences, exploring the Solar System with true impartiality, would be quite likely to enter the Sun in their records thus: Star X, spectral class… — Isaac

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