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The condition of the church may be very accurately gauged by its prayer meetings. So is the prayer meeting a grace-ometer, and from it we… — Charles Spurgeon
I don't believe in inevitability. But I think it's pretty close to being inevitable...Yes, I think it's probably a near thing. — Michael Scheuer
The near-term attacks ... will either rival or exceed the 9/11 attacks... And it's pretty clear that the nation's capital and New York city would… — Tom Ridge
Ah, that is a perfume in which I delight; when they roast coffee near my house, I hasten to open the door to take in… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Because after my first year I had a lot of success, took everybody by storm, came back the next year thought it was easy and… — Brett Favre
I hear the criticism loud & clear That is how I know that the time is near — Nicki Minaj
Whoever is the first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy will be fresh for the fight... Therefore the clever combatant imposes… — Sun Tzu
All warfare is based on deception. Therefore, when capable, feign incapacity; when active, inactivity. When near, make it appear that you are far away; when… — Sun Tzu
All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we… — Sun Tzu
You take five fingers. Individually, I can pin any one of them, but if I pin them together (makes a fist), it's damn near impossible… — Ray Lewis
How is freedom measured, in individuals as in nations? By the resistance which has to be overcome, by the effort it costs to stay aloft.… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Under the guidance of the Reich, Europe would speedily have become unified. Once the Jewish poison had been eradicated, unification would have been an easy… — Adolf Hitler
I'm probably never going to be satisfied with anything we do. I think there's always the possibility of doing better. And I'd say we're doing… — Steve Case
And Levin, a happy father and a man in perfect health, was several times so near suicide that he hid the cord, lest he be… — Leo Tolstoy
The number of humble-bees in any district depends in a great degree on the number of field-mice, which destroy their combs and nests; and Mr.… — Charles Darwin
Consider now the Milky Way. Here also we see an innumerable dust, only the grains of this dust are no longer atoms but stars; these… — Henri Poincare
The prizes of life are at the end of each journey, not near the beginning; and it is not given to me to know how… — Og Mandino
Despite our preparation, indeed, despite our age, [the death of a parent] dislodges things deep in us, sets off reactions that surprise us and may… — Joan Didion
The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent. — Tacitus
There is only one rule by which to judge if God is near us or is far away - the rule that God's word is… — John F. Kennedy
Somewhere near you, somebody right now is trying to help the indigent and poor - providing food, shelter, clothing or simple kindness. — Tony Snow
Poverty ... It is life near the bone, where it is sweetest. — Henry David Thoreau
A bird maintains itself in the air by imperceptible balancing, when near to the mountains or lofty ocean crags; it does this by means of… — Leonardo da Vinci
The trees reflected in the river - they are unconscious of a spiritual world so near to them. So are we. — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Those who are willing to sacrifice and be of service have very little difficulty with people. They know what they are all about. People can't… — Cesar Chavez

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