Private Quotes

2742 Private quotes by 1926 unique authors

Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never. — Alphonse de Lamartine
Once we have surrendered our senses and nervous systems to the private manipulation of those who would try to benefit from taking a lease on… — Marshall McLuhan
When preaching and private talk are not available, you need to have a tract ready.Get good striking tracts, or none at all. But a touching… — Charles Spurgeon
Doctrine is useless if it is not accompanied by a holy life. It is worse than useless; it does positive harm. Something of 'the image… — J C Ryle
Character cannot be summoned at the moment of crisis if it has been squandered by years of compromise and rationalization. The only testing ground for… — Dan Coats
I have known the Indians intimately - known them in their private relations - I think I understand the Indian character pretty well. — George Crook
Ambition, in a private man is a vice, is in a prince the virtue. — Philip Massinger
I have no problems with private schools. I graduated from one and so did my mother. — Jim Clyburn
Power breeds responsibilities, in international affairs as in domestic -- or even private. To dodge or disclaim these responsibilities is one form of the abuse… — Irving Kristol
As a private person I think I am now totally different from Ruud van Nistelrooy the footballer. — Ruud van Nistelrooy
What we clearly need is experimentation with market reforms and private delivery options [in health care]. — Stephen Harper
We also support the exploration of alternative ways to deliver health care. Moving toward alternatives, including those provided by the private sector, is a natural… — Stephen Harper
Big Brother in the form of an increasingly powerful government and in an increasingly powerful private sector will pile the records high with reasons why… — William O. Douglas
If you look at the fact that the best chance we have for a good economy is the private sector. The government cannot create jobs.… — Tim Scott
It is vain for us to pray while conscious that we have injured another. Let us first make amends to the injured one before we… — Jonathan Goforth
If it is hard to accept a rebuke, even a private one, it is harder still to administer one in loving humility. — D. A. Carson
The Christian life is not just our own private affair. If we have been born again into God's family, not only has he become our… — John Stott
The appetites of the body were private battles. — Elizabeth Strout
For most of my life, I deliberately led a private life in the public eye. — Chelsea Clinton
First of all, I'm pretty private about my personal life. — Pat Benatar
The CONCEPT is though that you have to get an AGREEMENT BY CONTRACT and you KNOW that they are NOT going to respond. So the… — Jack Smith
The problem is that you go to the PUBLIC FOOL SYSTEM and they're NOT about training you on CONTRACTS on the PRIVATE SIDE, they're about… — Jack Smith
With leading research universities, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and private companies like Blue Sun working on developing alternative fuels, Colorado is poised to become… — Ken Salazar
According to the Bible, God created the heavens and the Earth. It is man’s prerogative - and woman’s - to create their own particular and… — Rod Serling
I am a buyer of blank books. Kids find it interesting that I would buy a blank book. They say, Twenty-Six dollars for a blank… — Jim Rohn

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