Received Quotes

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Perhaps my children will one day pledge their loyalty to the Republican Party. Or perhaps they'll dismiss my liberalism as mild pap, and become anarchists.… — Ayelet Waldman
My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life… — George Washington
Ministers have received their wages, and some have their minds too much on their wages. They labor for wages, and lose sight of the sacredness… — Ellen G. White
Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it. — Laura Ingalls Wilder
By the time I received my doctorate in American studies in 1957, I was in the twisted grip of a disease of our times in… — Tom Wolfe
There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source. — Brigham Young
As with many other folk beliefs, 'feng-shui' undoubtedly incorporates some scientifically correct observation or received wisdom based on direct experience of natural phenomena; but it… — Martin Filler
At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many… — Mother Teresa
Scars are the paler pain of survival received unwillingly and displayed in the language of injury. — Mark Z. Danielewski
The tendency has always been strong to believe that whatever received a name must be an entity or being, having an independent existence of its… — John Stuart Mill
I frankly felt like the reception we received on the way in from the airport was very warm and hospitable. And I want to thank… — George W. Bush
Since Alice had never received any religious instruction, and since she had led a blameless life, she never thought of her awful luck as being… — Kurt Vonnegut
Every fictioneer re-invents the world because the facts, things or people of the received world are unacceptable. — Geoffrey Wolff
We listened to them, but it was clear they'd received too much therapy to know the truth. — Jeffrey Eugenides
When we traded homemaking for careers, we were implicitly promised economic independence and worldly influence. But a devil of a bargain it has turned out… — Barbara Kingsolver
Even the best weapon is an unhappy tool, hateful to living things. So the follower of the Way stays away from it. Weapons are unhappy… — Ursula K. Le Guin
All truth is given by revelation, either general or special, and it must be received by reason. Reason is the God-given means for discovering the… — Jonathan Edwards
If religious books are not widely circulated among the masses in this country, I do not know what is going to become of us as… — Daniel Webster
From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that we are here for the sake of each other -… — Albert Einstein
She said she knew we were safe with you, and always would be, because once, when she asked you to, you'd given up the thing… — Edith Wharton

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