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I believe that a life of integrity I the most fundamental source of personal worth. I do not agree with the popular success literature that… — Stephen Covey
Adversity itself may lead toward and not away from God and spiritual enlightenment; and privation may prove a source of strength if we can but… — David O. McKay
No one wants adversity. Trials, disappointments, sadness, and heartache come to us from two basically different sources. Those who transgress the laws of God will… — Richard G. Scott
As the valley gives height to the mountain, so can sorrow give meaning to pleasure; as the well is the source of the fountain, deep… — William Arthur Ward
The science of design, or of line-drawing, if you like to use this term, is the source and very essence of painting, sculpture, architecture... Sometimes...… — Michelangelo
The Fundamental Regulator Paradox ... The task of a regulator is to eliminate variation, but this variation is the ultimate source of information about the… — Gerald Weinberg
...we must face the fact that unilateral action on the part of the United States will never be enough to stop illegal immigration. Immigrants come… — Barbara Jordan
War over water would be an ultimate obscenity. And yet, unfortunately it is conceivable... Water has been a source over so many years of erosion… — Queen Noor of Jordan
Harmonizing opposites by going back to their source is the distinctive quality of the Zen attitude, the Middle Way: embracing contradictions, making a synthesis of… — Taisen Deshimaru
Compassion and love is the source of external and internal peace and is also the root of racial survival. — Dalai Lama
Everybody comes from the same source. If you hate another human being, you're hating part of yourself. — Elvis Presley
The smell of profit is clean and sweet, whatever the source. — Juvenal
When freedom prevails, the ingenuity and inventiveness of people creates incredible wealth. This is the source of the natural improvement of the human condition. — Brian Wesbury
Morphological information has provided the greatest single source of data in the formulation and development of the theory of evolution and that even now, when… — Everett C. Olson
The History of Evolution is the real source of light in the investigation of organic bodies. It is applicable at every step, and all our… — Karl Ernst von Baer
Water from a fountain quenches the excessive heat which would destroy this life. Thus water can be called the only everlasting source of continuous being. — Nicola Salvi
Rivers are inherently interesting. They mold landscapes, create fertile deltas, provide trade routes, a source for food and water; a place to wash and play;… — Edward Gargan
An author values a compliment even when it comes from a source of doubtful competency. — Mark Twain
A creature revolting against a creator is revolting against the source of his own powers-including even his power to revolt...It is like the scent of… — C.S. Lewis
A cure for War? Furiously spending the same daily amount of money toward making friends. Being an indispensable source of food, shelter, peace, and cultural… — Vanna Bonta

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