Surely Quotes
1760 Surely quotes by 1196 unique authors
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When we retire from the conventions of society and draw close to nature, we involuntarily become children: each attribute acquired by experience falls away from…
— Mikhail Lermontov
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The real cost of the State is the prosperity we do not see, the jobs that don’t exist, the technologies to which we do not…
— Frederic Bastiat
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Surely the job of fiction is to actually tell the truth. It's a paradox that's at the heart of any kind of #storytelling.
— Jeremy Northam
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Yes, we will make mistakes. Yes, we will falter. But as we seek to increase our love for God and strive to love our neighbor,…
— Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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If you would endeavor, like men of courage, to stand in the battle, surely we would feel the favorable assistance of God from heaven. For…
— Thomas a Kempis
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It is a strange anomaly that men could be careful to insure their houses, their ships, their merchandise, and yet neglect to insure their lives…
— Benjamin Franklin
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Illness or disease is only Nature's warning that filth has accumulated in some portion or other of the body; and it would surely be the…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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Are you the new person drawn toward me? To begin with, take warning, I am surely far different from what you suppose.
— Walt Whitman
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One way to learn to do something right is to do something wrong. Failure must teach us, or surely success will not reward us.
— Jim Rohn
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If you are in a hurry to get money, you will be in a hurry to spend it. Anything that starts dubiously will surely end…
— T. B. Joshua
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Hard to believe lightning can strike twice, but it surely did. The moment Caitriona Balfe came on screen, I sat up straight and said, ‘There…
— Diana Gabaldon
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I had spared the stag's life. The power of that life belonged to me as surely as it belonged to the man who had taken…
— Leigh Bardugo
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I love theatre - it's where I started - and I've directed a play myself. I'm not sure if I want to direct a film,…
— Cate Blanchett
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Sometimes, as a comedian, a line will come to you, that is so beautiful, so perfect, that you think: I did not create this line.…
— Russell Brand
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It surely gives you a high to be an international actor with quality work.
— Irrfan Khan
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Of all times, it is Christmas when we must surely realize that there can be no true worship of Him who is the Christ without…
— Gordon B. Hinckley
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The natural state of this universe is attraction; and that is surely followed by an ultimate disunion.
— Swami Vivekananda
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Surely you're not saying that God had to choose between long life and intelligence for human beings! It's there in your own Bible, Carlotta. Two…
— Orson Scott Card
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Waiting for the German verb is surely the ultimate thrill.
— Flann O'Brien
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Do you desire security? Here you have it. The Lord says to you, "I will never abandon you, I will always be with you." If…
— Saint Augustine
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Are not our desires inseparably intertwined with the continuation of life? Even the idea of eliminating desire is fruitless. The desire to eliminate all desire…
— Sadhu Sundar Singh
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Do not fret over the ignorant person; surely they have not had the opportunities which illuminated your path.
— Chico Xavier
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Who does not know that kings and rulers sprang from men who were ignorant of God, who assumed because of blind greed and intolerable presumption…
— Pope Gregory VII
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I think our support for the EEC has been very half-hearted. You really cannot join any group of nations and spend all your time criticizing…
— Margaret Thatcher
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...testifying for Dr. Privitera...To these 19 cancer victims, the enforcement of (California) Health and Safety Code Sect. 1701.1, the denial of them medical treatment, albeit…
— Rose Bird
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