Take Upon Quotes
21 quotes by 20 authors
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What part soever you take upon you, play that as well as you can and make the best of it.
— Thomas More
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What is a novel if not a conviction of our fellow men's existence strong enough to take upon itself a form of imagined life clearer…
— Joseph Conrad
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It is not without good reason, that he who has not a good memory should never take upon him the trade of lying.
— Michel de Montaigne
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A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so…
— John Updike
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I love those historians that are either very simple or most excellent. Such as are between both (which is the most common fashion), it is…
— Michel de Montaigne
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Every one is degraded, whether aware of it or not, when other people, without consulting him, take upon themselves unlimited power to regulate his destiny.
— John Stuart Mill
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As disciples of Christ, we have a sacred obligation to uphold His laws and commandments and the covenants which we take upon ourselves.
— Robert D. Hales
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Indeed men too often take upon themselves in the prosecution of their revenge to set the example of doing away with those general laws to…
— Thucydides
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Christmas is a time for remembering the Son of God and renewing our determination to take upon us His name. It is a time to…
— Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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All work, the genuine work which we must achieve, is that which is most difficult and painful: the work on ourselves. If we do not…
— Jean Gebser
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The number of teachers and guides that a soul has depends upon what it seeks to accomplish and its level of awareness. Souls that take…
— Gary Zukav
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Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on its…
— Alexander Alekhine
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If humans are not required to earn a living to be provided survival needs, many are going to want very much to be productive, but…
— R. Buckminster Fuller
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Let every step you take upon the earth be as a prayer.
— Black Elk
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My poor soul! Sigh, pray and strive to take upon you the blessed yoke of Christ, and you will live on earth in a heavenly…
— Tikhon of Zadonsk
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To give advice to a man who asks what to do with his life implies something very close to egomania. To presume to point a…
— Hunter S. Thompson
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When Jesus stepped into the waters of the Jordan and was baptized by John the Baptist, he did so not because he was in need…
— Pope Francis
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Even the Savior of the world, the Only Begotten Son of God, was obliged to come to earth and to take upon himself an earthly…
— Alma P Burton
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Let us look at our own faults, and not other people's. We ought not to insist on everyone following in our footsteps, nor to take…
— Teresa of Avila
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Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active life, while those who are…
— Thomas Aquinas
Who Wrote These Take Upon Quotes
20 authors contributed a total of 21 Take Upon Quotes as follows: