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We should always look upon ourselves as God's servants, placed in God's world, to do his work; and accordingly labour faithfully for him; not with… — David Brainerd
I was always being called upon to be an honorary boy alongside my brothers. I don't think I'd be a comic now if it hadn't… — Jo Brand
I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties, intellect, accomplishment - and see that most of it is… — Harold Brodkey
There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you; no greater satisfaction than to vindicate his expectation. — Kingman Brewster, Jr.
If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach… — Anne Bronte
September 11, 2001, revealed heroism in ordinary people who might have gone through their lives never called upon to demonstrate the extent of their courage. — Geraldine Brooks
There is no glory in star or blossom till looked upon by a loving eye; There is no fragrance in April breezes till breathed with… — William C. Bryant
But if our hopes are betrayed, if we are forced to resist the invasion of our soil, and to defend our threatened homes, this duty,… — King Albert II
The law is not thrust upon man; it rests deep within him, to waken when the call comes. — Martin Buber
I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings. I am so absorbed in the wonder of… — Pearl S. Buck
Order is the shape upon which beauty depends. — Pearl S. Buck
Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man comes upon mystery as a summons to pilgrimage. — Frederick Buechner
He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more. — John Bunyan
As to the presidency, the two happiest days of my life were those of my entrance upon the office and my surrender of it. — Martin Van Buren
The United States have fulfilled in good faith all their treaty stipulations with the Indian tribes, and have in every other instance insisted upon a… — Martin Van Buren
In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority. — Edmund Burke
The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he loves it; but this never happens in the case of… — Edmund Burke
Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase,… — Robert Burton
America is a Nation with a mission - and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions… — George W. Bush
It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas. — George W. Bush

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