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When your little child tells a lie, do not rush at him as though the world were about to go into bankruptcy. Be honest with… — Robert Green Ingersoll
The grateful mind is constantly fixed upon the best. Therefore it tends to become the best. It takes the form or character of the best,… — Wallace D. Wattles
Gratitude consists of a watchful, minute attention to the particulars of our state, and to the multitudes of God's gifts, taken one by one. It… — Henry Edward Manning
I find my zenith doth depend upon A most auspicious star, whose influence If now I court not, but omit, my fortunes Will ever after… — William Shakespeare
Responsibility, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor. In the days of astrology it was… — Ambrose Bierce
To model our political system upon speculations of lasting tranquility, is to calculate on the weaker springs of the human character. — Alexander Hamilton
Man is very much a creature of habit. A thing that rarely strikes his senses will generally have but little influence upon his mind. A… — Alexander Hamilton
Common interest may always be reckoned upon as the surest bond of sympathy. — Alexander Hamilton
The propriety of a law, in a constitutional light, must always be determined by the nature of the powers upon which it is founded. — Alexander Hamilton
Temporary delusions, prejudices, excitements, and objects have irresistible influence in mere questions of policy. And the policy of one age may ill suit the wishes… — Joseph Story
Let us not be unmindful that liberty is power, that the nation blessed with the largest portion of liberty must in proportion to its numbers… — John Quincy Adams
What fools indeed we morals are to lavish care upon a car, with never a bit of time to see about our own machinery! — John Kendrick Bangs
Physical ills are the taxes laid upon this wretched life; some are taxed higher, and some lower, but all pay something. — Lord Chesterfield
Men that look no further than their outsides, think health an appurtenance unto life, and quarrel with their constitutions for being sick; but I that… — Thomas Browne
When you come back to God for pardon and salvation, come with all you have to lay all at his feet. Come with your body,… — Charles Grandison Finney
I can express no better hope for my country than that the kind Providence which smiled upon our fathers may enable their children to preserve… — Franklin Pierce
A farmer travelling with his load Picked up a horseshoe on the road, And nailed if fast to his barn door, That luck might down… — James Thomas Fields
Some of the comments that have been uttered about Islam do not reflect the sentiments of my government or the sentiments of most Americans. Islam,… — George W. Bush
All Americans must recognize that the face of terror is not the true faith - face of Islam. Islam is a faith that brings comfort… — George W. Bush
I have assured His Majesty that our war is against evil, not against Islam. There are thousands of Muslims who proudly call themselves Americans, and… — George W. Bush
What you'll need most is courage. It is not an easy path that you've set your foot upon. — Larry Wall
Today a thousand doors of enterprise are open to you, inviting you to useful work. To live at this time is an inestimable privilege, and… — Grenville Kleiser
He had mittens, Minjekahwun, Magic mittens made of deer-skin; When upon his hands he wore them, He could smite the rocks asunder, He could grind… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Say not, I have found the path of the soul Say rather, I have met the soul walking upon my path. — Khalil Gibran
The earth doesn't belong to anyone. It is the land upon which all of us are to live for many years, ploughing, reaping and destroying.… — Jiddu Krishnamurti

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