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When the Lord starts out to make an oak tree, he takes a hundred years to do it in, but he can make a pumpkin… — Sterling W Sill
We should scarcely desire things ardently if we were perfectly acquainted with what we desire. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
There is (as I now find) no remorse for time long past, even for what may have mortified us or made us ashamed of ourselves… — George Santayana
The right to kill: supposing the life of X ... were linked with our own so that the two deaths had to be simultaneous, should… — Simone Weil
When we desire to be a blessing, we find that there are many ways in which we can bless others. We can give material goods… — John Templeton
We often see people every day searching in the wrong places for the things they desire. Too many of our fellow humans try to find… — John Templeton
But by providing the background picture - the universal situational awareness that we desire - by showing the anomalies, the Space-Based Radar will change the… — Stephen Cambone
Spirit is the key to everything we desire. It is our weather-proofing, our Teflon, our line of credit that assures if we just keep putting… — Iyanla Vanzant
We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have. — Publilius Syrus
Where we desire to be informed 'tis good to contest with men above ourselves; but to confirm and establish our opinions, 'tis best to argue… — Thomas Browne
Can it be That modesty may more betray our sense Than woman's lightness? Having waste ground enough, Shall we desire to raze the sanctuary And… — William Shakespeare
We believe easily what we fear of what we desire — Jean de La Fontaine
If we desire to live securely, comfortably, and quietly, that by all honest means we should endeavor to purchase the good will of all men,… — Isaac Barrow
God in His answers to prayer often says "Yes." Sometimes He says "Wait." Often He says "No." In any case, His will is done, and… — Norman Vincent Peale
People have had to make up for their spiritual impoverishment by accumulating material things. When spiritual blessings come, material blessings seem unimportant. As long as… — Peace Pilgrim
Negro producers, Negro distributors, Negro consumers! The world of Negroes can be self contained. We desire earnestly to deal with the rest of the world,… — Marcus Garvey
When we have the means to pay for what we desire, what we get is not so much what is best, as what is costliest. — Christian Nestell Bovee
While we desire, we do not enjoy; and with enjoyment desire ceases. — William Hazlitt
If we desire to do what will please God, and what will help men, we presently find ourselves taken out of our narrow habits of… — James Freeman Clarke
Our habitual experience is a complex of failure and success in the enterprise of interpretation. If we desire a record of uninterpreted experience, we must… — Alfred North Whitehead
For love is a flattering mischief, that hath denied aged and wise men a foresight of those evils that too often prove to be the… — Izaak Walton
It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government. — Alexander Hamilton
It is psychological law that whatever we desire to accomplish we must impress upon the subjective or subconscious mind. — Orison Swett Marden
I see nothing wrong with the human trait to desire. In fact, I consider it integral to our success mechanism. Becoming attached to what we… — Peter McWilliams
If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments… — George Washington

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