Withstand Quotes
182 quotes by 159 authors
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Fish cannot drown in water. Birds cannot sink in air. This has God given to all creatures, to foster and seek their own nature. How…
— Mechthild of Magdeburg
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The strongest steel is forged by the fires of hell. It is pounded and struck repeatedly before it's plunged back into the molten fire. The…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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When your heart is open and soft, it isn't actually vulnerable: it can withstand anything.
— John de Ruiter
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...unless the grace of God comes to the help of our frailty, to protect and defend it, no man can withstand the insidious onslaughts of…
— John Cassian
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The writing life requires courage, patience, persistence, empathy, openness, and the ability to deal with rejection. It requires the willingness to be alone with oneself.…
— Dani Shapiro
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Even if your company’s financial condition can withstand the inefficiency of quality service, your brand likely won’t.
— Jim Blasingame
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On graduating from school, a studious young man who would withstand the tedium and monotony of his duties has no choice but to lose himself…
— Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
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If someone must be hurt, if it ever becomes necessary to bear pains, weather strong winds, or withstand trials or opposition, let it be adults…
— T.D. Jakes
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First, you hand over some basics-overwhelming joy, existential angst, a giving-in to desire, etc. And then you promise to withstand talking idly about the weather,…
— Julianna Baggott
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Weight is caused by one element being situated in another; and it moves by the shortest line towards its centre, not by its own choice,…
— Leonardo da Vinci
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The Christians who engaged in infamous persecutions and shameful inquisitions were not evil men but misguided men. The churchmen who felt they had an edict…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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I do whatever is necessary in order to maintain the equanimity we all need to withstand the disappointment and rejection that are the lot of…
— Dani Shapiro
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It is necessary to be able to withstand all this, to agree to any and every sacrifice, and evenif need beto resort to all sorts…
— Vladimir Lenin
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When occasions present themselves, in which the interests of the people are at variance with their inclinations, it is the duty of the persons whom…
— Alexander Hamilton
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In order for us and our families to withstand the pressures of the world, we must be filled with light and gospel truth.
— Cheryl A. Esplin
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It takes more strength of character to withstand good fortune than bad.
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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But I have contrived an explanation which has every advantage; is inviting to christians of every communion; gradually frees them from all religious prejudices; cultivates…
— Adam Weishaupt
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There is no group in America that can withstand the force of an aroused public opinion.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.
— Alan Perlis
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The British have been more up for it than the Americans were, particularly with respect to nudity in the show. In Europe there are adverts…
— Kim Cattrall
Who Wrote These Withstand Quotes
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