![I have been almost overwhelmed by the announcement of the sad event [Lincoln's assassination] which has so recently occurred. I feel incompetent to perform duties so important and responsible as those which have been so unexpectedly thrown upon me.](/assets/img/quote-photos/i-have-been-almost-overwhelmed-by-the-announcement-of-the-sad-event-lincolns-as.jpg)
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important attention want
Of all the things Christ wants for us, loving Him and focusing our attention on Him are the most important. Charles Stanley
important desire
It's so important to consider this question: What do I desire? Alan Watts
important chekhov
Chekhov was as important to me as anybody as a writer. Al Pacino
important body do-you-know
I'm more important to me than any body you can mention. Do you know that? Al Lewis
important cash gains
To gain profit is important, but you must invest to build up assets that you can cash in in the future. Akio Morita
important saved
What I was saved to is much more important than what I was saved from. Aiden Wilson Tozer
important holiness matter
You cannot study the Bible diligently and earnestly without being struck by an obvious fact-the whole matter of personal holiness is highly important to God!
important x-files defined
I hope that I'm not simply defined by 'The X-Files,' and I hope I have more work that is important to do. Chris Carter
important important-things
Not taking yourself too seriously, that's the important thing. Chris Colfer
events bigs made
I've never made up events, but I've always been a big exaggerator. It's written on my humorist license that I'm allowed to do that. David Sedaris
events hard ourselves pushing strengthen week
We still need to strengthen ourselves in the sprints. We're pushing hard in those events this week in practice. Marilyn Fitzgerald
events great handled last played
We're in a great place to win. Everyone is gunning for us. We played really well in the last two events and for the most part, when one of us wasn't hot, the other did well. When we put it together, we really handled the teams. Todd Rogers
events president serious taking
Where is the president when such serious events are taking place? Jacques Chirac
events individual seven swim tired west won
We actually didn't swim very well tonight. West Chester won seven individual events out of nine. We were just tired and not as up for it.
events phrases sometimes
Sometimes a single phrase of testimony can set events in motion that affect someone's life for eternity. Dieter F. Uchtdorf
events shapes courses
A single event can shape our lives or change the course of history. Deepak Chopra
events different journalism
A journalist is basically a chronicler, not an interpreter of events. Where else in society do you have the license to eavesdrop on so many different conversations as you have in journalism? Where else can you delve into the life of our times? Bill Moyers
events process
Change is not an event, its a process. Cheryl James
overwhelmed sometimes forget
Sometimes when we get overwhelmed we forget how big God is.
overwhelmed cried
I cried, I was so overwhelmed to meet Michael Jackson. Brandy Norwood
overwhelmed enchanted
Occasionally we will be overwhelmed, but mostly we will be enchanted. Jean Houston
overwhelmed
If I ever find myself overwhelmed, it's only because I am overwhelmed by how much more I want to learn. That is what drives me. Nikki Reed
overwhelmed realizing sometimes
Sometimes you're overwhelmed when a thing comes, and you do not realize the magnitude of the affair at that moment. When you get away from it, you wonder, did it really happen to you. Marian Anderson
overwhelmed andrew congress
Andrew Johnson wasn't too bad, but he was overwhelmed by a hostile Congress. Harry S Truman
overwhelmed approach
I get overwhelmed when I approach things intellectually. Keegan-Michael Key
overwhelmed computer possibility
You can sit in front of a computer and have a blank slate and be completely overwhelmed by the possibilities and not get anywhere. Rob Brown