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self words-of-wisdom crowns
All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself. Surely a curious thing. That I should innocently take a bad half-crown of somebody else's manufacture, is reasonable enough; but that I should knowingly reckon the spurious coin of my own make, as good money! Charles Dickens
self cells knaves
Alas! how has the social spirit of Christianity been perverted by fools at one time, and by knaves and bigots at another; by the self-tormentors of the cell, and the all-tormentors of the conclave! Charles Caleb Colton
self abuse doe
He that abuses his own profession will not patiently bear with any one else who does so. And this is one of our most subtle operations of self-love. For when we abuse our own profession, we tacitly except ourselves; but when another abuses it, we are far from being certain that this is the case.
self order should
Self-love, in a well-regulated breast, is as the steward of the household, superintending the expenditure, and seeing that benevolence herself should be prudential, in order to be permanent, by providing that the reservoir which feeds should also be fed.
self-esteem war loser
We are sure to be losers when we quarrel with ourselves; it is civil war.
selfish character men
Old Mr. Rarx was not a pleasant man to look at, nor yet to talk to, or to be with, for no one could help seeing that he was a sordid and selfish character, and that he had warped further and further out of the straight with time.
selfish heart character
Notwithstanding his very liberal laudation of himself, however, the Major was selfish. It may be doubted whether there ever was a more entirely selfish person at heart; or at stomach is perhaps a better expression, seeing that he was more decidedly endowed with that latter organ than with the former.
self ecosystems space
I'd like to be proven wrong firstly on the difficulty of building a self-sustaining closed circuit ecosystem in space that can support human life. Charles Stross
self trouble needed
What is needed is not the removal of the trouble but the conquest of self. Charles Spurgeon
endeavor hope
Where there is no hope there can be no endeavor Samuel Johnson
endeavor
I always say that one has no right to hope without endeavor, Aung San Suu Kyi
endeavor guests knew major open plans
The plans are still unfolding, but we knew it was going to be such a major endeavor that it didn't make sense to keep it open and inconvenience our guests and our employees. Virginia Perkins
endeavors faith heroic life lives melt pass
In the pain, the agony, and the heroic endeavors of life, we pass through a refiner's fire, and the insignificant and the unimportant in our lives can melt away like dross and make our faith bright, intact, and strong. James E. Faust
endeavor persons ought
All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established. Aristotle
endeavor folks lose move result vulnerable
Often, those with the most to lose as a result of a poor policy move are the most vulnerable and most marginalized. Those folks need a voice, and I will endeavor to be that voice. Charles M. Blow
endeavor instead next passing waters
Instead of passing on choppy waters to the next generation, we should endeavor to leave them a calmer sea. Najib Razak
endeavor takes totally work
When I work, I work very hard. When I don't work, I have to do something where my endeavor can totally take me off what I do professionally, like sailing. It takes all your attention. Helmut Jahn
endeavor pursue pursuing society
In a society that glorifies the pioneers, it's easy to think that an endeavor is only worth pursuing if you can be the first to pursue it. Wendy Kopp
worthy
You must be worthy of the best, but not more worthy than the rest. Denis Waitley
worthy
We're doing what we can. We think it's a worthy cause.
worthy
potentially interesting, if true, but not something really worthy of a story in itself. Joseph Kahn
worthy proving-yourself prove
You are only worthy of what you prove yourself to be. Alice Hoffman
worthy
We're really working to make this a show worthy of the audience's time.
worthy
And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
worthy difficulty intervention
Nor let a god come in, unless the difficulty be worthy of such an intervention. [Lat., Nec deus intersit nisi dignus vindice nodus.] Horace
worthy obligation
To owe an obligation to a worthy friend is a happiness, and can be no disparagement. Pierre Charron
worthy companion murderer
A murderer was a worthy companion. Philip Pullman