![I was born with the devil in me,' [Holmes] wrote. 'I could not help the fact that I was a murderer, no more than the poet can help the inspiration to sing.](/assets/img/quote-photos/i-was-born-with-the-devil-in-me-holmes-wrote-i-could-not-help-the-fact-that.jpg)
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inspirational happiness thank-you
Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. Charles Dickens
inspirational expectations morality
In a word, I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doing what I knew to be wrong.
inspirational death book
It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.
inspirational money guarantees-that
Credit is a system whereby a person who can not pay gets another person who can not pay to guarantee that he can pay.
inspirational laughter humor
It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.
inspiration genius may
Extemporaneous and oral harangues will always have this advantage over those that are read from a in manuscript: every burst of eloquence or spark of genius they may contain, however studied they may have been beforehand, will appear to the audience to be the effect of the sudden inspiration of talent. Charles Caleb Colton
inspirational depressing adversity
All adverse and depressing influences can be overcome, not by fighting, by by rising above them.
inspirational happiness happy
Men spend their lives in anticipations,—in determining to be vastly happy at some period when they have time. But the present time has one advantage over every other—it is our own. Past opportunities are gone, future have not come. We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine; but if we defer the tasting of them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age.
inspirational inspiring time
The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility.
devil sound hell
The preaching of Christ is the whip that flogs the devil. The preaching of Christ is the thunderbolt, the sound of which makes all hell shake. Charles Spurgeon
devil judo not-afraid
I'm not afraid of the devil. The devil can handle me - he's got judo I never heard of. But he can't handle the One to whom I'm joined; he can't handle the One to whom I'm united; he can't handle the One whose nature dwells in my nature. Aiden Wilson Tozer
devil theologian stills
The devil is a better theologian than any of us and is a devil still.
devil
The Devil is a woman. Camille Paglia
devil complaining heat
Deal with the Devil if the Devil has a constituency - and don't complain about the heat. C. J. Cherryh
devil habit
I’ve a devil of a habit for being right. Catherynne M. Valente
devil shadow worship
The devil considers all misplaced trust as devil worship, for he hides himself in its shadows. Bill Johnson
devil refusal finished
Our refusal to fear reminds the devil that he is finished!
devil church counterfeit
A powerless church has nothing for the devil to counterfeit.
serial-killer killers serials
I am a serial killer. I would kill again. Aileen Wuornos
serial-killer daring
They're daring me to kill again.
serial-killer wish thrill
I wish I could stop but I could not. I had no other thrill or happiness. Dennis Nilsen
serial-killer awareness paranoia
Total paranoia is just total awareness. Charles Manson
serial-killer killers murder
I always had a fetish for murder and death. David Berkowitz
serial-killer
I wasn't going to rob her, or touch her. I was just going to kill her.
serial-killer would-be killers
If I wasn't a musician, I would be a serial killer. GG Allin
serial-killer looks done
I do look forward to doing things in the future that I havent done before. Do you know what I have always dreamt about? Playing a serial killer! Jonathan Brandis
serial-killer killers figures
One serial killer sends me a human head in a box, and I get all spooked; Go figure. Laurell K. Hamilton