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contrary trying
Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out. Natalie Massenet
contrary discern eyes good lucky matter meet others people qualities rival shut
There are people who when they meet a rival, no matter in what, at once shut their eyes to everything good in him and see only the bad. There are others who on the contrary try to discern in a lucky rival the qualities that have enabled him to succe Leo Nikolaevich
contrary statements
There are some statements to the contrary as to who was actually shooting. Robert Harris
contrary justified mankind minus
If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind. John Stuart Mill
contrary desire eating sports study takes
Just as eating contrary to the inclination is injurious to the health, so study without desire sports the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in. Leonardo da Vinci
contrary council security wishes
(It) is contrary to the wishes of the (U.N.) Security Council and the international community, Jacques Chirac
contrary conversation exchange looking thoughts verbal
I would not characterize the conversation as a verbal deal. It was more an exchange of thoughts and ideas, and looking for information. We didn't make any arrangements contrary to what's in writing in the letter.
contrary devices ends fates none thoughts wills
Our wills and fates do so contrary runThat our devices still are overthrown;Our thoughts are ours, their ends none of our own.
contrary frequently literary mostly speaking women
I know that at literary festivals I'm speaking mostly to middle-class women, who frequently vote in a way that is contrary to how I'd like them to vote. Elliot Perlman
excellence gold bars
There can be no other criterion, no other standard than gold. Yes, gold which never changes, which can be shaped into ingots, bars, coins, which has no nationality and which is eternally and universally accepted as the unalterable fiduciary value par excellence. Charles de Gaulle
excellence excellent performances
Personally, I always felt times aren't so excellent as are performances. Bill Rodgers
excellence kingdoms might
Perfectionism is the counterfeit of excellence. Excellence is Kingdom, while perfectionism is religion. What ever you do, do it with all you might, and as unto the Lord. That is excellence. Bill Johnson
excellence mediocrity our-society
To encourage excellence is to go beyond the encouraged mediocrity of our society Audre Lorde
excellence influence pursue
I often say 'pursue excellence, ignore success.' Success is a by-product of excellence. Deepak Chopra
excellence excellent teach
There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled. Baltasar Gracian
excellence quality quantity
Excellence resides in quality, not in quantity. The best is always few and rare; much lowers value.
excellence excellent
It's an excellent movie. Really excellent. Bill O'Reilly
excellence
We want excellence in every area. We don't want excuses. Kevin Wilson
humility discovery design
It is a mortifying truth, and ought to teach the wisest of us humility, that many of the most valuable discoveries have been the result of chance rather than of contemplation, and of accident rather than of design. Charles Caleb Colton
humility greatness men
Some men who know that they are great are so very haughty withal and insufferable that their acquaintance discover their greatness only by the tax of humility which they are obliged to pay as the price of their friendship.
humility angel men
We cannot think too highly of our nature, nor too humbly of ourselves. When we see the martyr to virtue, subject as he is to the infirmities of a man, yet suffering the tortures of a demon, and bearing them with the magnanimity of a God, do we not behold a heroism that angels may indeed surpass, but which they cannot imitate, and must admire.
humility men generosity
Cruel men are the greatest lovers of Mercy, avaricious men of generosity, and proud men of humility; that is to say, in other, not in themselves.
humility exercise higher
He that places himself neither higher nor lower than he ought to do exercises the truest humility.
humility pie appetite
I ate 'umble pie with an appetite. Charles Dickens
humility oneself
Humility is the proper estimate of oneself. Charles Spurgeon
humility men thinking
Humility is to make a right estimate of oneself. It is no humility for a man to think less of himself than he ought.
humility mystery truth-is
The truth is in the mystery. Akira Kurosawa
twins anticipation born
Anticipation and Hope are born twins. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
twins stage
I'm using Fender Twin Reverbs and Fender Blues Devilles on stage. Ike Turner
twins
I had a twin, and he didn't make it. Jay Pharoah
twins sin dense
There are no identical twins, or forgivable sins. Ozzy Osbourne
twins twin-sister foolishness
Foolishness is a twin sister of wisdom. Witold Gombrowicz
twins foreigners ifs
I love the Twins, ... I bleed the Twins. That's all I know. If I go anywhere else, I'd be a foreigner. Torii Hunter
twins knows
A twin knows exactly when the other one is spitting up, but that’s all they know about anything. Mary-Kate Olsen
twins twin-sister seriousness
When you swear, swear seriously and solemnly, but at the same time with a smile, for a smile is the twin sister of seriousness. Plato