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character eye names
If her eyes had no expression, it was probably because they had nothing to express. If she had few wrinkles, it was because her mind had never traced its name or any other inscription on her face. Charles Dickens
character interesting long
"My comfort is," said Susan, looking back at Mr. Dombey, "that I have told a piece of truth this day which ought to have been told long before and can't be told too often or too plain..."
character boys thinking
"You are a boy," said Mr. Dombey, suddenly and almost fiercely; "and what you think of, or affect to think of, is of little consequence. You have done well, Sir. Don't undo it."
character half tongue
Living authors, therefore, are usually, bad companions. If they have not gained character, they seek to do so by methods often ridiculous, always disgusting; and if they have established a character, they are silent for fear of losing by their tongue what they have acquired by their pen--for many authors converse much more foolishly than Goldsmith, who have never written half so well. Charles Caleb Colton
character abuse criticism
When certain persons abuse us, let us ask ourselves what description of characters it is that they admire; we shall often find this a very consolatory question.
character men support
We should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one.
character suffering peculiar
Very great personages are not likely to form very just estimates either of others or of themselves; their knowledge of themselves is obscured by the flattery of others; their knowledge of others is equally clouded by circumstances peculiar to themselves. For in the presence of the great, the modest are sure to suffer from too much diffidence, and the confident from too much display.
character water taste
Words are in this respect like water, that they often take their taste, flavour, and character, from the mouth out of which they proceed, as the water from the channel through which it flows.
character long aging
Short as life is, some find it long enough to outlive their characters, their constitutions and their estates.
holiness knows
Holiness has nothing to do with what we know and everything to do with Who we know. Aiden Wilson Tozer
holiness too-much shy
We fear extremes and shy away from too much ardor in religion as if it were possible to have too much love or too much faith or too much holiness.
holiness praying christianity
The conditions of praying are the conditions of righteousness, holiness, and salvation. Edward McKendree Bounds
holiness spirituality purity
In every aspect of life, purity and holiness, cleanliness and refinement, exalt the human condition . . . Even in the physical realm, cleanliness will conduce to spirituality. Abdu'l Baha
holiness littles matter
I have followed holiness, I have taught truth, and I have been most in the main things; not that I thought the things concerning our times little, but that I thought none could do anything to purpose in God's great and public matters, till they were right in their conditions. Donald Cargill
holiness
Holiness through Christ's Spirit is the accountability every Christian should be striving towards.
holiness fascination details
Nothing matches the holiness and fascination of accurate and intricate detail. Stephen Jay Gould
holiness merit christ
Holiness is not a merit by which we can attain communion with God, but a gift of Christ, which enables us to cling to him, and to follow him. John Calvin
holiness liked tent
And you know, we'd go to church. We were Baptists. And every now and then there'd be a tent would set up, and it was the Holiness folks. And we liked their music. Mel Tillis
conformity restful
nothing is more restful than conformity. Elizabeth Bowen
conformity non-conformity
Each one of us has to be what he or she is. Kurt Vonnegut
conformity obedience persons
A person is bound to work in obedience to and in conformity to that person's own nature. Mahatma Gandhi
conformity tick non-conformity
You never do find out what makes you tick, and after a while it's unimportant. Norman Mailer
conformity should ideals
The American ideal is, after all, that everyone should be as much alike as possible. James A. Baldwin
conformity council military others outside
If the U.S. and others were to go outside the council and take military action, it would not be in conformity with the charter. Kofi Annan
conformity conform martyrdom
For all have not the gift of martyrdom. John Dryden
conformity horror symmetry
We come from the mentality, that rarely sees the horror in symmetry or the beauty in non-conformity Shane Koyczan
conformity breathe easier
Conformity makes everything easier, if you can still breathe. Mason Cooley