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children pride men
There is not a manufacturer or tradesman in existence, who would not employ a man who takes a reasonable degree of pride in the appearance of himself and those about him, in preference to a sullen, slovenly fellow, who works doggedly on, regardless of his own clothing and that of his wife and children, and seeming to take pleasure or pride in nothing. Charles Dickens
children father heart
Father Time is not always a hard parent and though he tarries for none of his children, often lays his hand lightly upon those who have used him well; making them old men and women inexorably enough, but leaving their hearts and spirits young and in full vigor. With such people the gray head is but the impression of the old fellow's hand in giving them his blessing, and every wrinkle but a notch in the quiet calendar of a well-spent life.
children sea play
There is nothing--no, nothing--innocent or good, that dies and is forgotten; let us hold to that faith or none. An infant, a prattling child, dying in the cradle, will live again in the better thoughts of those that loved it, and play its part through them in the redeeming actions of the world, though its body be burnt to ashes or drowned in the deep sea.
children parenting expectations
In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt, as injustice.
children grieving two
It always grieves me to contemplate the initiation of children into the ways of life when they are scarcely more than infants. It checks their confidence and simplicity, two of the best qualities that heaven gives them, and demands that they share our sorrows before they are capable of entering into our enjoyments.
children father past
How strange it is that we of the present day are constantly praising that past age which our fathers abused, and as constantly abusing that present age, which our children will praise. Charles Caleb Colton
children knowledge enemy
Religion has treated knowledge sometimes as an enemy, sometimes as a hostage; often as a captive and more often as a child; but knowledge has become of age, and religion must either renounce her acquaintance, or introduce her as a companion and respect her as a friend.
children gambling parent
Gaming is the child of avarice, but the parent of prodigality.
children heaven wish
Avarice begets more vices than Priam did children and like Priam survives them all. It starves its keeper to surfeit those who wish him dead, and makes him submit to more mortifications to lose heaven than the martyr undergoes to gain it.
inspirational-life dark long
The dark moments of our life will last only so long as is necessary for God to accomplish His purpose in us. Charles Stanley
inspirational-life earth balanced
If there is to be a human future, we must bring ourselves into balanced relationship with one another and the Earth. David Korten
inspirational-life years people
Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has been made in the last 30 years, many foreign people still speak in foreign languages Dave Barry
inspirational-life done life-is
Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now. Audre Lorde
inspirational-life acceptance people
...no formula for success [exists] except, perhaps, an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings." "I accept life unconditionally. Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you don't set any condition. Arthur Rubinstein
inspirational-life names people
Very few people really see things unless they've had someone in early life who made them look at things. And name them too. But the looking is primary, the focus. Denise Levertov
inspirational-life winning games
Winning is beginning. And just by beginning, your game is half won. Denis Waitley
inspirational-life vision important
The first thing you do is teach the person to feel that the vision is very important and nearly impossible. That draws out the drive in the winner. Edwin Land
inspirational-life fit reserves
Be fit for more than the thing you are now doing. Let everyone know that you have a reserve in yourself; that you have more power than you are now using. If you are not too large for the place you occupy, you are too small for it. Chester A. Arthur
coping-mechanisms giving literature
Give me rampant intellectualism as a coping mechanism. Chuck Palahniuk
coping-mechanisms drug would-be
I didn't do drugs. It wasn't my thing. But the drink was terrible. Today when I look back, it's like I was another person. You could call it a coping mechanism, but that would be an excuse. I just drank too much. Gary Oldman
coping-mechanisms quirky way
I've always had a quirky way of looking at things. It's my coping mechanism. Sherri Shepherd
coping-mechanisms use wit-and-humor
My coping mechanism with my dyslexia is to use wit and humor. Max Brooks
coping-mechanisms singing just-being
Music for me is not just being on a stage and singing. Its my coping mechanism. Tessanne Chin
coping-mechanisms vegas hustle
As a coping mechanism, or as a way to make a little hard count by shilling demons in the shadows, I try not to belittle the thought process of the conspiracy theorists. As a cocktail waitress in Vegas once schooled me: never get down on anybody else's hustle. John Ridley
coping-mechanisms use events
The Doomsayers have always had their uses, since they trigger the coping mechanism that often prevents the events they forecast. Walter Wriston