We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of excellence, and we must have an eye to all. ~William Wilberforce
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The highest wisdom adopts the humblest of bodies. ~Antoni Tapies
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In what bold relief stand out the lives of all walkers of the snow! The snow is a great tell-tale, and blabs as effectually as it obliterates. I go into the woods, and know all that has happened. I cross the fields, and if only a mouse has visited his neighbor, the fact is chronicled. ~John Burroughs
#quotes #john-burroughs #snow

That's the fun thing about making movies is that you get to do stuff. You get to be things, say things that you're not, kind of walk in someone else's shoes and play dress up and make believe. It's pretty cool. ~Mark Webber
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We should go into His presence as a child goes to his father. We do it with reverence and godly fear, of course, but we should go with a childlike confidence and simplicity. ~David Lloyd Jones
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I want so much that is not here and do not know where to go. ~Charles Bukowski
#quotes #charles-bukowski #wish

Patty Griffin is iconic, and there's no other word to really describe her. She is iconic for a lot of people; not only for me but for a lot of fans. Her voice is one of a kind, and she's such an important figure in the American music scene. ~Dierks Bentley
#quotes #dierks-bentley #patty-griffin #music

Everything that happens is meant to be. It is meant to happen like that. But sometimes you don't know at the time that it is meant to be disaster. ~Tony Kaye
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We can increase the frequency of guiding coincidences by uplifting every person that comes into our lives. Care must be taken not to lose our inner connection in romantic relationships. ~James Redfield
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Long-term relationships are an everyday choice. It is harder to be in a marriage than it is to bounce from one relationship to the next. ~Pink
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Because with every action, comment, conversation, we have the choice to invite Heaven or Hell to Earth. ~Rob Bell
#quotes #rob-bell #earth #heaven

You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree. ~J. P. Morgan
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Is it right to shoot the poor prostitute or a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, or a man who loves another man? ~Oriana Fallaci
#quotes #oriana-fallaci #ethics

I think inspiration is always around; it is just a question of whether or not you are noticing it. ~John Green
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There have been a couple of jobs I have done without thinking, without being engaged, and they just stink. ~Clancy Brown
#quotes #clancy-brown #thinking #work

I am a fervent foe of water pollution, whether it is our own Hudson River or Philadelphia's tap water. ~Gore Vidal
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
#proverbs #african-proverbs #nature #reality

Fine feathers make fine birds. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #beauty #harship

It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is. ~Hermann Hesse
#quotes #hermann-hesse #respect #relationship #honor

I try to work every day, even when I am not motivated. Ritual is very important to me. ~Mel Ramos
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And it is very sexy as well: somebody says I'm taking you on a surprise date, you don't know where you are going and you can't see and then you put your hand out and there is a tiger. Amazing. ~Emily Watson
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I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal. ~Benjamin Carson
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Who will not judge him worthy to be robbed. That sets his doors wide open to a thief, and shows the felon where his treasure lies? ~Ben Jonson
#quotes #ben-jonson #reality

If you are a really good marathoner, you have to run New York. ~Haile Gebrselassie
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Friendship is not how long we have been together; not how much we have given or received; not how many times we have helped each other; it is how we value each other.
#friendship #relationship #love