Look down if you would know how high you stand. ~Yiddish Proverb
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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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One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king. ~Abraham Maslow
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The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. ~Garson Kanin
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Taoist Proverb
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If you had to choose only two qualities to get you through times of change, the first should be a sense of self-worth and the second a sense of humor. ~Jennifer James
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But the soul of touring and the heart of it is basically every day is like putting up a circus tent. ~Pat Benatar
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We are supernaturalists first, not naturalists. The only reason we feel compelled to accommodate science is that science says we ought to. But it is science that should accommodate revelation. Revelation has been around much longer. ~Matt Chandler
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I believe, as followers of Christ, we are commanded to reach out to the least of these in the name of Jesus and show them they matter a great deal to God, who sacrificed His only Son to reach them with His love. ~K.P. Yohannan
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People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. ~English Proverb
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We believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life at the cost of satisfaction of the instincts. ~Sigmund Freud
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Most people don't see what's going on around them. That's my principal message to writers: "For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you." ~William S. Burroughs
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I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God. ~Sufi Proverb
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Amending the U.S. Constitution, the document most sacred to those who love freedom and liberty, is a delicate endeavor and should be done only on the basis of the most clear and convincing evidence that a proposed amendment is necessary. ~Ben Nelson
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Love enters a man through his eyes, woman through her ears. ~Polish Proverb
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Small children disturb your sleep, big children your life. ~Yiddish Proverb
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No one can advise or help you; no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Search for the reason that bids you write, find out wether it spreading out its root in the deepest places of your heart. Delve into yourself for a deep answer ~Rainer Maria Rilke
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A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A half truth is a whole lie. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Good news always comes from far away. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. ~Yiddish Proverb
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