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Every man by nature is a freeman born; by nature no man cometh out of the womb under any civil subjection to king, prince, or judge.
O, what I owe to the file, the hammer, and the furnace of the Lord Jesus! I know that he is no idle husbandman - he purposes a crop.
I hate women like that. They're so desperate for the attention of men that they'd willingly betray and harm members of their own sex
do not like this taste for adventure you have developed, sister.” “I am afraid I cannot guarantee I shall be rid of it anytime soon.
The best romance writers know there's nothing that builds conflict or makes a gentleman of a rogue more quickly than responsibility.
If I looked in the mirror someday and saw no dark circles under my eyes, I would probably look better. I just wouldn't look like me.
It may be time for serious literary novelists to take back some of the subject matter we abandoned to hack novelists and the movies.
Pursue not the outer entanglements; Dwell not in the inner void; Be serene in the oneness of things; And dualism vanishes by itself.
Take the long way. Do the hard work, consistently and with generosity and transparency. And then you won't waste time doing it over.
I talk to trees and animals. We have interesting conversations about food, weather, and love. They sometimes can predict the future.
Friendship is an opportunity to act on God's behalf in the lives of the people that we're close to, reminding each other who God is.
It's so tempting to try to do it all, so as not to miss out. But to do all of those 'good things' means you'll do none of them well.
It is time for blacks to begin the shift from a wartime to a peacetime identity, from fighting for opportunity to the seizing of it.
My experience in life tells me that the values that are now being labeled 'conservative' are the only way that blacks can get ahead.
We don't really know what we believe in or care about until what we believe in or care about is threatened, challenged, or measured.
Relief Society can help us turn away from the world, for its express purpose is to help sisters and their families come unto Christ.
Faith is not trying to believe something regardless of the evidence; faith is daring to do something regardless of the consequences.
Faith is not trying to believe something regardless of the evidence. Faith is daring to do something regardless of the consequences.
As long as there are young men with the light of adventure in their eyes and a touch of wildness in their souls, rapids will be run.
No one likes to admit that in the end we all die by inches, gradually losing all the defining visual characteristics that make us us
We last longer if we compete against ourselves for the good of others instead of competing against others for the good of ourselves.
The responsibility of the company is to help the people, grow as people. If we can do that, then the company will grow as a company.
The value of our lives is not determined by what we do for ourselves. The value of our lives is determined by what we do for others.
When you compete against everyone else, no one wants to help you. But when you compete against yourself, everyone wants to help you.
During World War II, the pilot losses were staggering. In some bombing raids, as many as 80% of the planes that left did not return.
You don't have to be a genius mathematician to have a career in cyber security, but it certainly helps to be a strong mathematician.
I don't want to point out her flaws, but if I see her going on a self-destructive path, isn't it up to me as her friend to stop her?
Fashion should be about making clothes that make all women look beautiful, not making women starve so that they can fit in a size 8.
sometimes you don't need a goal in life, you don't need to know the big picture. you just need to know what you're going to do next!
It does not matter whether I am in Hong Kong or Sao Paolo - people always want to talk about toxic bosses and what to do about them.
Personal ambition is 'I want to be CEO.' Greater vision ambition is, 'I want to lead this company so that people want to work here.'
No single choice about how to organize work and family life is right or possible - for every family. And every choice has tradeoffs.
Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.
Remember that our reactions are a product of our perceptions, and our perceptions are a result of what is at the center of our life.
My behavior is a product of my own conscious choices based on principles, rather than a product of my conditions, based on feelings.
A serious prophet upon predicting a flood should be the first man to climb a tree. This would demonstrate that he was indeed a seer.
God grant me to SERENITY to accept what I cannot change the TENACITY to change what I may and the GOOD LUCK not to f*** up too often
A library is a place where you can live a thousand lives. So why are you waiting when you could be living? Visit your library today.
When you write, you want to get rid of the world, don’t you? Of course you do. When you’re writing, you’re creating your own worlds.
C-C-Can you get bones in your buh-buh-brain?' Bill asked. This was turning into the most interesting conversation he'd had in weeks.
Although emotionally delicate and eminently bruisable, teenagers are short on empathy. That comes later in life, if it comes at all.
I get inspiration, a lot of times, from very commonplace things that just strike a chord and develop themselves in the subconscious.
Afghanistan's borders are arbitrary, drawn to meet 19th-century political needs rather than to respect ethnic or religious patterns.
Mehmet was the first sultan, and one of the first Muslims anywhere, to defy religious tradition by allowing his portrait to be made.
Looking at the creative process is like looking into a crystal: no matter which facet we gaze into, we see all the others reflected.
The way of success is not run with seven league boots but step by step, little by little, bit by bit ... with no exceptions allowed.
We're never called on to do what hurts. We just do what hurts out of ignorance and habit. Once we see what we're doing, we can stop.
Passion requires focused direction, and that direction must come from three other areas: your purpose, your talents, and your needs.
Don't prepare, do. Don't let Resistance sucker you into wasting months on background, foundation, planning. All that can come later.
If we were born to overthrow the order of ignorance and injustice of the world, it’s our job to realize it and get down to business.