Quotes with foot-hold

Quotes 201 till 220 of 326.

  • Matthew Arnold Protestantism has the method of Jesus with His secret too much left out of mind; Catholicism has His secret with His method too much left out of mind; neither has His unerring balance, His intuition, His sweet reasonableness. But both have hold of a great truth, and get from it a great power.
    Matthew Arnold
    British critic and poet (1822 - 1888)
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  • Samuel Butler Rare virtues are like rare plants or animals, things that have not been able to hold their own in the world. A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner but more durable metal.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Norman Vincent Peale Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life, they are eating at you.
    Norman Vincent Peale
    American minister and author (1898 - 1993)
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  • Bobby Bragan Say you were standing with one foot in the oven and one foot in an ice bucket. According to the percentage people, you should be perfectly comfortable.
    Bobby Bragan
     
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  • Bill Gates Security is, I would say, our top priority because for all the exciting things you will be able to do with computers - organizing your lives, staying in touch with people, being creative - if we don't solve these security problems, then people will hold back.
    Bill Gates
    American business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist (1955 - )
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  • Edna St. Vincent Millay Set the foot down with distrust on the crust of the world - it is thin.
    Edna St. Vincent Millay
    American poet (1892 - 1950)
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  • Eileen Caddy Set your sights high, the higher the better. Expect the most wonderful things to happen, not in the future but right now. Realize that nothing is to good. Allow absolutely nothing to hamper you or hold you up in any way.
    Eileen Caddy
    Scottisch spiritual teacher (1917 - 2006)
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  • William Hazlitt Silence is one great art of conversation. He is not a fool who knows when to hold his tongue; and a person may gain credit for sense, eloquence, wit, who merely says nothing to lessen the opinion which others have of these qualities in themselves.
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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  • Seneca Slavery takes hold of few, but many take hold of slavery.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Carl Honore Slow travel now rivals the fly-to-Barcelona-for-lunch culture. Advocates savour the journey, travelling by train or boat or bicycle, or even on foot, rather than crammed into an airplane. They take time to plug into the local culture instead of racing through a list of tourist traps.
    Carl Honore
    Canadian journalist (1967 - )
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  • Aristotle So it is naturally with the male and the female; the one is superior, the other inferior; the one governs, the other is governed; and the same rule must necessarily hold good with respect to all mankind.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Alexander Downer So this is all part of a free society. People are entitled to hold whatever view they want, and the media can report things how they wish.
    Alexander Downer
    Australian politician and diplomat (1951 - )
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  • Caroline Wozniacki Sometimes when you get to the press conferences, you hear you're going to play this person in the semifinals, and in the quarters, you're going to play her. And I'm like, 'Hold on a second.' First of all, you have to make it there. Second, your opponent needs to make it there. It looks easier on paper than it is in real life.
    Caroline Wozniacki
    Danish tennis player (1990 - )
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  • Bede Jarrett Sorrow you can hold, however desolating, if nobody speaks to you. If they speak, you break down.
    Bede Jarrett
     
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  • Charles Swindoll Stand still... and refuse to retreat. Look at it as God looks at it and draw upon His power to hold up under the blast.
    Charles Swindoll
    American Pastor, writer
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  • Benjamin Franklin Teach your child to hold his tongue; he'll learn fast enough to speak.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Sir James Matthew Barrie Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.
    Sir James Matthew Barrie
    British playwright (1860 - 1937)
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  • Buck Owens That was where my dream began to take hold, of not havin' to pick cotton and potatoes, and not havin' to be uncomfortable, too hot or too cold. That in itself had driven me to try to find some better way of life.
    Buck Owens
    American musician, singer, songwriter (1929 - 2006)
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  • Adrian Cronauer The American flag represents all of us and all the values we hold sacred.
    Adrian Cronauer
    American air force radio personality during Vietnam War (1938 - 2018)
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  • Bob Graham The American people do not have the information upon which they can hold the administration and responsible agencies accountable. I call that a coverup.
    Bob Graham
    American politician and author (1936 - )
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