Quotes with god-given

Quotes 1321 till 1340 of 1760.

  • William S. Burroughs The people in power will not disappear voluntarily, giving flowers to the cops just isn't going to work. This thinking is fostered by the establishment; they like nothing better than love and nonviolence. The only way I like to see cops given flowers is in a flower pot from a high window.
    William S. Burroughs
    American writer and artist (1914 - 1997)
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  • B. C. Forbes The person who renders loyal service in a humble capacity will be chosen for higher responsibilities, just as the biblical servant who multiplied the one pound given him by his master was made ruler over ten cities...
    B. C. Forbes
    American Publisher (1880 - 1954)
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  • Brendan Myers The philosophical spirit is not satisfied to simply accept what it is told, no matter how much prestige the teller seems to have. This is true even if the teller is a god.
    Brendan Myers
    Canadian philosopher and author (1974 - )
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  • Henry Ward Beecher The power of hiding ourselves from one another is mercifully given, for men are wild beasts, and would devour one another but for this protection.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Ban Ki-moon The power of the leader is given to him by the people, so he has a duty to engage and listen more attentively and carefully to the aspirations of the people.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • C. J. Mahaney The presence of any humility in my life is purely and completely an evidence of God's grace. From my perspective, I am not a humble man. I am a proud man pursuing humility by the grace of God.
    C. J. Mahaney
    American Christian minister (1953 - )
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  • Arthur Middleton The priest is Christ's slave, and Christ himself took the form of a slave and became obedient to death. So the priest in serving human needs lives a Godward life, possessed by God and witnessing that only when lives are utterly possessed by God do they find their true freedom.
    Arthur Middleton
    American politician (1742 - 1787)
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  • Noam Chomsky The principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product of history and given social relations removes all barriers to coercion and manipulation by the powerful.
    Noam Chomsky
    American Linguist, Political Activist (1928 - )
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  • Machiavelli The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.
    Machiavelli
    Florentine state philosopher (1469 - 1527)
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  • C. S. Lewis The proper motto is not Be good, sweet maid, and let who can be clever, but Be good sweet maid, and don't forget that this involves being as clever as you can. God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than any other slackers.
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Bayard Taylor The Prophet's words were true; The mouth of Ali is the golden door Of Wisdom. When his friends to Ali bore These words, he smiled and said: And should they ask The same until my dying day, the task Were easy; for the stream from Wisdom's well, Which God supplies, is inexhaustible.
    Bayard Taylor
    American poet, travel author, and diplomat (1825 - 1878)
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  • Peace Pilgrim The purpose of problems is to push you toward obedience to God's laws, which are exact and cannot be changed. We have the free will to obey them or disobey them. Obedience will bring harmony, disobedience will bring you more problems.
    Peace Pilgrim
    American activist, mystic and pacifist
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  • Elaine Dundy The question actors most often get asked is how they can bear saying the same things over and over again night after night, but God knows the answer to that is, don’t we all anyway; might as well get paid for it.
    The Dud Avocado (1958) I, 8
    Elaine Dundy
    American writer, actress and journalist (1921 - 2008)
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  • Robert A. Cook The question is not ''How much may I indulge in and still be saved. God forbid! I must rather ask, ''What about Christ's will and the example I set for my fellow Christians?''
    Robert A. Cook
    American Christian author, radio broadcaster, and pastor (1912 - 1991)
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  • Billy Tauzin The question is what I wanted to do with the new life God has given me. This is the mission I want to take on.
    Billy Tauzin
    American lobbyist and politician (1943 - )
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  • Henry Ward Beecher The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Anita Hill The real problem is that the way that power is given out in our society pits us against each other.
    Anita Hill
    American lawyer and academic (1956 - )
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  • Albert Camus The rebel can never find peace. He knows what is good and, despite himself, does evil. The value which supports him is never given to him once and for all - he must fight to uphold it, unceasingly.
    Albert Camus
    French writer, essayist and Nobel Prize winner in literature (1956) (1913 - 1960)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson The religion that is afraid of science dishonors God and commits suicide.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Alexander Smith The saddest thing that befalls a soul Is when it loses faith in God and woman.
    Alexander Smith
    Scottish Poet, Author (1829 - 1867)
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