Quotes with holier-than-thou

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  • André Gide I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress.
    André Gide
    French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1947) (1869 - 1951)
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  • Lyndon B. Johnson I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.
    Lyndon B. Johnson
    American president (1908 - 1973)
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  • Luther Burbank If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have to our children, we would now be living in a jungle of weed.
    Luther Burbank
    American botanist, horticulturist and pioneer (1849 - 1926)
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  • Mahatma Gandhi Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy. Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • Thomas Henry Huxley Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.
    Thomas Henry Huxley
    English biologist (1825 - 1895)
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  • Ralph Charell It is through cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will be derived…
    Ralph Charell
    American author
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  • Woody Allen More than any time in history mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness, the other to total extinction. Let us pray that we have the wisdom to choose correctly.
    Woody Allen
    American movie director and actor (1935 - )
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  • Anthony Robbins More than anything else, I believe it's our decisions, not the conditions of our lives, that determine our destiny.
    Anthony Robbins
    American author, entrepreneur, philanthropist and life coach (1960 - )
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  • Mahatma Gandhi Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • Geoffrey F. Abert Prosperity depends more on wanting what you have than having what you want.
    Geoffrey F. Abert
    American author
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  • Plutarch Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.
    Plutarch
    Greek biographer and essayist (46 - 120)
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  • Dwight L. Moody There's no better book with which to defend the Bible than the Bible itself.
    Dwight L. Moody
    American evangelist (1837 - 1899)
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  • Cato the Elder Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.
    Cato the Elder
    Roman senator and historian (234 - 149)
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  • Robert Frost "Skepticism", is that anything more than we used to mean when we said, "Well, what have we here?"
    Robert Frost
    American poet (1874 - 1963)
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  • Abraham Lincoln ''A drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gal.'' So with men. If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey which catches his heart, which, say what he will, is the highroad to his reason.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Alexander Maclaren ''The grace of God,'' says Luther, ''is like a flying summer shower.'' It has fallen upon more than one land, and passed on. Judea had it, and lies barren and dry. These Asiatic coasts had it, and flung it away.
    Alexander Maclaren
    British preacher (1826 - 1910)
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  • William James A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Rita Mae Brown A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.
    Rita Mae Brown
    American writer, activist, and feminist (1944 - )
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  • Thomas Alva Edison A famous person is often remembered for the ability to take from mankind rather than for his ability to give to mankind.
    Thomas Alva Edison
    American inventor and founder of General Electric (1847 - 1931)
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  • Chief Seattle A few more moons, a few more winters, and not one of all the mighty hosts that once filled this broad land or that now roam in fragmentary bands through these vast solitudes will remain to weep over the tombs of a people once as powerful and as hopeful as your own. But why should we repine? Why should I murmur at the fate of my people? Tribes are made up of individuals and are no better than they. Men come and go like the waves of the sea. A tear, a tamanamus, a dirge, and they are gone from our
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    Chief Seattle
    Chief of the Suquamish and Duwanish Indians (1780 - 1866)
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