Plutarch Quotes
Children ought to be led to honorable practices by means of encouragement and reasoning, and most certainly not by blows and ill treatment.Plutarch
Quotes to Explore
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Hope is one of those no-win-no-fee things, and although it needs some encouragement to survive, its existence doesn't necessarily prove anything.
Rachel Cusk -
Writing my first book, I think in hindsight I went into it saying, 'It's gonna sell.' I was earning enough to scrape by sometime around a book or two before 'Tell No One.' I moved up from $50,000 to $75,000, then $150,000 for each book. I had never thought I would be doing anything else. I had enough encouragement.
Harlan Coben -
My father has been a voice of encouragement in times of desperation for so many people. But he died when I was so young that, for me, his music has been a way for me to get to know him better.
Damian Marley -
I have had enough of the sexist treatment of Sarah Palin... I call upon the McCain campaign to stop treating Sarah Palin like she is a delicate flower who will wilt at any moment.
Brown Campbell -
I have not suffered any nerve damage, nor have I received any treatment for nerve damage.
Calvin Johnson -
There aren't too many principles of proper business conduct with which just about everybody will agree. Two come to mind: 1. Unless you're a professional athlete, don't offer co-workers encouragement by patting them on the butt, and 2. Don't burn bridges.
Dale Dauten
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Women need opportunity and encouragement. If a girl can climb mountains, she can do anything positive within her field of work.
Samina Baig -
When you receive God's love and encouragement, it will empower you to do more than you ever thought possible.
Victoria Osteen -
In 1998, I received treatment for my knee by an Israeli therapist. We spoke about Israel and I mentioned 'Scooterman' and he just froze. It was like he had met Elvis. I thought he was kidding me and then he called his brother, they yelled to each other over the phone, and then I believed him.
Gary David Goldberg -
Without ducking responsibility, what's wrong with medicine today is that it is predicated on providing treatment, not on reducing suffering. Not on solving problems.
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran -
Our personal afflictions involve the living God; the only way in which Satan can persecute or afflict God is through attacking the people of God. The only way we can have personal victory in the midst of these flying arrows raining down on us is to call upon the Lord for help. It is His strength, supplied to us in our weakness, that makes victory after victory possible.
Edith Schaeffer -
Awards can give you a tremendous amount of encouragement to keep getting better, no matter how young or old you are.
Alan Alda
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Believe me, I am not even that brave enough to miss that many practices.
Allen Iverson -
We are now at a point where because we in fact have been successful at stopping a number of plots, a threat has evolved. We do see these lone-wolf actors. We do see these encouragements for troubled individuals to pick up a gun and act out of this ideology.
Barack Obama -
Our shows are packed with laughter and light-hearted songs to lift the listener from their everyday life. We encourage the audience to participate in any way.
Jason Mraz -
Today's case demonstrates that the corrupt practices first laid bare in the Marsh suit are present in additional sectors of the industry, ... Secret payoffs and conflicts of interest that infected the market for property and casualty insurance have taken root in the employee benefits market as well.
Eliot Spitzer -
If you need encouragement, give it. If you need love, give it.Whatever you need, give it away.
Adrian Rogers -
Everyone is in need of encouragement at some time. Take the opportunity today to encourage (give courage to) the one who often encourages you.
David Jeremiah
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The argument that John F. Kennedy was a closet peacenik, ready to give up on what the Vietnamese call the 'American War' upon re-election, received its most farcical treatment in Oliver Stone's 'JFK.'
Rick Perlstein -
There are enough people who are starting to be actively involved that we can turn things around. And we need to encourage others to become involved.
Nat Hentoff -
My grandfather was an exceptional entrepreneur and philanthropist who moved from Palestine to Jordan and created an amazing group of companies. In a world where women were expected to get married and stay at home, he encouraged me from a very young age to get involved in business and work. He always took me with him on visits and I would spend my holidays at his office, running errands for him and observing what he did each day.
Hanan Kattan -
If I have put the case of science at all correctly, the reader will have recognised that modern science does much more than demand that it shall be left in undisturbed possession of what the theologian and metaphysician please to term its 'legitimate field'. It claims that the whole range of phenomena, mental as well as physical-the entire universe-is its field. It asserts that the scientific method is the sole gateway to the whole region of knowledge.
Karl Pearson -
I love what I do. But I want to go home, just for four days, then I'll get back on the road again.
V V Brown -
Children ought to be led to honorable practices by means of encouragement and reasoning, and most certainly not by blows and ill treatment.
Plutarch