Ajahn Chah Quotes
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The mistake I really learned from was in 2005, leading the Indianapolis 500. I had a decision whether or not to save enough fuel to finish the race - which meant slowing down - or going all-out for the win. I went conservative and saved enough fuel to go to the end but finished fourth.
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Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.
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I want to know that I gave my 100 percent, and even if it doesn't work, you know that you gave everything, and you don't have to look at it and say... I could have gave more - that would break my heart.
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Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share power with those who will be affected by those decisions.
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I think that's very sad, that I haven't allowed my heart to be broken. I have broken a few.
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Towards the end of February 1928, I took the decision of using brilliant monochromatic illumination obtained by the aid of the commercially available mercury arcs sealed in quartz tubes.
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The judiciary is entitled to finally resolve a dispute. Not every decision is right.
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Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.
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I am a man who is noble. I have a good heart, but at the same time, I'm a little malicioso. There's no way of hiding that side.
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Pastoral ministry is about an ongoing confrontation with the god of this world, with blindness, hardness of heart, remaining sin.
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What a rush it was to plunge into the bin of official decision and cast a ballot in favor of FUN.
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I have created a new genre. It is a soulful creation that comes straight from my heart.
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What's near and dear to my heart is cooperative conservation.
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The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.
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I do not take up a responsibility unless I am sure of putting my heart and soul into it.
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The heart of the melody can never be put down on paper.
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If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
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Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.
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If anyone did that, I absolutely apologize. … Because everything we do is based at adults. We're asking adults be responsible. You were telling me about giving your children meat and milk. They're going to be to grow up to be tubs of lard. They're getting heart attacks.
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I was growing up with a single mom who'd be at work when I came home from school. So I'd just turn on the TV. I grew up watching old Clint Eastwood westerns. I adopted him as one of my male role models.
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If you wish to speak to Allah, then do dikhr. If you are eager to meet him, then sms while you drive
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We will pursue a new foreign policy that finally learns from the mistakes of the past. We will stop looking to topple regimes and overthrow governments. ... Our goal is stability, not chaos, because we want to rebuild our country. It's time.
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It's challenging to get it to look spontaneous, ... That's tricky to do.
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At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
