Thomas More Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Well if somebody's giving me a script, I'll consider it. But it's not something I'm chasing.
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The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law.
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I love Winston Churchill; I think he had the grace of coming and the grace of leaving - when things were hard he was there, and when it was time to leave, he left.
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You can express your generosity in ways that are virtually limitless. This was what I wanted to convey in 'Giving 2.0' - that whether you have $10 or $10 million to give, if you identify the right opportunities and make the most of your resources, your impact can be tremendous.
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The Lord is greater than all: I have said enough.
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Mary and Carrie and baby Grace and Ma had all had scarlet fever. The Nelsons across the creek had had it too, so there had been no one to help Pa and Laura.
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I would not run for president. I really like what I'm doing now. People say I'm giving them energy and hope.
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What winning is to me is not giving up, is no matter what's thrown at me, I can take it. And I can keep going.
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In schools giving students a full education, not to create great artists but about the right to have full expression and imagination and creativity, along with an acknowledgement that everybody learns differently. You try and you fail and you try again. All those skills are useful in the workplace, too.
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The more the division of labor and the application of machinery extend, the more does competition extend among the workers, the more do their wages shrink together.
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The more one forgets himself - by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love - the more human he is.
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We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread.
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A friend told me about a Nike competition, where they give you one minute to do tricks with a basketball. I wasn't going to go, but they were giving away free sneakers. I ended up coming in second place.
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Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment.
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Oh Lord, give me chastity, but do not give it yet.
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The thing I most connect with is the idea of not giving up. And that's a thing I have in my own life. You have to trust your instincts and keep trying.
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So with that will prompt and prepared to serve all those whom I perceive to be servants of my Lord, I will speak of three things with simplicity and love as if I were speaking to my own soul.
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The true exercise of freedom is - cannily and wisely and with grace - to move inside what space confines - and not seek to know what lies beyond and cannot be touched or tasted.
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Now I'm standing in front of a thousand people. They're all looking at me, but they're sitting down. They're surrendered, so I have to keep on proving myself to them and giving them all my passion.
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I don't want to waste anyone's time or money. I want to give people some truth and positive heart lift.
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Mrs. Obama is not a great beauty. But she is so interesting-looking - so bright. That will always take you farther.
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You never know when the best day of your life is going to be.
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Merit and good works is the end of man's motion; and conscience of the same is the accomplishment of man's rest; for if a man can be partaker of God's theatre, he shall likewise be partaker of God's rest.
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The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.
