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distance honor observe people rules
There are people who observe the rules of honor as we observe the stars: from a distance Victor Hugo
distance few figured five problems ride seven took
I figured there would be five to seven ride clear. We put a few distance problems in, but we also made it very delicate, so it took a lot of riding. Robert Ellis
distance easy
It's easy to demonize from a distance. Rick Warren
distance heart bravery
Without good humour, learning and bravery can only confer that superiority which swells the heart of the lion in the desert, where he roars without reply, and ravages without resistance. Without good humour virtue may awe by its dignity and amaze by its brightness, but must always be viewed at a distance, and will scarcely gain a friend or attract an imitator. Samuel Johnson
distance book passion
By the consultation of books, whether of dead or living authors, many temptations of petulance and opposition, which occur in oral conferences, are avoided. An authour cannot obtrude his advice unasked, nor can be often suspected of any malignant intention to insult his readers with his knowledge or his wit. Yet so prevalent is the habit of comparing ourselves with others, while they remain within the reach of our passions, that books are seldom read with complete impartiality, but by those from whom the writer is placed at such a distance that his life or death is indifferent. Samuel Johnson
distance believe ambition
Actually, ambition won't get you that far. You'll shift gears. You'll see something that's shinier. But if you believe... then you're the long-distance runner. Sam Abell
distance men numbers
Every man, in judging of himself, is his own contemporary. He may feel the gale of popularity, but he cannot tell how long it will last. His opinion of himself wants distance, wants time, wants numbers, to set it off and confirm it. William Hazlitt
distance wine air
The miraculous is not extraordinary but the common mode of existence. It is our daily bread. Whoever really has considered the lilies of the field or the birds of the air and pondered the improbability of their existence in this warm world within the cold and empty stellar distances will hardly balk at the turning of water into wine which was, after all, a very small miracle. We forget the greater and still continuing miracle by which water (with soil and sunlight) is turned into grapes. Wendell Berry
distance earth fill minute sixty worth yours
If you can fill the unforgiving minute / With sixty seconds' worth of distance run, / Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, / And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! Rudyard Kipling
destiny men decision
But freedom is the possibility of a total and centered act of the personality, an act in which all the drives and influences which constitute the destiny of man are brought into the centered unity of a decision. Paul Tillich
destiny cities humanity
The citizens of a city are not guilty of the crimes committed in their city; but they are guilty as participants in the destiny of [humanity] as a whole and in the destiny of their city in particular; for their acts in which freedom was united with destiny have contributed to the destiny in which they participate. They are guilty, not of committing the crimes of which their group is accused, but of contributing to the destiny in which these crimes happened. Paul Tillich
destiny hands meaning-of-life
It is not the courage to be that we must develop as much as the courage to become. We are responsible for our destiny. The meaning of life is not located in some hidden crevice in the womb of nature but is created by free persons, who are aware that they are responsible for their own futures and have the courage to take this project into their own hands. Paul Kurtz
destiny looks amusement
Absolute certainty is not something I strive for anymore. I've learned the hard way that destiny usually looks upon our most strident convictions with amusement, or perhaps even pity. Elizabeth Gilbert
destiny self play
Destiny, I feel, is also a relationship - a play between divine grace and willful self-effort. Elizabeth Gilbert
destiny average labels
You have a destiny to fulfill, something greater than you've ever even imagined. But if you're going to become all you were created to be, you've got to take off the “average” label. Joel Osteen
destiny almighty-god fulfilling
What others say and do cannot stop you from fulfilling your destiny. Your destiny was handed down by Almighty God. Joel Osteen
destiny mouths words-you-speak
The power to see change in your life can be found in the words you speak. You have the power to set the destiny for your life by what comes out of your mouth. Joel Osteen
destiny people missing
If you spend your life trying to please people or letting them control you, you may make them happy, but you'll miss your destiny. Joel Osteen