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time all-things
Charles Caleb Colton Time is the measurer of all things, but is itself immeasurable, and the grand discloser of all things, but is itself undisclosed.
time retreat tides
Charles Caleb Colton Time ... advances like the slowest tide, but retreats like the swiftest torrent.
time two black
Charles Caleb Colton Time,- that black and narrow isthmus between two eternities.
time looks one-thing
Charles Caleb Colton To look back to antiquity is one thing, to go back to it is another.
time world overcoming
Charles Caleb Colton Time is the most subtle yet the most insatiable of depredators, and by appearing to take nothing is permitted to take all; nor can it be satisfied until it has stolen the world from us, and us from the world. It constantly flies, yet overcomes all things by flight; and although it is the present ally, it will be the future conqueror of death.
time journey men
Charles Caleb Colton Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away.
time opportunity enemy
Charles Caleb Colton Time, the cradle of hope.... Wisdom walks before it, opportunity with it, and repentance behind it: he that has made it his friend will have little to fear from his enemies, but he that has made it his enemy will have little to hope from his friends.
time past gone
Charles Caleb Colton Time is the most undefinable yet paradoxical of things; the past is gone, the future is not come, and the present becomes the past, even while we attempt to define it.
ambition mind firsts
Charles Caleb Colton Ambition is to the mind what the cap is to the falcon; it blinds us first, and then compels us to tower by reason of our blindness.
ambition errors suffering
Charles Caleb Colton The blindness of bigotry, the madness of ambition, and the miscalculations of diplomacy seek their victims principally amongst the innocent and the unoffending. The cottage is sure to suffer for every error of the court, the cabinet, or the camp. When error sits in the seat of power and of authority, and is generated in high places, it may be compared to that torrent which originates indeed in the mountain, but commits its devastation in the vale.
ambition perception prudent
Alan Hansen It's incredible considering the public perception that he was tight fisted and he was more than prudent, and lacked ambition to take Tottenham to where the fans wanted them to be.
ambition want plus
Aiden Wilson Tozer We have our ambition for the future and God. And thus we put God as a plus sign after something else we want.
ambition goal quality
Chogyam Trungpa There seems to be a hypnotic quality to ambition and speed, so that you feel that you are standing still just because you want to go so fast. You might actually be getting close to your goal.
ambition successful men
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie You can have ambition But not too much You should aim to be successful But not too successful Otherwise you will threaten the man
ambition order desire
Edward Gibbon The love of freedom, so often invigorated and disgraced by private ambition, was reduced, among the licentious Franks, to the contempt of order, and the desire of impunity.
ambition voice feet
Edward Gibbon The imprudent Maximus disregarded these salutary considerations: he gratified his resentment and ambition; he saw the bleeding corpse of Valentinian at his feet; and he heard himself saluted Emperor by the unanimous voice of the senate and people. But the day of his inauguration was the last day of his happiness.
ambition men thinking
David Hume Methinks I am like a man, who having struck on many shoals, and having narrowly escap'd shipwreck in passing a small frith, has yet the temerity to put out to sea in the same leaky weather-beaten vessel, and even carries his ambition so far as to think of compassing the globe under these disadvantageous circumstances.
effort goes-on found
Alan Bennett All the effort went into getting there and then I had nothing left. I thought I'd got somewhere, then I found I had to go on.
effort peaceful succeed
Akio Morita If we do our best and make efforts, a peaceful and great future will become ours without fail. Whether we succeed or not depends on the strength of our resolve and the amount of our endeavor.
effort exhibitions shows
Childe Hassam These small shows were decidedly a success. The exhibitions were not too large to be seen easily. It was not an effort, as larger collections of pictures usually are.
effort promise movement
Arne Duncan Historically the Department of Education hasn't been doing enough to drive the sustainability movement, and today, I promise that we will be a committed partner in the national effort to build a more environmentally literate and responsible society.
effort quality action
Derek Bok If we are prepared to invest the necessary time and effort, affirmative action can contribute to Harvard's quality and not detract from it.
effort bud comparison
Denzel Washington There is nothing good or bad, except by comparison" (209) - "Effort is Everything" by Bud Selig
effort development energy
Denis Waitley Personal development is the belief that you are worth the effort, time, and energy needed to develop yourself.
effort intensive last reach round start
Ehud Barak We are at the start of a very intensive effort and, in a way, the last one in this round to try to reach a breakthrough,
effort scales results
Mark Cuban You learn in life that a lot of things are the result of effort, but some things, in terms of scale, are random.