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wise men may
Charles Caleb Colton A wise man may be duped as well as a fool; but the fool publishes the triumph of the deceiver.
wise money thinking
Charles Caleb Colton It is a common observation that any fool can get money; but they are not wise that think so.
wise art moments
Charles Caleb Colton The art of declamation has been sinking in value from the moment that speakers were foolish enough to publish, and hearers wise enough to read.
wise foolish gravity
Charles Caleb Colton Levity is often less foolish and gravity less wise than each of them appears.
wise men thinking
Charles Caleb Colton He that thinks he is the happiest man, really is so. But he that thinks he is the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.
wise men littles
Charles Caleb Colton We must be careful how we flatter fools too little, or wise men too much, for the flatterer must act the very reverse of the physician, and administer the strongest dose only to the weakest patient.
wise men darkness
Charles Caleb Colton As a man of pleasure, by a vain attempt to be more happy than any man can be, is often more miserable than most men are, so the sceptic, in a vain attempt to be wise beyond what is permitted to man, plunges into a darkness more deplorable, and a blindness more incurable than that of the common herd, whom he despises, and would fain instruct.
wise men mediocrity
Charles Caleb Colton There are circumstances of peculiar difficulty and danger, where a mediocrity of talent is the most fatal quantum that a man can possibly possess. Had Charles the First and Louis the Sixteenth been more wise or more weak, more firm or more yielding, in either case they had both of them saved their heads.
christian courage firsts
Charles Caleb Colton A Christian builds his fortitude on a better foundation than stoicism; he is pleased with every thing that happens, because he knows it could not happen unless it first pleased God, and that which pleases Him must be best.
christian white house
Charles Caleb Colton My lowest days as a Christian have been more fulfilling and rewarding than all the days of glory in the White House.
christian lying thinking
Charles Caleb Colton In pulpit eloquence, the grand difficulty lies here--to give the subject all the dignity it so fully deserves, without attaching any importance to ourselves. The Christian messenger cannot think too highly of his prince, nor too humbly of himself.
christian years games
Charles Dickens Mr. Cruncher... always spoke of the year of our Lord as Anna Dominoes: apparently under the impression that the Christian era dated from the invention of a popular game, by a lady who had bestowed her name upon it.
christian prayer mean
Charles Studd Funds are low again, hallelujah! That means God trusts us and is willing to leave His reputation in our hands.
christian jesus prayer
Charles Studd If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him.
christian gratitude jesus
Charles Stanley Another way Christ affects us is by inspiring our gratitude. He left the glories of heaven in order to become our Savior, and when we recognize that sacrifice, we are filled with thankfulness and praise.
christian jesus father
Charles Stanley When friends abandoned him, Paul asked God not to count their actions against them. He followed the example of Jesus, who prayed for the Father to forgive His persecutors. What's your response when friends let you down? Forgiveness is the choice that pleases God every time.
christian powerful character
Charles Stanley Temptation can be defined as an inducement to do evil. Three powerful forces work together to ruin a believer's character and witness: Satan, the world system, and our own lustful "flesh" tendencies.
want herds
Alain Robert I don't want to follow the herd.
want way connections
Akhenaton Contemplate thy powers, contemplate thy wants and thy connections; so shalt thou discover the duties of life, and be directed in all thy ways.
want directors ifs
Akira Kurosawa If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
want kind plans
Akio Morita Our plan is to lead the public with new products rather than ask them what kind of products they want,
want needs nevertheless
Aiden Wilson Tozer God doesn't need anything nevertheless He wants worshipers.
want presence-of-god
Aiden Wilson Tozer I want the presence of God Himself, or I don't want anything at all to do with religion... I want all that God has or I don't want any.
want sovereign want-u
Aiden Wilson Tozer The sovereign God wants to be loved for Himself and honoured for Himself, but that is only part of what He wants. The other part is that He wants us to know that when we have Him we have everything - we have all the rest.
want christ should
Aiden Wilson Tozer Our identification with Christ should be that whatever He is we also want to become.
want indispensable
Aiden Wilson Tozer I want to be in a place where I have to have God in everything I do . . . where God is indispensable to me.