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wise giving actors
Generally a wise actor will be very careful about the person to whom he gives that power. William Mapother
wise men banking
Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard Will Durant
wise needs
Even the wise need wisdom. Sara Evans
wise exercise men
Men are never very wise and select in the exercise of a new power. William Ellery Channing
wise book men
The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought.
wise women trying
You can't beat women anyhow and that if you are wise or dislike trouble and uproar you don't even try to. William Faulkner
wise strive wanted
Dolgan: ’Tis a wise thing to know what is wanted, and wiser still to know when ‘tis achieved. Rhuagh: True. And still wiser to know when it is unachievable, for then striving is folly. Raymond E. Feist
wise witty art
[Shahrazad] had perused the books, annals and legends of preceding Kings, and the stories, examples and instances of by gone men and things; indeed it was said that she had collected a thousand books of histories relating to antique races and departed rulers. She had perused the works of the poets and knew them by heart; she had studied philosophy and the sciences, arts and accomplishments; and she was pleasant and polite, wise and witty, well read and well bred. Richard Francis Burton
wise thinking light
I would say that the West is very young, it's very corrupt. We're not very wise. And I think we're hopeful that there is a place that is ancient and wise and open and filled with light. Richard Gere
wisdom cards dice
You will cast away your cards and dice when you find the sweetness of youthful learning. Richard Baxter
wisdom prayer giving
God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. This prayer was first printed in a monthly bulletin of the Federal Council of Churches and has become enormously popular. It has been circulated in millions of copies. Reinhold Niebuhr
wisdom knowledge knowing
Nothing worth knowing can be understood with the mind. Woody Allen
wisdom children believe
I do not believe in inheriting your position in society based on which womb you come from... I think a rich person should leave his children enough so they can do anything, but not enough so they can do nothing. Warren Buffett
wisdom eagles moles
Does the Eagle know what is in the pit Or wilt thou go ask the Mole? Can Wisdom be put in a silver rod, Or Love in a golden bowl? William Blake
wisdom smart teaching
To generalize is to be an idiot.
wisdom real school
Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they go, but, without the discipline of real life, they remain of the nature of theory only. Samuel Smiles
wisdom nature book
The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but the nature of learning; whereas the experience gained from actual life is one of the nature of wisdom.
wisdom appreciate firsts
The first step in achieving prosperity and wealth is learning to appreciate what you already have. Samuel Richardson
prayer soul devotion
The shortening of devotions starves the soul, it grows lean and faint William Wilberforce
prayer our-prayers
God punishes us mildly by ignoring our prayers and severely by answering them. Richard J. Needham
prayer people praying
Prayer must carry on our work as much as preaching; he preacheth not heartily to his people that will not pray for them.
prayer creatures breaths
Prayer is the breath of the new creature.
prayer father race
Whoever in prayer can say, 'Our Father', acknowledges and should feel the brotherhood of the whole race of mankind. Tryon Edwards
prayer past simple
all his prayers of the past had been simple concrete requests: God, give me a bicycle, a knife with seven blades, a box of oil paints. Only how, how, could you say something so indefinite, so meaningless as this: God, let me be loved. Truman Capote
prayer blessing earth
Our earnest prayer is that God will graciously vouchsafe prosperity, happiness, and peace to all our neighbors, and like blessings to all the peoples and powers of the earth William McKinley
prayer simple giving
We hear in these days of scientific enlightenment a great deal of discussion about the efficacy of Prayer. Many reasons are given why we should not pray. Others give reasons why we should pray. Very little is said of the reason we do pray. The reason is simple: We pray because we cannot help praying. William James
prayer essence soul
But petitional prayer is only one department of prayer; and if we take the word in the wider sense as meaning every kind of inward communion or conversation with the power recognized as divine, we can easily see that scientific criticism leaves it untouched. Prayer in this wide sense is the very soul and essence of religion.