God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things that can be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish one from the other
Reinhold Niebuhr
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information by testing and repeating observable things so that we
can... LEWIS N. ROE God, grant me strength to accept those things I cannot change. DAN BROWN Then you've made the only choice. But there's a penalty attached, as there is to most things you wan... MARGARET MITCHELL Be the best of you. Don’t do what society, your surroundings, or circumstances expect you to do. D... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things cannot be changed. TOM CLANCY Anything that is exclusive will be accused of elitism; living one’s dreams will be called pretenti... FENNEL HUDSON It was about more fully inhabiting the life I have, not creating a new one. PATTI DIGH I look at things as 'Everything is meant to be.' LIL WAYNE To be or not to be. That's not really a question. JEAN-LUC GODARD Judge not lest ye be judged. THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW Believe something and the Universe is on its way to being changed. Because you've changed, by believ... DIANE DUANE If God give you strength and courage, don't use it to intimidate people or overpower them, rather us... ANTHONY LICCIONE until we do what has not yet been done, what has not been done shall remain undone ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Be the action and bring the change. Leave the rest to the law of causality. Be bold enough to cause ... ABHIJIT NASKAR It doesn't seem like they can accept change. We've taken our beatings for a long time, and now thing... MANNY ZAFIROS To be rich simply means,to be able to meet people's need. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) when your heart touched mine,I knew then we were one. THERESA M WILSON To be rich simply means to be beneficial to others. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) More than any woman I ever knew, she comforted.' -Mrs. Huxley about Emma DEBORAH HEILIGMAN That's silly,' said Martha. 'Friends should always tell each other the truth. JAMES MARSHALL Kindness is the essence of greatness and the fundamental characteristic of the noblest men and women... JOSEPH B. WIRTHLIN In this long eternal quest to be more like our Savior, may we try to be “perfect” men and women ... JEFFREY R. HOLLAND And we learned that you don't have to be famous or rich or physically healthy to be a leader. You ju... JOAN BAUER There is no tomorrow to remember if we don’t do something today, and to live most fully today, we ... THOMAS S. MONSON Beauty—real everlasting beauty—lives not on our faces, but in our attitude and our actions. It l... JUSTINA CHEN I judge the world by my own lights and I come by my own hand. CATHERINE MADSEN How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL - Mrzim sve što je odricanje! - Ni ja, Ivane, ne pristajem da se odričem. Ja hoću ceo, sav, ... DOBRICA ĆOSIć In the beginning the Universe was created. This had made many people very angry and has been wi... DOUGLAS ADAMS There was a terribly ghastly silence. There was a terribly ghastly noise. There was a terr... DOUGLAS ADAMS
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