Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many of us divide and dissipate our energies in debating actions which should be taken for granted.
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ROLLO MAY Our hope and trust should not be in our actions, possibilities and talents, our hope and trust shoul... SUNDAY ADELAJA For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we perform for the sake of our fr... MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions. STEPHEN COVEY While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions. STEPHEN R. COVEY Fiscal 2005 represented a record year for Red Robin in terms of revenue, earnings, and new restauran... DENNIS MULLEN Human life occurs only once, and the reason we cannot determine which of our decisions are good and ... MILAN KUNDERA Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfil... ROLLO MAY Life's rewards as well as it's short-comings are magnetic reflections of the vivacious energies we r... NETIERA DANISE Our passions in life drive us to our purpose. Allow yourself to follow your passion and you will und... WILIAM CONSTANTINE Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those circumstances by which nat... MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO Every one of our passions and affections hath its natural stint and bound, which may easily be excee... JOSEPH BUTLER Easter Our imitation of God in this life -- that is, our willed imitation, as distinct from any l... C. S. LEWIS In that third quarter, we didn't play very good basketball on our end. We had too many turnovers, an... DEREK ROBEY The use of knowledge in our sex (beside the amusement of solitude) is to moderate the passions and l... MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an ... GEORGE ELIOT Negative experiences lower our personal vibrations and we feel bad. This state attracts more negativ... 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RALPH LAUREN The clothes that I design and everything I've done is about life and how people live and how the... RALPH LAUREN I have had a lot of good things happen, but I've also had a lot of terrible things happen. RALPH LAUREN My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. I... RALPH LAUREN You have to create something from nothing. RALPH LAUREN Darryl Strawberry has been voted to the Hall of Fame five years in a row. RALPH KINER All of his saves have come in relief appearances. RALPH KINER Cadillacs are down at the end of the bat. RALPH KINER I think one of the most difficult things for anyone who's played baseball is to accept the fact ... RALPH KINER If Casey Stengel were alive today, he'd be spinning in his grave. RALPH KINER The handwriting on the wall may be a forgery. RALPH HODGSON When the country is at war, you need to support the president. RALPH HALL As policymakers, we need to foster an environment that allows U.S.-based innovators and entrepreneur... RALPH HALL President Obama wants to increase the size of government and raise taxes, while I support less gover... RALPH HALL I am 90. I can work day or night. I'm the same guy, but the polls show the effect of age. That... RALPH HALL When you're as plain as I am, you've gotta have a gimmick. RALPH HALL I've always been conservative. I was born that way. RALPH HALL When you battle Nancy Pelosi as much as I have, you're bound to get a few wrinkles. RALPH HALL I have always taken care of my body; I'm not a drinker, I've never smoked. And I've alwa... RALPH HALL It's kind of hard in politics to forget that you're a Democrat or a Republican and remember ... RALPH HALL I figured there's nobody who's going to beat me or shoot me or crucify me. I can't help ... RALPH HALL I support both a Fair Tax and a Flat Tax plan that would dramatically streamline the tax system. A F... RALPH HALL Because art as a pursuit, as a concept, as an ideal, constantly elevates one above the pragmatic, on... RALPH GIBSON One of the reasons I love to come to Paris is because the decorative arts are so refined that I am a... RALPH GIBSON First you study photography, then you practice photography, then you serve photography, and finally ... RALPH GIBSON When she was younger, my mother was quite committed to Roman Catholicism. But she got disillusioned ... RALPH FIENNES We'd all like to believe that perhaps people could stop killing each other. RALPH FIENNES The sets were fantastic. The Harry Potter sets are brilliant. You do get transported for a second. RALPH FIENNES I went out to Mount Kilimanjaro, which I thought was very beautiful, but there were a lot of people ... RALPH FIENNES