Hopeful people are more easily controlled, but the volume must be managed. Too much hope leaves a person emboldened and resistant. Too little leaves them disabled and useless. But just the right amount of hope subjugates them. They cradle it like a dying ember, and they'll do anything to keep the wind from extinguishing it. They'll serve.
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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES We were just too strong for them. They have a lot of girls and are really trying to build something ... ALLEN HORNTHAL Sometime theyll give a war and nobody will come. CARL SANDBURG But hard bitten cynicism leaves one feeling peevish, and too much of it can do lasting damage to you... JULIE POWELL And now, my poor old woman, why are you crying so bitterly? It is autumn. The leaves are falling fro... MERVYN PEAKE No matter how powerful our political and religious leaders think they are, they are as dust before t... ALAN MOORE In a world where people are too languid to make something of themselves out of effort, I sell them h... E.A.A. WILSON Mental illness leaves a huge legacy, not just for the person suffering it but for those around them. LYSETTE ANTHONY Young people are more hopeful at a certain age than adults, but I suspect that's glandular. As for c... GORE VIDAL Freeze herbs by stem and all - don't just freeze the leaves. It's better to keep them sturdi... ALEX GUARNASCHELLI We're trying to find that right balance so that kids don't play too much baseball but don't play too... KURT ROUHSELANG Passing and serving needs to improve, it just needs to become a little more consistent. But we don't... KATHY WHITWORTH Don't be in temper, to leave so quickly, that I may be dying. But all too soon, the leaves and debri... ANTHONY LICCIONE They're too athletic for us to play them man. You have to hope they don't keep hitting those shots. ... DANIEL JENKINS We are plain people from Tennessee, called here for a little time by a nation's calamity, and I hope... ELIZA JOHNSON The peasant is the foundation of the state and must be governed with care. He must be allowed neithe... HONDA MASANOBU I think sometimes there is no right thing. ROSAMUND HODGE The crew responded with a trained response that they do to keep people from getting on the ship. The... BRUCE GOOD Children are not the people of tomorrow, but are people of today. They have a right to be taken seri... JANUSZ KORCZAK ...but her eyes had had too much in them and his heart way too little for things to keep going. J.R. WARD IN EVERY SITUATION IN LIFE, WE MUST NOT ONLY BE HOPEFUL BUT AS WELL KEEP THE HOPE ALIVE. JOB LAZARUS OKELLO. Youth fades; love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them al... OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES Are you a kind of person who likes to keep all your emotions hidden from the people around you! Do y... ABHIJIT NASKAR Our legacy systems just cost too much to maintain. That saps our resources-not only people, but doll... BILL JENKINS It's like Goldilocks here. You've got to be just right. You can have not too much experience nor too... BILL BRADY There is a basic lesson on financial crises that governments tend to wait too long, underestimate th... TIMOTHY GEITHNER A lotus without leaves lacks splendor. A lotus without water is a dying flower attracting no attenti... PETER SAYSOMPHANE Many people are afraid of diving deep into a relationship but they are also afraid of leaving it whi... KHANG KIJARRO NGUYEN The kids worked hard. We were right there with them. They just had a little too much depth. JACK HEAVEY Politicians often talk too much and listen too little, which can be self-defeating, for in many inst... JON MEACHAM I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... C. JOYBELL C. It's so screwed up, the standards...You should like it, but you shouldn't like it too much or talk a... KODY KEPLINGER People can be like the wind that helps the leaves to get ready for the winter. They will come and go... ROSE MESQUITA I want to avoid becoming too styled, too 'done' and too generic. You see people as they go t... EMMA WATSON The fact that God has prohibited despair gives misfortune the right to hope all things, and leaves h... ANNE SOPHIE SWETCHINE The fact that God has prohibited despair gives misfortune the right to hope all things, and leaves h... ANNE SOPHIE SWETCHINE It's happened too often. It's a terrible feeling. We're a good team and we'll rectify it, but it lea... SHEAN DONOVAN Pastor Smith did not have the religious constitution needed to provide salvation for any of us who�... CHERYL R COWTAN The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL To be eligible for this program, they have to live in substandard housing. In this area, it means th... DICK TAYLOR Wasn't it better if they kept this desire to see each other hidden within them, and never actually g... HARUKI MURAKAMI I probably felt a little too anxious in the first half. I was thinking too much and I didn't feel li... GABE PRUITT If they're late and the people are waiting, I feel an obligation to keep them entertained somehow, .... CHARLIE BROTMAN When you strip hope from people, it leaves a void, and that void needs to be filled. And very likely... ALFONSO CUARON A wind has blown the rain away and blown the sky away and all the leaves away, and the trees stand. ... E. E. (EDWARD ESTLIN) CUMMINGS A wind has blown the rain away and blown the sky away and all the leaves away, and the trees stand. ... E. E. CUMMINGS Right now, it's still fun to have all these things to do. I don't have too much more to do. Once the... DAVID NOEL Those numbers have the potential to cause negative impacts. But it sounds to me like additional amel... JOE LAWRENCE People tend to dance much more easily than they can sing or play the piano. It's not hard to teach a... CHRISTOPHER SHARRETT [The talks have helped clarify] what each party wants or must have in the basket and also what each ... CHEN JIAN You become afraid lest too much perspiration will wet your hands too much, make them slide on the bl... GEORGE ANTHEIL What is wrong is wrong and what is right is right. If it is therefore wrong to do what is wrong, the... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH There were always people like the pope. They serve a certain function, of course. They subsidize us.... DIANE FROLOV AND ANDREW SCHNEIDER I write what I'd like to read and just hope that, along the way, others might like to read them,... KATE MORTON Some people are like egg. The more you apply heat to them, the harder they become. To hatch them, ju... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Always Be Ready For Anything that Comes: Bananas, Chips, College, an Opportunity, so when it does yo... DANIEL OJEDA Hope Leaves the Theater. PETER DINKLAGE We are far from perfect but willing to be different. CRAIG GROESCHEL My initial hope was to record something that would have historical value, but this has become too mu... DOUG WEAD An Indigo Bunting let out a trill, a cheery song, reminding me of better days, of hope and happiness... CHERYL R COWTAN Reach out and help others. If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. Be a vessel, be the c... GERMANY KENT The hope is the best and the worst thing at the same time. PAWAN MISHRA Each man lives in his own universe and when he dies the world is over BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA I wear my heart on my sleeve. I just trust people too easily. I usually create a false image of who ... KIMBERLY BANDY Hope is the grace of endurance in the stormy days. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Depression has a number of different symptoms, one of them being food. Whether you're eating too muc... JUSTIN MURTEY To this day, I can never shake the connection between this boy, Peeta Mellark, and the bread that ga... SUZANNE COLLINS I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won't ... ORSON WELLES ... You asked how am I?? Really?? So you care about me?? or you just decided to ask to return it bac... DEYTH BANGER God is the source of life. Life without God is hopeless. But life with God is an endless hope LAILAH GIFTY AKITA I was little shaky on my five, six-footers. A couple of them I hit a little too hard, and they just ... MORGAN PRESSEL There is no time for more research. Too much has already been done and there are stacks of reports a... FAISAL BASRI They're fine to use. Just be sensible about the volume and amount of time you listen. If the person ... CHRISTINE ALBERTUS We have tears in our eyes As we wave our goodbyes, We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL It isn't a true Japanese maple if a bird can't fly through it. It's important to keep them open and ... FRANCIE SCHROEDER In life no amount of money is too big & no amount is too small,but thinking makes them what they cur... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Souls were the same. They, too, had useless baggage that impeded their proper performance, these ann... J.R. WARD I think women let themselves be burdened by failures much more than men do. They agonize - and I do ... HEIDI ROIZEN We frequently hear of people dying from too much drinking . . . that this happens is a matter of rec... W. C. FIELDS I had a feeling she probably made friends with people pretty easily, and that could be a good thing ... JESSI KIRBY -a person's soul cannot be controlled without their knowledge.- so long as you are alive it is the (... STEVE BULLOCK The bee collects honey from flowers in such a way as to do the least damage or destruction to them, ... SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES Get the shading right, the lighting right, and there are things you can do to make the CGI look more... JON FAVREAU We had them just where we wanted them. We wanted them running and wanted to get them in that game. T... BRAD PODEVELS We just need to keep it going for two more weeks. I just hope we're not peaking too early. KENT HALL I heard nothing but positive things. The coaches like the competition and the teams here. But a lot ... JEFF COURTRIGHT Big trees have more leaves to trap air pollution and transpire water into the air. They have more ro... DEBORAH GANGLOFF In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for... JOHN RUSKIN In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: they must be fit for... JOHN RUSKIN The leaves let go, the seeds let go, and I must let go sometimes, too, and cast my lot with another ... ROBERT FULGHUM Love is a form of prejudice. You love what you need, you love what makes you feel good, you love wha... CHARLES BUKOWSKI I thought commanders could order anything.” "They can order the moon to turn blue, too, but i... ORSON SCOTT CARD One who has hope lives differently. POPE BENEDICT XVI Hope is possibly the only inexhaustible resource on earth. MARTINA BOONE A slice of hot, buttered toast is the perfect meal. It's not too much and not too little, and it... NAVEEN ANDREWS I'm really proud of how we battled in the second half - that was Eminence basketball. We were able t... JASON SIMS I was just pleased and hope he continues to be successful. But somewhere along the line, you've got ... ARCHIE MANNING Well, we like to let down our hair and pep it up at the dances, but we keep it slower when we broadc... VAUGHN MONROE I will keep no further journal of that same hesternal torch‐light ; and, to prevent me from retu... GEORGE GORDON BYRON There is now no hope of getting them to surrender. I have told the court that they have rushed too m... BETTY BIGOMBE
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BROTHER LAWRENCE Feast of Perpetua, Felicity & their Companions, Martyrs at Carthage, 203 Use yourself then by deg... BROTHER LAWRENCE He had no qualms; "for", said he, "when I fail in my duty, I readily acknowledge it, saying, 'I am u... BROTHER LAWRENCE There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful than that of a continual walk wit... BROTHER LAWRENCE [He said] that it was a great delusion to think that the times of prayer ought to differ from other ... BROTHER LAWRENCE One way to recall the mind easily in the time of prayer, and preserve it more in tranquility, is not... BROTHER LAWRENCE Feast of Edward the Confessor, 1066 [He said:] That all possible kinds of mortification, if they ... BROTHER LAWRENCE Feast of Thomas the Apostle Good when He gives, supremely good; Nor less when He denies: Afflictio... BROTHER LAWRENCE We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness o... BROTHER LAWRENCE Every generation welcomes the pirates from the last. LAWRENCE LESSIG If you're too open-minded; your brains will fall out. LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI Sometimes life takes hold of one, carries the body along, accomplishes one's history, and yet is not... D.H. LAWRENCE [in the true mad north] of introspection, where 'falcons of the inner eye' dive and die, g... LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it. D.H. LAWRENCE The time of business does not with me differ from the time of prayer, and in the noise and clatter o... BROTHER LAWRENCE All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake u... T.E. LAWRENCE Music was invented to confirm human loneliness. LAWRENCE DURRELL Music is only love looking for words. LAWRENCE DURRELL Everyone loathes his own country and countrymen if he is any sort of artist. LAWRENCE DURRELL If you don't believe in yourself, then who will believe in you? The next man's way of getting there ... MARTIN LAWRENCE Wearing overalls on weekdays, painting somebody else's house to earn money? You're working class. We... LAWRENCE SUTTON The appalling thing is the degree of charity women are capable of. You see it all the time... love l... LAWRENCE DURRELL Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked. LAWRENCE DURRELL For us artists there waits the joyous compromise through art with all that wounded or defeated us in... LAWRENCE DURRELL Don't set compensation as a goal. Find work you like, and the compensation will follow. HARDING LAWRENCE It's only with great vulgarity that you can achieve real refinement, only out of bawdy that you can ... LAWRENCE DURRELL Each handicap is like a hurdle in a steeplechase, and when you ride up to it, if you throw your hear... LAWRENCE BIXBY Now stiff on a pillar with a phallic air nelson stylites in Trafalgar square reminds the British wha... LAWRENCE DURRELL A woman's best love letters are always written to the man she is betraying. LAWRENCE DURRELL No one can go on being a rebel too long without turning into an autocrat. LAWRENCE DURRELL There is something brittle in me that will break before it bends. Perhaps if the [the enemy] had bro... MARK LAWRENCE Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them... LAWRENCE DURRELL There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer, ... ELIZABETH LAWRENCE Each handicap is like a hurdle in a steeplechase, and when you ride up to it, if you throw your hear... LAWRENCE BIXBY Serendipity. Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you've found is more sui... LAWRENCE BLOCK The world is a beautiful place to be born into if you don't mind some people dying all the time or m... LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved. D.H. LAWRENCE We must do our business faithfully, without trouble or disquiet, recalling our mind to God mildly, a... BROTHER LAWRENCE We need not feel ashamed of flirting with the zodiac. The zodiac is well worth flirting with. D.H. LAWRENCE Watch your thoughts, for they become words.Watch your words, for they become actions.Watch your acti... LAWRENCE BLOCK