I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The scriptures assure me that at the last day we shall not be examined on what we thought but what we did.
Benjamin Franklin
Related Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD The words you can’t find, you borrow. We read to know we’re not alone. We read because w... GABRIELLE ZEVIN In every passing moment that is not appreciated time cannot give it back to you. So in moments of id... GARY F EVANS... I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made ... RALPH WALDO EMERSON Same first name as a president and an obscure comic book character. Half-Jewish. Excellent grammar. ... BECKY ALBERTALLI It was pivotal in making you but you don't remember it. Or do you? Do we understand the events that ... DOUGLAS COUPLAND That is very cool that Benjamin Franklin walked the streets here. I read about Franklin in a library... ASHLEY JOHNSON The more we give, the more we reap the benefits of feeling good in helping others. We are all capabl... ANGIE KARAN At the Day of Judgement we shall not be asked what we have read but what we have done. THOMAS à KEMPIS At the Day of Judgment, we shall not be asked what we have read, but what we have done. THOMAS À KEMPIS If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th... GARY F EVANS... If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y... GARY F EVANS... We are what we are. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA When we are very young, our parents inadvertently program us to be what we eventually become. PEGGY TONEY HORTON Religion is, in reality, living. Our religion is not what we profess, or what we say, or what we pro... JACK D. FORBES We did better against Franklin this year than we did last year, but the kids are pretty disappointed... FRED PIMENTAL Shall we not recover ourselves? Shall we not redeem ourselves to one another? Shall we not restore t... L.M. BROWNING We've got exactly what we need to fulfill our destiny! ABHISHEK KUMAR We shall be judged more by what we do at home than what we preach abroad JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY When we die our deeds shall be left for humanity to judge & our flesh shall become dust for humanity... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) In periods of rapid personal change, we pass through life as though we are spellcast. We speak in se... DOUGLAS COUPLAND And when I saw you kissing that girl My heart, it shattered and my eyes, they watered And ... KATE NASH "Since we don't always get we want, the growth is in making what we get, what we want." - Simcha Glu... SIMCHA GLUCK Chewing tiger nut is good exercise for the mouth, i love its nutty taste SOTONYE ANGA I will always think about what we could've done to win that game. But I think it just gives us more ... CRYSTAL MURDAUGH A house takes on the character of its inhabitants; a homeowner takes on the characteristics of the h... CLIFFORD COHEN When Thomas Paine showed Benjamin Franklin the manuscript of The Age of Reason, Franklin advised him... DAVE BARRY There's no "i" in we, but it is in egoic. When you think about we instead of me, then and only then ... CELESTINE L. GRAY It's basically 9 percent more over what we thought we needed last year. We can talk about an increas... LIZ BROWN A couple of customers interrupted [...] who wanted to know if we had some YA book about ants and ali... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL We shall not busy ourselves with what men ought to have admired, what they ought to have written, wh... GEORGE SAINTSBURY Everything one has a right to do is not best to be done." Benjamin Franklin BARBARA W. TUCHMAN Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye
shall eat, or what ye shall drink;... BIBLE And why love things you were destined to lose? Why let yourself feel things if the feelings were doo... GARTH RISK HALLBERG At the beginning of the year, I think everybody picked us to be last. It's something that we never t... BARRET JACKMAN we sat there smoking cigarettes at 5 in the morning. CHARLES BUKOWSKI We go one game and one pitch at a time. I don't think about what we did the last game. I always try ... BRITTANY MATTHEWS In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in that we give and ... ABRAHAM LINCOLN What Fucks me... is that we both are the same... we all walk on the same path... but everything is a... DEYTH BANGER There's no way that a fan of The Darkness, based on what we did on the last record, is not going to ... JUSTIN HAWKINS I think this year we match up better than we did in the past. We're much more athletic now which is ... KYLE HENCY I don't think our hopes are any different than what they were on day one, and that is that we find t... EMORY MCCLINTON This has been an unbelievable year, no matter what happens. I did a better job of coaching last year... JOHN CALIPARI No one has more fun on the court than we do. But doubles or singles, it doesn't matter. I just love ... CLAUDIA HIRT He that asks me what heaven is, means not to hear me, but to silence me; He knows I cannot tell him.... JOHN DONNE Weirdly enough, the more we give away, the richer we become. CRAIG GROESCHEL We did not think it would be as difficult culturally as it was for the players to adapt, ... On the ... ANTONIO CUE Either we shall find what it is we are seeking or at least we shall free ourselves from the persuasi... PLATO We'll throw it more than we did last year. I think we can throw it and catch a little better than we... BRAD BUSH When you tell me your story or about yourself I understand who you are and are able to share who I a... BRENT M. JONES I thought we did (better) job matching up defensively than what we did the first time we played them... JACKIE DINARDO All my life I have overheard, all my life I have listened to what people will let slip when they thi... PATRICIA LOCKWOOD We are far from perfect but willing to be different. CRAIG GROESCHEL We have taken some huge steps since last season. Our team average time has improved two minutes sinc... JEFF VINCENT I think we gave a better effort tonight than we did last night (against Grand Island). We went hard ... MARK WOODHEAD I'm already gone. I died that night on the side of that road with my sister. TRISHA LEAVER Perfection isn't everything," she said as she turned and walked away. "I think the flaws are what ma... TRISHA LEAVER With her I'd buried myself, every memory of who I was now, six feet under with the sister I'd put th... TRISHA LEAVER We may not get to choose how we die, but we can chose how we live. The universe may for... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON Dreams are hopeful because they exist as pure possibility. Unlike memories, which are fossils, long ... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON We hate Simple Minds. They were no.1 in our Top Five Bands or Musicians who will have to be shot com... NICK HORNBY We need a lot more leadership on defense. That's what we were missing last year. We all got together... STEVE DAVIS Szerzetesek, vannak tanulatlan, közönséges emberek, akik nem gondolnak a nemes dolgokkal, nem hal... GAUTAMA BUDDHA És Brahmá, a Teremtő, felső ruháját fél vállán átvetve, összetett kézzel meghajolt a Mag... GAUTAMA BUDDHA We're too good of a football team to come out at this time of the year and put that kind of display ... DOUG KAY What we do tomorrow is more important than what we did yesterday. PANKAJ PATEL It is certainly true that writers take a stance at some variance from organized religion. This has n... EAVAN BOLAND The road that connects our thoughts to the ears of others is our tongue. What travel on this road is... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The danger of civilization, of course, is that you will piss away your life on nonsense. JIM HARRISON The sophomores have matured from last year, but we are still a young team. We gained some experience... AMY ESTRY From the very onset we addressed it and dealt with it, and the players understand what we're facing.... JOHN FOX Sometimes people think (that) to see that we are family is to be sentimental. But one has to say: Th... DESMOND TUTU When did we stop saying 'love you' as we parted for our day or fell asleep at night? When did we thi... ALAN B JONES We have suffered discrimination. We have suffered isolation and undermining. But we stand up for Ame... MAXINE WATERS I believe racism is at the roots of this. Not only have we suffered natural disasters, we've suffere... MARLEINE BASTIEN Trust on and think To-morrow will repay;
To-morrow's falser than the former day;
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