I was the big, bossy older sister, full of enthusiasms, mad fantasies, desperate urges to be famous, and anxious to be a saint - a settled sort of saint, not one who might have to suffer or die for her faith.
Maeve Binchy
Related To be, or not to be, that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE To be or not to be. That's not really a question. JEAN-LUC GODARD Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ... FEREIDOON YAZDI To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be. GOLDA MEIR To be mad is worse than not to be if this is what it is. JOHNNY RICH Hamlet's Cat's Soliloquy "To go outside, and there perchance to stay Or to re... HENRY N. BEARD To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being. TOM ROBBINS I know that David Tennant's Hamlet isn't till July. And lots of people are going to be doing Dr Who ... NEIL GAIMAN In the real world, they told you who to be, not the other way around. RHODA BELLEZA Yes! Very funny this terrible thing is. A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls i... 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People say any woman who would marry you would have to be a saint. JIM GENOVESE Sheep don’t need the shepherd to be what they are. The shepherd needs sheep to be what he is. LJUPKA CVETANOVA Born a saint, die a sinner -- born a sinner, die a saint. DOUG HORTON For virtue's self may too much zeal be had; the worst of madmen is a saint run mad. ALEXANDER POPE To be a success, you have to break down your wall of fear that you built around you to protect yours... DEBASISH MRIDHA A man does not have to be an angel to be a saint. ALBERT SCHWEITZER Plunging in “truths” about God is like walking on the bottom of a sea that is not there, searchi... MARIANA FULGER The worst of madmen is a saint run mad. ALEXANDER POPE How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful. EVANS G. VALENS One does not have to be an angel in order to be saint. -Albert Schweitzer. ALBERT SCHWEITZER 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... 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GERMANY KENT How to be wealthy;Birth an idea & then take it to the market place & believe that the market place w... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) It's a sheer and an utter nonsense to even think or imagine that a person can gain and retain people... ANUJ SOMANY How to be perfect;Think nothing,say nothing & do nothing. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) How to be Great;The moment you realize & accept the ordinary fact that those doing great things toda... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) How to be great;Think of a gigantic & unheard of idea to birth & nurture & inside it lies your great... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Stay true to yourself.Take everyday challenge in your stride & strive to make journey of life exactl... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Be true to yourself.Give wings of confidence & courage to your endeavour. Your strength is reflected... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Like the vital rudder of a ship, we have been provided a way to determine the direction we travel. T... THOMAS S. MONSON Be true to yourself.Let your belief & thoughts for right cause are not compromised at any cost thoug... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Just because you love someone doesn't mean you're meant to be together. MICHAELA D. If you can put your mind to it anything can be achieved but to pull something out of nothing althoug... GARY F EVANS... There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the p... EPICTETUS We must be more and more to each other, my dear wife.' -Charles Darwin to wife Emma upon loss of dau... DEBORAH HEILIGMAN I wish you knew how I value you; and what an inexpressible blessing it is to have one whom one can a... DEBORAH HEILIGMAN I hate that just because you happen to be good at something,people automatically think that's what m... AMBER SMITH I wish people wouldn't think of me as a saint - unless they agree with the definition of a saint... AUNG SAN SUU KYI You don’t have to be brave or a saint, a martyr, or even very smart to be an atheist. All you have... PENN JILLETTE Dare to follow your own paths. Dare to be yourself. Dare to be different. LAILAH GIFTYAKITA As far back as history records people thinking, thinking people
have been befuddled by the mysteries... LEWIS N. ROE 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. For me to be a saint means to be myself. Therefore the problem of sanctity and salvation is in fact ... THOMAS MERTON Saint Melor’s father was Saint Meliau.” “Was everyone in Bertaèyn a saint, back in the d... MERRIE HASKELL Five billion people have played Hamlet. 'To be or not to be.' And how do you do that and fin... ANNETTE BENING I was emotional. I wanted to be taken seriously. I was pretty emo. I was reciting Shakespeare monolo... CONSTANCE WU I don't want a girl who only feels comfortable in either a temple or a discotheque. She has to be bo... SOHIL ASHVIN SHAH Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul. GEORGE HERBERT Shaq pe hai yaqeen unko, Yaqeen pe hai shaq Mujhy..... .....Kis ka jhoot jhoot hai, K... VISHAL BHARADWAJ - HAIDER FILM stop looking for job, create one. SOTONYE ANGA Wou'd I were free from this restraint, Or else had hopes to win her; Wou'd she cou'd make me a saint... WILLIAM CONGREVE The earth is an arena of champions. We are all champions. We all did overcome millions of potential ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I dare be bold, you're one of those
Have took the covenant,
With cavaliers are cavaliers
... SAMUEL BUTLER (1) To have our needs met, to love, to be loved, to feel safe in this world and to each know our purpose... BRYANT MCGILL
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