The hopeless hope is what sustains us in difficult moments; our comrades will be more patient than the executioners and more numerous than the bullets.
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Related And I fired four more times at a lifeless body and the bullets sank in without leaving a mark. And i... ALBERT CAMUS I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know. ALBERT CAMUS No one can hope that men who have fought in silence for four years and are now fighting all day long... ALBERT CAMUS The people are under arms tonight because they hope for justice for tomorrow, Some go about saying t... ALBERT CAMUS Despite men's suffering, despite the blood and wrath, despite the dead who can never be replaced, th... ALBERT CAMUS I knew a man who gave twenty years of his life to a scatterbrained woman, sacrificing everything to ... ALBERT CAMUS I will always be the hopeless romantic, more often pathetic than heroic. CHRIS LOWELL If the government will not change its position, we note that there are a lot more of us and our troo... BRUNO JULLIARD The evangelist is the world's hopeless romantic, and just like a hopeless romantic, he must hope for... CRISS JAMI Whiskey has killed more men than bullets, but most men would rather be full of whiskey than bullets.... LOGAN PEARSALL SMITH Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers. UNKNOWN Whiskey has killed more men than bullets, but most men would rather be full of whiskey than bullets. LOGAN PEARSALL SMITH Imagination is more important than knowledge. -Albert Einstein. ALBERT EINSTEIN Fallible characters are more interesting than superheroes in the end. DAMIAN LEWIS They are more to me than life, these voices, they are more than motherliness and more than fear; the... ERICH MARIA REMARQUE It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult to sacrifice skill ... JOHN RUSKIN Prison officials have been more concerned about sparing the sensitivities of executioners and witnes... JAMIE FELLNER Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment. SAMUEL JOHNSON Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment SAMUEL JOHNSON Our faith comes in moments... yet there is a depth in those brief moments which constrains us to asc... RALPH WALDO EMERSON Mother used to say that however miserable one is, there’s always something to be thankful for. And... ALBERT CAMUS In the end, I need to be fulfilled in my work - that's more important than the money. T. R. KNIGHT Paper is more patient than man. ANNE FRANK It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize,
And to be swift is less than to be wise.
'Tis ... HOMER ("SMYRNS OF CHIOS") I hope the athletes know we're not going away and we will persevere. I hope Canadians get behind us ... JANE ROOS I am more afraid of alcohol than of all the bullets of the enemy. STONEWALL JACKSON The only serious question in life is whether to kill yourself or not. ALBERT CAMUS Despite all of our efforts to control something, the world is much, much more powerful than us, and ... ERROL MORRIS It is difficult to describe what this situation feels like for those involved. It is surreal and unf... SCOTT COWEN One plays at being immortal and after a few weeks one doesn't even know whether or not one can hang ... ALBERT CAMUS Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide NAPOLEON BONAPARTE Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not. BARUCH SPINOZA It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect ... WILLIAM JAMES It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything
else, will affect ... WILLIAM JAMES It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult undertaking which, more than anything else, will ... WILLIAM JAMES The only crystal ball even more difficult to read than where one's own personal situation may be is ... STEVE FRIEDMAN Success is more difficult to handle than failure. RAVI ZACHARIAS Thomas felt his spirits lift, but immediately squashed them back down. Getting his hopes up was some... JAMES DASHNER The relation nurse/doctor is even more complex than the relation patient/doctor. GERHARD KOCHER I think I have more patience now than I did in the past. T. BOONE PICKENS Directing is really exciting. In the end, it's more fun to be the painter than the paint. GEORGE CLOONEY Also, it was a bit hopeless," he said. "A bit defeatist." "If by defeatist you mean honest, the... JOHN GREEN Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one wi... H. E. KLINE It is not that God's help and presence must still be proved in our life; rather God's presence and h... DIETRICH BONHOEFFER The only thing better than singing is more singing. ELLA FITZGERALD I believe the 'Jeopardy!' test is more difficult than being a contestant on the program. ALEX TREBEK It is much more important to know what sort of a patient has a disease than what sort of a disease a... WILLIAM OSLER There is increasing chatter that when the in-patient payment system comes out in a couple of weeks, ... TAO LEVY Tekerlekler üzerinde kayan zindanımın karanlığında, yorgunluğumun ta derinliklerinden gelişm... ALBERT CAMUS We don't have the time to completely be ourselves. We only have the room to be happy. ALBERT CAMUS It was previously a question of finding out whether or not life had to have a meaning to be lived. I... ALBERT CAMUS ترجیح میدهم طوری زندگی کنم که گویی خدا هست و وقتی مُردم ... ALBERT CAMUS One must not hope to be more than one can be. NICOLAS CHAMFORT The more people join the Trust the more representative of the fans we will be. We currently have wel... DAVE ELLIS Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON Isn't post-modernism really one big cover-up for the failure of the French to write a truly interest... JOHN LEONARD Brett was the kind of person that one sought to emulate. His redeeming characteristics were numerous... JEFF MORSE Facing the media is more difficult than bathing a leper. MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA Words do not create change as much as example does. Be the example BRENT M. JONES Rarely if ever, moments come that are so defining in our lives. The years are glutted with benign ma... JOEL T. MCGRATH THERE IS MORE HOPE IN THE UNKNOWN THAN IN THE FEARFUL,IGNORANCE OF MAN RANDOLPH L. HARRIS There is just this for consolation: an hour here or there, when our lives seem, against all odds and... MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM The danger of civilization, of course, is that you will piss away your life on nonsense. JIM HARRISON I know more now than I did in the past about the process of democratization. I know more about the p... MELES ZENAWI I've become a less brave traveller since I became a dad, but in the past I was more foolhardy th... DAVID MITCHELL It is likely that the Turkish outbreaks will be more accessible to flu scientists than those cases i... JOHN WOOD Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him. FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him. FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY More than any other poet, Whitman is what we make him; more than any other poet, his greatest value ... JOHN BURROUGHS Not only will this make you treat each moment more preciously, but you will be more patient with you... MENACHEM MENDEL SCHNEERSON Hope is faith holding out its hand in the dark. GEORGE ILES Hope hurt more than the cold. MAGGIE STIEFVATER Nothing is permanently perfect. But there are perfect moments and the will to choose what will bring... MARY BALOGH There is nothing more real than what cannot be seen and there is nothing more certain than what cann... CONFUCIUS The doubt of an earnest, thoughtful, patient and laborious mind is worthy of respect. In such doubt ... JOHN LANCASTER SPALDING The giver is more than the gift; God is more than the blessing. And our being kept waiting on Him is... ANDREW MURRAY The business is somewhat more difficult and complex than many of the operators had originally though... JEFFREY YOUNG The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what... THOMAS JEFFERSON I'd love him to see me and be proud of me. I hope my dad gets in contact because I'd love nothing mo... DAWN NELSON It is only a short step from exaggerating what we can find in the world to exaggerating our power to... DANIEL J. BOORSTIN Posterity is a most limited assembly. Those gentlemen who reach
posterity are not much more numero... BENJAMIN DISRAELI All of our competitors around the world, every country is investing more in infrastructure as a perc... DOUGLAS R. OBERHELMAN The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does. NAPOLEON HILL The more you mow us down, the more numerous we grow; the blood of Christians is seed. TERTULLIAN more difficult than anticipated. BYRON DORGAN Indeed, I hope to spend more time and to be more effectively involved in the city than I have been a... ALICE RIVLIN The love of wilderness is more than a hunger for what is always beyong reach; it is also an expressi... EDWARD ABBEY Being patient will continue to remain something ridiculous as long as tomorrows continue to be somet... MEHMET MURAT ILDAN It's widely accepted in the sport that drop-knee is more difficult than prone. Mainly because it's m... DAVID HUBBARD Black leadership has to recognize that principles more than speech, character more than a claim, is ... LOUIS FARRAKHAN Like the hope cannot expect more than its own self, man cannot be other than his soul. SORIN CERIN We are indeed much more than what we eat, but what we eat can nevertheless help us to be much more t... ADELLE DAVIS We are indeed much more than what we eat, but what we eat can nevertheless help us to be much more t... ADELLE DAVIS There is only one thing more numerous than the stars,” I say, looking up to the heavens. “And th... JESSICA KHOURY The ballot is stronger than bullets. JOSEPH A. SCHUMPETER The ballot is stronger than bullets. JOSEPH SCHUMPETER I have more love in me than not, I have more hope in me than not, and I have more faith than I used ... BRETT BUTLER
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