“ Why comes temptation, but for man to meet and master and crouch beneath his foot, and so be pedestaled in triumph? ”
- Robert Browning- Copy
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“ The frost performs its secret ministry, Unhelped by any wind. ”
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge- Copy
- 3.8K
“ I have not loved the world, nor the world me; I have not flatter'd its rank breath, nor bow'd To its idolatries a patient knee. ”
- Lord Byron- Copy
- 2.3K
“ The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows whither he is going. ”
- David Starr Jordan- Copy
- 4K
“ Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the face. ”
- Helen Keller- Copy
- 86
“ Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers. ”
- Austin O’Malley- Copy
- 2.9K
“ It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. ”
- Henry Ward Beecher- Copy
- 505
“ An ill wind that bloweth no man good - The blower of which blast is she. ”
- John Heywood- Copy
- 1.6K
“ The sun, centre and sire of light, The keystone of the world-built arch of heaven. ”
- Philip James Bailey- Copy
- 2K
“ Men are like the earth and we are the moon; we turn always one side to them, and they think there is no other, because they don't see it — but there is. ”
- Olive Schreiner- Copy
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“ No man would listen to you talk if he did not know that it was his turn next. ”
- Edgar Watson Howe- Copy
- 1K
“ Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against; not with; the wind. ”
- Hamilton Wright Mabie- Copy
- 2.5K
“ One might speak to great length of the three corners of reality what was seen, what was thought to be seen, and what was thought ought to be seen. ”
- Marvel Bell- Copy
- 1.3K
“ I bow before the authority of special men because it is imposed upon me by my own reason. ”
- Mikhail Bakunin- Copy
- 2.8K
“ A cow is a very good animal in the field, but we turn her out of a garden. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
- 3.3K
“ Lookit, I've done it their way this far and now it's my turn. I'm my own handler. Any questions? Ask me... There's not going to be any more handler stories because I'm the handler... I'm Doctor Spin. ”
- Dan Quayle- Copy
- 2.2K
“ When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves. ”
- Confucius- Copy
- 235
“ Happiness, I do not know where to turn to discover you on earth, in the air or the sky; yet I know you exist and are no futile dream. ”
- Rosalia Castro- Copy
- 1.2K
“ Classical music is the kind that we keep hoping will turn into a tune. ”
- Kin Hubbard- Copy
- 1.4K
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