November 2008 – Page 289 – Dictionary of Quotes

I got fame and fortune, and I lost my sense of reasoning. Little Richard

I got fame and fortune, and I lost my sense of reasoning.ReasonQuotations by Little Richard

Everyone has his reasons. Jean Renoir

Everyone has his reasons.ReasonQuotations by Jean Renoir

Reason is the wise man’s guide, example the fool’s. Welsh Proverb

Reason is the wise man’s guide, example the fool’s.ReasonQuotations by Welsh Proverb

Reason lies between the bridle and the spur. Italian Proverb

Reason lies between the bridle and the spur.ReasonQuotations by Italian Proverb

On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale. Alexander Pope

On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.ReasonQuotations by Alexander Pope

Most of us, when all is said and done, like what we like and make up reasons for it afterwards. Soren F. Petersen

Most of us, when all is said and done, like what we like and make up reasons for it afterwards.ReasonQuotations by Soren F. Petersen

What is now reason was formerly impulse or instinct. Ovid

What is now reason was formerly impulse or instinct.ReasonQuotations by Ovid

Reason clears and plants the wilderness of the imagination to harvest the wheat of art. Austin O’Malley

Reason clears and plants the wilderness of the imagination to harvest the wheat of art.ReasonQuotations by Austin O’Malley

He who has a strong enough why can bear almost any how. Friedrich Nietzsche

He who has a strong enough why can bear almost any how.ReasonQuotations by Friedrich Nietzsche

Let God’s promises shine on your problems. Corrie Ten Boom

Let God’s promises shine on your problems.ProblemsQuotations by Corrie Ten Boom

Well everybody in Casablanca has problems. Yours may work out. Humphrey Bogart

Well everybody in Casablanca has problems. Yours may work out.ProblemsQuotations by Humphrey Bogart

What men value in this world is not rights but privileges. H. L. Mencken

What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.PrivilegeQuotations by H. L. Mencken

What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral. James Russell Lowell

What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral.PrivilegeQuotations by James Russell Lowell

I perceive that God is no respecter of persons. [Acts 10:34] Bible

I perceive that God is no respecter of persons. [Acts 10:34]PrivilegeQuotations by Bible

Isn’t privacy about keeping taboos in their place? Kate Millet

Isn’t privacy about keeping taboos in their place?PrivacyQuotations by Kate Millet

I’ve always been very zealous about not invading other people’s private spaces. Peter Jennings

I’ve always been very zealous about not invading other people’s private spaces.PrivacyQuotations by Peter Jennings

There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life. George Eliot

There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.PrivacyQuotations by George Eliot

Privacy is not something that I’m merely entitled to, it’s an absolute prerequisite. Marlon Brando

Privacy is not something that I’m merely entitled to, it’s an absolute prerequisite.PrivacyQuotations by Marlon Brando

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison. Henry David Thoreau

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.PrisonQuotations by Henry David Thoreau

When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him. Norman Vincent Peale

When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.PrayerQuotations by Norman Vincent Peale

Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers. Austin O’Malley

Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers.PrayerQuotations by Austin O’Malley

There are few men who dare to publish to the world the prayers they make to Almighty God. Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

There are few men who dare to publish to the world the prayers they make to Almighty God.PrayerQuotations by Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

Don’t put people down, unless it’s on your prayer list. Stan Michalski

Don’t put people down, unless it’s on your prayer list.PrayerQuotations by Stan Michalski

A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer. Gotthold Lessing

A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer.PrayerQuotations by Gotthold Lessing

A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer. Doris Lessing

A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer.PrayerQuotations by Doris Lessing

Prayer does not change God, but changes him who prays. Soren Kierkegaard

Prayer does not change God, but changes him who prays.PrayerQuotations by Soren Kierkegaard

Your prayer must be for a sound mind in a sound body. (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal

Your prayer must be for a sound mind in a sound body.PrayerQuotations by (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal

Religion is in the heart, not in the knees. Douglas William Jerrold

Religion is in the heart, not in the knees.PrayerQuotations by Douglas William Jerrold

Prayer is a groan. St. Jerome

Prayer is a groan.PrayerQuotations by St. Jerome

The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false face for the urge to rule it. H. L. Mencken

The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false face for the urge to rule it.PowerQuotations by H. L. Mencken

Power gravitates to the man who knows how. Orison Swett Marden

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.PowerQuotations by Orison Swett Marden

Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power. Horace Mann

Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power.PowerQuotations by Horace Mann

Power never takes a step back except in the face of more power. Malcolm X

Power never takes a step back except in the face of more power.PowerQuotations by Malcolm X

Power? It’s like a Dead Sea fruit. When you achieve it, there is nothing there. Harold Macmillan

Power? It’s like a Dead Sea fruit. When you achieve it, there is nothing there.PowerQuotations by Harold Macmillan

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. Abraham Lincoln

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.PowerQuotations by Abraham Lincoln

You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day. J. Martin Kohe

You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.PowerQuotations by J. Martin Kohe

Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac. Henry Kissinger

Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.PowerQuotations by Henry Kissinger

The secret to all power is to only do that which all would willingly do. Kinkel

The secret to all power is to only do that which all would willingly do.PowerQuotations by Kinkel

I said to the almond tree, Friend, speak to me of God, and the almond tree blossomed. Nikos Kazantzakis

I said to the almond tree, Friend, speak to me of God, and the almond tree blossomed.PowerQuotations by Nikos Kazantzakis

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