Great Quotations

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William Makepeace Thackeray


To endure is greater than to dare to tire out hostile fortune to be daunted by no difficulty to keep heart when all have lost it -- who can say this is not greatness

George Bernard Shaw


Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

Benjamin Disraeli


Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Jon Stewart, The Daily Show: Referring to the victory of George W. Bush in the 2004 election.


Democracy works. Against us.

Cornelius Stam


Our first responsibility is not to build the Church or even to get souls saved--it is to represent Christ and to bring His message to the world. As God beholds us in Christ, so the world must behold Christ in us. As Christ represents us before the Father, so we must represent Christ before the world.

Thomas Fuller


If you have a true friend, you have more than your share.

Frank Lloyd Wright


Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.

William Shakespeare


I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.

J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2003


Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.

Benjamin Franklin


Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them.

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Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:41:20 GMT
"To create damage to property or danger to other people is just as bad as the human rights violations they are protesting.''

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Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:03:00 GMT
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