Every man thinks God is on his side. The rich and powerful know he is.
Jean Anouilh
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DUDLEY DAVIDSON-JARRETT The rich man thinks about the future the poor man thinks about today.
VIKRANT PARSAI As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.
BIBLE A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.
MAHATMA GANDHI A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.
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FREDERICK HENRY HEDGE Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is doing a public service.
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G. K. CHESTERTON As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. Proverbs 23:7
BIBLE As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]
BIBLE As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7].
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CECIL FRANCES ALEXANDER The rich man in his castle, the poor man at his gate, God made them, high or lowly, and ordered thei...
CECIL F. ALEXANDER The rich man in his castle, / The poor man at his gate, / God made them, high or lowly, / And ordere...
CECIL ALEXANDER The rich man in his castle, / The poor man at his gate, / God made them, high or lowly, / And ordere...
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ALEXANDER SMITH To a man, his world is what he sees, thinks and believes. But the man is not the world. He is just a...
SEYMOUR NIGHTWEAVER When you believe in God, you've got to believe in the all-powerful God. He's not just God, H...
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APURVA GAGLANI God is becoming bitter, he envies man his mortality.
JACQUES RIGAUT God is growing bitter, He envies man his mortality.
JACQUES RIGAUT Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.
ANDRé MALRAUX Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.
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ERIC HOFFER Only the man who thinks himself a fool is as wise as he thinks.
CRISS JAMI Man thinks, God directs.
ALCUIN If man asks for many laws it is only because he is sure that his neighbor needs them; privately he i...
WILL DURANT A man is literally what he thinks.
JAMES ALLEN A man is literally what he thinks
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JOHN DONNE Anytime you have anyone who thinks he or she has God in their pocket, you have the potential for dis...
CHARLES KIMBALL If a rich man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.
SOCRATES Man has received direct from God only one instrument wherewith to know himself and to know his relat...
LEO TOLSTOI After a rich man gets rich, his next ambition is to get richer.
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ALPHONSE KARR Every man has three characters-that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks h...
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FRANCIS BACON There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is reall...
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ISAAC D'ISRAELI Many a man thinks he is patient when, in reality, he is indifferent.
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C.S. LEWIS As you know, God is generally on the side of the big squadrons against the small ones.
COMTE DEBUSSY-RABUTIN As you know, God is generally on the side of the big squadrons against the small ones.
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JEAN PAUL The fear of being wrong is the prime inhibitor of the creative process.
JEAN BRYANT Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other han...
JEAN COCTEAU There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past.
JEAN ROSTAND The child is not to be educated for the present, but for the remote future, and often is opposition ...
JEAN PAUL