Honda Masanobu quote: "The peasant is the foundation of the state and must be governed with care. He must be allowed neither too much, nor too little, but just enough rice to live on and keep for seed in the following year. The remainder must be taken from him in tax."

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BETTE DAVIS

Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone -- but not the complete structure. It...
BETTE DAVIS

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BETTE DAVIS

Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone - but not the complete structure. It ...
QUENTIN CRISP

Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ...
GERMANY KENT

Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over.
RICHARD CARLSON

Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo...
GERMANY KENT

If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.
SAMUEL BUTLER

Art must be parochial in the beginning to be cosmopolitan in the end.
GEORGE A. MOORE

Who is most likely to bother about your happiness? You, yourself. So like yourself, love yourself, c...
EVERSKEPTIC

The issues are now in the hands of the state, ... The state system must be allowed to work. But the ...
ELDRIN BELL

Now is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over.
RICHARD CARLSON

All countries must be governed by the modern people; they must be governed by the progressive people...
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN

How to change the world:
• spread positivity
• bring people up instead of dragging the...
GERMANY KENT

To have the time to reminisce is one of the futures gifts. Don't think to much, don't live to fast, ...
CALVIN WILSON

We are the masters of our own destinies we shape and mould our lives into to the circumstances surro...
GARY F EVANS...

Be the best of you. Don’t do what society, your surroundings, or circumstances expect you to do. D...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA

Avoid the temptation to force a moment so you won’t miss the one with your name on it.
GINA GREENLEE

Time that is spent dwelling on the past will surely continue in your present moment - and the future...
MICHELLE CRUZ-ROSADO

An emotionally locked person refuses to let go of their sad memories and live in the now.
KILROY J. OLDSTER

Be encouraged. Hold your head up high and know God is in control and has a plan for you. Instead of ...
GERMANY KENT

Neither care too much nor too little about the feedback of others.
MILES ANTHONY SMITH

The state must be the first to be organized and totally committed to serving the interests of the pe...
SAMORA MACHEL

The words he said, too, must be human enough to bleed.
CAMERON CONAWAY

He's for you and wants to help you be the person He created you to be.
CRAIG GROESCHEL

I must be careful not to get trapped in the past. That's why I tend to forget my songs.
MICK JAGGER

Conscience lays the foundation. Ideology may provide explanations for the actions. He who is hollowe...
JONATHAN CHEN

SACRIFICE OR SELFISHNESS -THE CRUCIAL CHOICE
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If a mark of affection can sometimes be taken for an insult, perhaps the gesture of love is not univ...
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We often gain awareness through a baseline comparison between now and next.
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The foundation of all free government and all social order must be laid in families and in the disci...
NOAH WEBSTER

We've been following the New Jersey situation, and we think the amount of contributions required the...
DOUG RAMSEY

Rehashing the past wouldn't change anything. Time to move forward.
ZENA WYNN

defending the religious freedom of Christians.
THE FOUNDATION

Gloria.
THE FOUNDATION

You are good. But it is not enough just to be good. You must be good for something. You must contrib...
GORDON B. HINCKLEY

A villain must be a thing of power, handled with delicacy and grace. He must be wicked enough to exc...
AGNES REPPLIER

Christians seeking social justice have a special responsibility. Much more is required than the brin...
A. C. MACINNES

Just because you believe something was true in the past does not mean it will be true in the future.
JEFFREY FRY

Crisis alone is not enough. There must also be a basis, though it need be neither rational nor ultim...
THOMAS KUHN

The battle is not physical, it is spiritual and your mind is the battleground. Keep your mind pure a...
JEANETTE CORON

No, of course not. But surely you know your affair couldn't go on forever."
"Forever has no mea...
ELLEN HOPKINS

I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live.
THICH NHAT HANH

You can't go back to how things were. How you thought they were. All you really have is...now.
JAY ASHER

Life is a journey, not a destination.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Darkness is nothing
but an opportunity
to spread light
JACKIE VIRAMONTEZ

Education in the past has been too much inspiration and too little information.
E. FRANKLIN FRAZIER

A prince must be prudent enough to know how to escape the bad reputation of those vices that would l...
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI

It's a a damn good day to be alive.
MICHAEL CLIFFORD

Savor the moment. Set a goal that you value and plan the steps to of getting there in a way that you...
TERENCE T. GORSKI

Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid.....
RAYMOND CHANDLER

Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid. ...
REBECCA HARDING DAVIS

It is not enough just to be good. We must be good for something. We must contribute good to the worl...
GORDON B. HINCKLEY

And what's more, he'll go and live with his friend unless his friend is allowed to come in and live ...
P.L. TRAVERS

What lies ahead of you is better than what you have already experienced.
JAACHYNMA N.E. AGU

The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write, but he must by no means live an...
KARL MARX

She was intimidating and all I could do was sit back on the couch as she paced back and forth, slowl...
IN THE MAKING

Let your light shine as an inspiration to humanity and BE THE REASON someone believes in the goodnes...
GERMANY KENT

Every new day provides for you the opportunity to be your very best
SOTONYE ANGA

The two men had a conversation. Brief, cryptic, to the point. As though they had exchanged numbers a...
ARUNDHATI ROY

Dive into the river of the present, but don't thrash about, go with the flow.
JIM GENOVESE

“A government's judicial system must always make the punishment must fit the crime. Too much is ty...
TROY J. GAINEY

The goal of any spiritual person is to strive towards attaining self-realization by living spontaneo...
KILROY J. OLDSTER

I had a best friend once 20 years down the line a friendship that you just do not get now, i regarde...
GARY F EVANS...

The mark of a real man, is a man who can allow himself to fall deeply in love with a woman. But the ...
C. JOYBELL C.

Live in the moment. Don’t carry baggage from the past. Put that baggage in a history book and lear...
DEBASISH MRIDHA

To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
ANDRE MAUROIS

Don't hang out with people who are:
Ungrateful
Unhelpful
Unruly
Unkindly
Un...
GERMANY KENT

To get over the past, you first have to accept that the past is over. No matter how many times you r...
MANDY HALE

A prince must be prudent enough to know how to escape the bad reputation of those vices that would l...
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI

Victory does not come to cowards;it comes to the brave ones.
JAACHYNMA N.E. AGU

To be right, a person must do one of two things: either he must learn to have God in his work and ho...
MEISTER ECKHART

We need to embrace every day and enjoy it as much as we can.
KAREN TODD SCARPULLA

What if you are wrong? What if the gods sent you, and indeed the rest of us, not because we were nev...
MARIE LU

Use your heart. Understand. Learn to see things
in the now, not as they were or will be, or as ...
E.J. PATTEN

In order for a seed to rise, it must be buried in dirt; likewise, in order for the great to rise the...
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO

Hopeful people are more easily controlled, but the volume must be managed. Too much hope leaves a pe...
R.J. LAWRENCE

Reach out and help others. If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. Be a vessel, be the c...
GERMANY KENT

Regardless of what the state law says, parents should not allow their teen to ride with other teen d...
CHERI CIHAK

In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for...
JOHN RUSKIN

In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: they must be fit for...
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if being is many, it must be both like and unlike, and this is impossible, for neither can the like ...
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We have tears in our eyes
As we wave our goodbyes,
We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL

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AMBER SMITH

Quality health care services must be accessible and affordable for all - not just those in certain Z...
RICK SCOTT

Great constitutional provisions must be administered with caution. Some play must be allowed for the...
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES

Without God there could be no American form of government nor an American way of life. Recognition o...
DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER

You are good. But it is not enough just to be good. You must be good for something. You must contrib...
GORDON B. HINCKLEY

What day is it?"
It's today," squeaked Piglet.
My favorite day," said Pooh.
A.A. MILNE

Be present in all things and thankful for all things.
MAYA ANGELOU

Look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is yo...
BETTY SMITH

Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, ...
IDA SCOTT TAYLOR MCKINNEY

Life is a preparation for the future; and the best preparation for the future is to live as if there...
ALBERT EINSTEIN

The only way to survive eternity is to be able to appreciate each moment.
LAUREN KATE

Live today. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Just today. Inhabit your moments. Don't rent them out to to...
JERRY SPINELLI

Mindfulness is like that—it is the miracle which can call back in a flash our dispersed mind and r...
THICH NHAT HANH

Wherever you are, be there. If you can be fully present now, you’ll know what it means to live.
STEVE GOODIER

When you live in the present, the past is forgotten & the future takes care of itself.
MANDY HALE

The peasant is the foundation of the state and must be governed with care. He must be allowed neither too much, nor too little, but just enough rice to live on and keep for seed in the following year. The remainder must be taken from him in tax.

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The peasant is the foundation of the state and must be governed with care. He must be allowed neither too much, nor too little, but just enough rice to live on and keep for seed in the following year. The remainder must be taken from him in tax.

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