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VOLTAIRE (FRANçOIS-MARIE AROUET) When we look it is always forward ,but if we did not think of the past at all we would not be able t...
GARY F EVANS... When going on the journey of life we should always put caution to the wind and have strength in ever...
GARY F EVANS... To have the strength to go and fulfil your hopes and dreams is an aim worth your while indeed, but i...
GARY F EVANS... If we tempt fate we can go over like a roller coaster coming to the end of its tracks.Fate has its o...
GARY F EVANS... Do no look for that ideal person to be with, be that ideal person.
JEFFREY FRY Your "Not To Do" list is also important.
MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN Just because one bad apple is rotten it shouldn't or doesn't mean that the rest of the crate is too....
GARY F EVANS... Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _...
GEORGE MACDONALD There are many great truths which we do not deny, and which nevertheless we do not fully believe
JOSHUA WILLIS ALEXANDER One must not always think so much about what one should do, but rather what one should be. Our works...
MEISTER ECKHART Man does not fight because he has arms. He has arms because he fights
UNKNOWN The worst type of failure is that you do not even try at all.
ZENG HAN JUN Men who refuse to use condoms do not deserve to be fucked by anyone but other men who refuse to use ...
INGA MUSCIO Men of power have no time to read; yet the men who do not read are unfit for power
MICHAEL FOOT Well, there's just some universal truths in a way that I've just observed to be true. You re...
FEIST IF YOU CAN'T THANK GOD FOR WHAT YOU HAVE, THANK HIM FOR WHAT YOU HAVE ESCAPED!
NOT SURE i believe in love. lust. sex. romance. i don't want everything to add up to the perfect equation...i...
NOT REAL A conservative is a liberal who just got mugged and a liberal is a conservative who just got arreste...
NOT SURE If you are constantly looking in the rear view mirror, how will you ever see what is in front of you...
NOT SURE Men do not suspect faults which they do not commit.
SAMUEL JOHNSON men do not suspect faults which they do not commit
SAMUEL JOHNSON If you have made it this far doing nothing... imagine what you can do if you actually apply yourself...
J-FRANCES Heaven and hell seem out of proportion to me: the actions of men do not deserve so much.
JORGE LUIS BORGES You can BE, DO, and HAVE ...absolutely ANYTHING you really, really want to BE, DO, and HAVE.
LORRIN L. LEE There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
VOLTAIRE The quest of the Inner Ring will break your hearts unless you break it. But if you break it, a surpr...
C.S. LEWIS Those who do not love me do not deserve to live.
MUAMMAR AL-GADDAFI What we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do. There are people we trust b...
STEPHEN R. COVEY It's easy to never make a mistake, when you are hiding yourself away from the possibility of making ...
C. JOYBELL C. To be, or not to be, that is the question.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Destiny consist in the moments that we experienced, and not in the choices we have to do.
DANIEL MELGAçO Do not be disappointed if no one appreciates your true feelings, because they do not deserve them.
M.F. MOONZAJER We do not judge the people we love.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE I do not judge, I only chronicle.
JOHN SINGER SARGENT Don't be afraid to see what you see and always do what you are afraid to do..
RANA MAGDY Before being a male, I am alive. Before being an American, I am alive. Before being heterosexual, I ...
BRANDON CHRISTOPHER What would Jesus do? One thing is obvious, if there is one thing Jesus would NOT do - is to behave l...
CHRISTINA ENGELA Two half-truths do not make a truth, and two half-cultures do not make a culture.
ARTHUR KOESTLER Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinki...
CHRISTOPHER MORLEY You may be able to read Bernard Shaw's plays, you may be able to quote Shakespeare or Voltaire o...
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI Everyone needs to be loved . . . especially when they do not deserve it.
UNKNOWN Do you love me as the person that I am now, or do you love me as the person I used to be?
ANTHONY T. HINCKS Well I want something to do, to create, to achieve, to whatever.... Something I can’t get enough o...
KLAUS JOEHLE Be the best you can be. Do the best you can do. Have the best you can have.
LORRIN L. LEE Be the Best YOU you can BE because only YOU can do that.
LORRIN L. LEE Everyone has there own good reasons for being what they are being, doing what they are doing, and ha...
LORRIN L. LEE Love me, do not judge me.
Let me, do not stop me.
DEBASISH MRIDHA In my study, there are stacks of papers to grade, books I should have read & reviewed months ago...
JESS ROW As human beings, not only do we seek resolution, but we also feel that we deserve resolution. Howeve...
PEMA CHöDRöN Be your own person, don't follow the crowd, and above all, stand out.
BEN OAK Since men are not equals in white supremacist, capitalist, patriarchal class structure, which men do...
BELL HOOKS I do not mean to object to a thorough knowledge of the famous works we read. I object only to the in...
HELEN KELLER Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise.
HERACLITUS To be or not to be. That's not really a question.
JEAN-LUC GODARD When you are not sure what to do, take action. You will quickly find out.
JEFFREY FRY The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes us do things we should otherwi...
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Do not read anything which fills your mind with gloomy images of want and suffering.
WALLACE D. WATTLES The wise do not teach how to extricate weeds of stress from a land of life, but show the land on whi...
DR HITESH C SHETH You will never get disappointed if you do not desire what you do not deserve.
VIKRANT PARSAI Yes! Very funny this terrible thing is. A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls i...
JOSEPH CONRAD No matter what happens to you, you do not have to be bitter. You deserve to be happy.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance.
SAMUEL JOHNSON I do not teach, I relate
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE I have in the past overly trusted people and was, in turn, let down by some. Since then, I have lear...
DO WON CHANG It's important my daughters learn from the hard work my wife and I put into this company. Who be...
DO WON CHANG When I first immigrated to the United States, there were not many jobs that stood out. So I worked a...
DO WON CHANG Do what you can do better than anyone else: BE YOURSELF.
LORRIN L. LEE To have more... Be more. Do more. Give more.
LORRIN L. LEE Are you being the best you can be? Are you doing the best you can do? Do you have the best you can h...
LORRIN L. LEE The more fun activities you do, the more fun your life will be.
LORRIN L. LEE DO what you LOVE. BE with those you LOVE. HAVE the things you LOVE.
LORRIN L. LEE The greatest and noblest pleasure which men can have in this world is to discover new truths; and th...
FREDERICK THE GREAT Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ...
FEREIDOON YAZDI Ninety-eight per cent of laughter is nothing to do with jokes, which do not deserve to bear the weig...
ARTHUR SMITH 'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do.
ALEXANDER POPE You don't tell an astronaut what to do.
ATMOSPHERE “My to do list is so long, my grandchildren will have to finish it.”
ROSS ELDER Men do not desire merely to be rich, but to be richer than other men
JOHN STUART MILL Sir, I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance
SAMUEL JOHNSON It's not what you can do, but the way you do it that counts.
MAE WEST 6 Ways To Give Your Mind A Break:

1. Stop stressing
2. Stop worrying
3. Give re...
GERMANY KENT You find in the Koran hundreds of verses to support women's rights, and perhaps four or five tha...
FATEMA MERNISSI The real truths of life are never entirely new to you or to anybody because there is a level deep do...
ECKHART TOLLE Stand for something. Make your life mean something. Start where you are with what you have. You are ...
GERMANY KENT Read nothing that you do not care to remember, and remember nothing you do not mean to use.
PROFESSOR BLACKIE Focus on your work. Do what you're great at. Don't compare yourself to others and or waste time crit...
GERMANY KENT Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised.
ISAAC D'ISRAELI Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised.
ISAAC D'ISRAELI You are getting what you do deserve. You are not getting what you don't deserve.
LORRIN L. LEE Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not b...
J.R.R. TOLKIEN Be so strong; for peace of mind, love those who do not deserve your love.
DEBASISH MRIDHA Do not share the knowledge with which you have been blessed with everyone in general, as you do with...
ALI TALIB Do not share the knowledge with which you have been blessed with everyone in general, as you do with...
ALI IBN ABI TALIB It is not an easy thing to be a woman and love with the whole heart: which men do not understand -- ...
M.M. KAYE To date or not to date that is the question. It's almost as important as Shakespeare's to be...
AL GOLDSTEIN Do not pull; just attract. Do not demand; just love.
DEBASISH MRIDHA Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the ambitious do to educate themselves. No, r...
GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not su...
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO Men do not have to cook their food; they do so for symbolic reasons to show they are men and not bea...
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