When faith and hope fail, as they do sometimes, we must try charity, which is love in action. We must speculate no more on our duty, but simply do it. When we have done it, however blindly, perhaps Heaven will show us why.
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They seem to do nothing but quarrel and fight,
And... DINAH MARIA MULOCK (USED PSEUDONYM MRS. CRAIK) I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fa... AMELIA EARHART Do. Then talk. In that order. SOTERO M LOPEZ II Just do it... that's all... no matter what, when and where... but just do it. DEYTH BANGER Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail their failure must be but a challenge ... AMELIA EARHART Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime; Therefore, we must be saved by hope.... REINHOLD NIEBUHR If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y... GARY F EVANS... People are attracted to who we are more than what we do. LORRIN L. LEE So long as we do not know definitely what we want, our forces will be scattered, and so long as our ... CHRISTIAN D. LARSON "When the Son of Man cometh, shall He find faith on the earth?" If He should now come, would He find... FRANÇOIS FÉNELON People see what they want to see SUSAN BETH PFEFFER It is terribly important to realize that the leap of faith is not so much a leap of thought as of ac... WILLIAM SLOANE COFFIN JR. Value your parabatai," he said. "For it is a precious bond. All love is precious. It is why we do wh... CASSANDRA CLARE We believe faith and freedom must be our guiding stars, for they show us truth, they make us brave, ... RONALD REAGAN Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope. Not... PHILIP YANCEY Let us have faith that Right makes Might, and in that faith let
us to the end dare to do our duty a... ABRAHAM LINCOLN Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to
do our duty as... ABRAHAM LINCOLN Do the thing and you will have the power. RALPH WALDO EMERSON When We have Patience in our minds and Love in our hearts, Nothing appears to be impossible or unrea... PHILIP T.M When we die our deeds shall be left for humanity to judge & our flesh shall become dust for humanity... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) When it comes to believing in the important things in life (like love, hope, justice, peace) we have... JON MORRISON Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as... ABRAHAM LINCOLN Sometimes a tragedy must happen to keep a soul on schedule. This is the reason for things that seem ... KATE MCGAHAN The lesson is this: When the road gets dark and all hope seems lost, there's nothing to do but keep ... SARAH ARTHUR If you accept that pets can love us as much as we do them, then the logic is clear and cannot be den... WALLACE SIFE Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must do. JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE When it aims to express a love of the world it refuses to conceal the many reasons why the world is ... MARK VAN DOREN Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope. Nothing true o... REINHOLD NIEBUHR Please know that I am aware of the hazards. I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try ... AMELIA EARHART It is our suffering that brings us together. It is not love. Love does not obey the mind, and turns ... URSULA K. LE GUIN Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to
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EYRING two great questions exist in each day; 'what must I do excellently today?' for morning and 'what did... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH We try to service our members to the best of our ability, and when they ask us to help them do somet... MARY HOWELL When we get married, we promise a person the rest of our lives, "Til death do us part". But what if ... C. JOYBELL C. No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. It ministers to the development of su... ORSON F. WHITNEY Even if all life on our planet is destroyed, there must be other life somewhere which we know nothin... PHILIP K. DICK Remember that it is nothing to do your duty, that is demanded of you and is no more meritorious than... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM We have learned how to do a lot of things. We must try to relearn why. FLORA LEWIS Destiny consist in the moments that we experienced, and not in the choices we have to do. 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CHARLES CALEB COLTON When we fail, our pride supports us, and when we succeed it betrays us. CHARLES COLTON Money is a commodity that gets us through our lives why we become so corrupt and greedy over it i do... GARY F EVANS... We know if we go away and still come out victorious, like we have been, it'll put more pressure on u... HAMID SIADAT Why do we need words when sometimes silence is the perfect answer? Why do we need words when they ar... CLAIRE BURROUGHS PEREZ It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees. GEORGE ELIOT It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses, we must plant more roses. GEORGE ELIOT When we apply the lessons we've struggled for our whole lives to learn to the lives of people we lov... ASPEN MATIS If we become completely whole-hearted we will have love for all people and will seek in each person ... EBERHARD ARNOLD Oh, yeah. 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able to extend it to o... GAIL PURSELL ELLIOTT This life is filled with threats and danger, David. We face those that we have to face, and there wi... JOHN CONNOLLY The most perplexing form of evil, and especially so for all idealists, is that kind of evil which co... WILLIAM IRWIN THOMPSON When we fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated. This is why... BRENé BROWN We are all blessed ones. Heaven is no longer in the clouds. It is right here, all around us, everywh... KIM CHESTNEY
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It has made me a better ... MARIA SHARAPOVA I have always had an interest in fashion and design and I appreciate style and timelessness within m... MARIA SHARAPOVA I want my tennis to speak for everything. MARIA SHARAPOVA I'm an afternoon tea type of girl. I come from a Russian background where we love our teas. So b... MARIA SHARAPOVA Sometimes I feel my arm is like a swan's neck - so weak. MARIA SHARAPOVA Whenever I have friends over, we end up eating and talking and losing track of time, and, once in a ... MARIA SHARAPOVA When you look good, you feel good. Confidence with what you're wearing is very important. If you... MARIA SHARAPOVA If you're able to help some people and make them smile and make them realize that life is good, ... MARIA SHARAPOVA I don't follow other players or the tournaments they play. I have my own schedule and do my own ... MARIA SHARAPOVA If I can create something that allows a woman to feel better - that is the true reward. MARIA SHARAPOVA I don't spend a lot of my time in the locker room. That's my least favourite place in the wo... MARIA SHARAPOVA Sometimes when you're putting the work in it just seems so, so hard, and you never know when tha... MARIA SHARAPOVA I'm an athlete. I go out there and fight my heart out. MARIA SHARAPOVA You control your own wins and losses. MARIA SHARAPOVA I have a very big sweet tooth and I love treating myself to something that I wouldn't necessaril... MARIA SHARAPOVA I love jotting down ideas for my blog, so I doodle or take notes on all kinds of stuff that inspires... MARIA SHARAPOVA When I need to push myself, I think of all those nicely polished trophies waiting to be lifted up by... MARIA SHARAPOVA I can't please everyone. That's not in my J.D., you know, not in my job description. MARIA SHARAPOVA I'm not a huge gym person, so I try to stay away from the gym. But I love to run on the beach or... MARIA SHARAPOVA I know my roots and I cannot forget the journey I made. MARIA SHARAPOVA I still love things that you don't even need to pay for. Going to the beach and being around fiv... MARIA SHARAPOVA I want to be different. If everyone is wearing black, I want to be wearing red. MARIA SHARAPOVA Without my dad, I wouldn't be here. MARIA SHARAPOVA An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in m... MARIA CALLAS I'm a girl who loves fashion. I'm such a Cinderella - I love to put on a great dress and hee... MARIA BELLO Speech is one of the marvels that characterize man, and also one of the most difficult spontaneous c... MARIA MONTESSORI The hand is, in the highest degree, a human characteristic. It is man's organ of grasp and of th... MARIA MONTESSORI Before I took the veil, I was ornamented for the ceremony, and was clothed in a rich dress belonging... MARIA MONK That's why charity work is very selfish at the same time, because it makes you feel good. MARIA MENOUNOS I get sort of short with people and start grumbling and clearing my throat - in honor of my father -... MARIA BAMFORD Let's embrace productive capitalism, not casino capitalism, by restoring transparency and true c... MARIA CANTWELL All I want to do is be at Hogwarts with you, eating turkey legs in the great hall while listening to... MARIA ELENA I think taking vacations and turning off the phone and only doing emails or social media for a speci... MARIA BAMFORD I can pinpoint that as the single happiest moment of my life, because I realized then that Mom would... MARIA SEMPLE I love that vision-board thing where you cut out pictures that resonate with you so they'll mani... MARIA BAMFORD I must be informed, that one of my great duties was, to obey the priests in all things; and this I s... MARIA MONK We await the successsive births in the soul of the child. We give all possible material, that nothin... MARIA MONTESSORI Business was his aversion; Pleasure was his business. MARIA EDGEWORTH I think that my biggest attribute to any success that I have had is hard work. There really is no su... MARIA BARTIROMO If an educational act is to be efficacious, it will be only that one which tends to help toward the ... MARIA MONTESSORI Joy, feeling one's own value, being appreciated and loved by others, feeling useful and capable ... MARIA MONTESSORI Since I was young, the artistic expression that fashion embodies has inspired me. It's a way to ... MARIA SHARAPOVA I want my handbags and my shoes to be stylish but I want to make sure that they're versatile. I ... MARIA SHARAPOVA She gave me another piece of information which excited other feelings in me, scarcely less dreadful.... MARIA MONK Early childhood education is the key to the betterment of society. MARIA MONTESSORI The purpose of life is to obey the hidden command which ensures harmony among all and creates an eve... MARIA MONTESSORI When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it had ... MARIA CALLAS Thank you for giving myself back to me, now I am free MARIA KOSZLER If help and salvation are to come, they can only come from the children, for the children are the m... MARIA MONTESSORI The full-blown rose, mid dewy sweets
Most perfect dies. MARIA BROOKS If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of kno... MARIA MONTESSORI The study of expression ought to form a part of the study of psychology, but it also comes within th... MARIA MONTESSORI The selfsame procedure which zoology, a branch of the natural sciences, applies to the study of anim... MARIA MONTESSORI I suppose I could admire all these slow Seattle drivers for their safety-mindedness, consideration f... MARIA SEMPLE