Everyone has noticed how hard it is to turn our thoughts to God when everything is going well with us... While what we call 'our own life' remains agreeable, we will not surrender it to Him. What, then, can God do in our interests but make 'our own life' less agreeable to us, and take away the plausible sources of false happiness?

C. S. Lewis

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Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.

Thomas Jefferson

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Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.

Thomas Jefferson

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Because of the diverse conditions of humans, it happens that some acts are virtuous to some people, as appropriate and suitable to them, while the same acts are immoral for others, as inappropriate to them.

Thomas Aquinas

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I've never gone into business to make money. Every Virgin product and service has been made into a reality to make a positive difference in people's lives. And by focusing on the happiness of our customers, we have been able to build a successful group of companies.

Richard Branson

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I believe that nothing happens apart from divine determination and decree. We shall never be able to escape from the doctrine of divine predestination - the doctrine that God has foreordained certain people unto eternal life.

Charles Spurgeon

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It's been quite a roller coaster ride, but I've grown and learned a lot about myself. The greatest thing is being able to interact with fans and touch people's lives... for that I give thanks.

Christina Aguilera

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It's definitely a dream come true to be recognized and to be able to sign autographs. But, it's also a lot of hard work and can be draining. If you don't know already, you will quickly learn who your real friends are.

Christina Aguilera

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I am following Nature without being able to grasp her, I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.

Claude Monet

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People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

Andrew Carnegie

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I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me.

Clint Eastwood

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I like to be able to play a character and act out a lot of things which I can't or don't do in my normal everyday life.

Leonardo DiCaprio

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What is wrong with changing your mind because the facts changed? But you have to be able to say why you changed your mind and how the facts changed.

Lee Iacocca

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It's that anonymous person who meanders through the streets and feels what's happening there, feels the pulse of the people, who's able to create.

Cyndi Lauper

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With fame, I'm able to create more. With every success, you have more freedom to create.

Cyndi Lauper

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It's amazing, the culture Coach Belichick has been able to create in our system.

Tom Brady

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That's a win for me, for people to be able to say, 'Faith, fatherhood, monogamy exists in hip-hop.'

Lecrae

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I became hooked on the idea of being able to shoot an image and process it myself, and end up with a product.

Leonard Nimoy

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The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them.

Thomas Hobbes

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I've had my heart broken in a lot of different ways a lot of different times by different people - whether it be a family member, a girlfriend, a friend, just all types of relying on people, making yourself vulnerable to people.

Lil Peep

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Some days, I'll be very down and out, but you won't be able to tell, really, because I don't express that side of myself on social media. That's the side of myself that I express through music.

Lil Peep

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I want people to hear what I have to say, and I want to be able to get a lot of points across.

Lil Peep

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A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him.

Thomas Hobbes

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I don't really like the sound of Auto-Tune. I don't like when it's extremely audible, when you're able to detect it easily. I don't like that.

T.I.

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It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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For me, it is important to win titles and for that I need to work hard, stay healthy and be able to compete. The rest, I always say, it comes.

Rafael Nadal

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My goal is to improve my game, stay healthy and be competitive. If I have that, I know I can be able to win tournaments, which in the end is what it counts.

Rafael Nadal

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I certainly know that I would not be able to survive if it were not for the fact that I am being upheld by the prayers of so many people.

Desmond Tutu

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Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

Desmond Tutu

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In all my life, I have never been free. I have never been able to do anything with freedom, except in the field of my writing.

Langston Hughes

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I can remember the frustration of not being able to talk. I knew what I wanted to say, but I could not get the words out, so I would just scream.

Temple Grandin

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I hope that Facebook and other Internet technologies were able to help people, just like we hope that we help them communicate and organize and do whatever they want to every single day, but I don't pretend that if Facebook didn't exist, that this wouldn't even be possible. Of course, it would have.

Mark Zuckerberg

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Mankind: A quality of life upgrade is available to each and every one of you. It should give you a quality of life upgrade, which means no drugs, no alcohol, no fast food - unless, of course, it's a mallard.

Ted Nugent

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It is your passion that empowers you to be able to do that thing you were created to do.

T. D. Jakes

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Governments will always play a huge part in solving big problems. They set public policy and are uniquely able to provide the resources to make sure solutions reach everyone who needs them. They also fund basic research, which is a crucial component of the innovation that improves life for everyone.

Bill Gates

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Certainly I'll never be able to put myself in the situation that people growing up in the less developed countries are in. I've gotten a bit of a sense of it by being out there and meeting people and talking with them.

Bill Gates

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There's a side of me that dislikes feminism. I think we surrendered something and women were unable to reveal any kind of vulnerability.

Rachel Hunter

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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.

George Washington

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Being no bigot myself to any mode of worship, I am disposed to endulge the professors of Christianity in the church, that road to heaven which to them shall seem the most direct plainest easiest and least liable to exception.

George Washington

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I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.

Samuel Butler

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I guess somehow I got a reputation of being able to dance.

Uma Thurman

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I've had a great run. I've been a world champ. I've been a top contender. I've been a poster boy for the organization, for sponsorships, been able to do a lot.

Urijah Faber

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You have to be able to love yourself because that's when things fall into place.

Vanessa Hudgens

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I get to go to all these beautiful places, so it's nice being able to take pictures of it.

Vanessa Hudgens

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On some days in prison you might just need to get out of there, but on some days - not all days, but some - you might be able to see the sky and see the blue in it.

Uzo Aduba

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I had to endure the worst time of all in terms of racial discrimination in Hollywood when I first started out. It was inconcievable to American directors and producers that a Mexican woman could have a lead role.

Salma Hayek

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I urge people to learn from the mistakes of others. Please drink responsibly and it's never acceptable to drink and drive!

Kim Kardashian

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I am God's vessel. But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.

Kanye West

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Kanye West

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C. S. Lewis

Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

Because of the diverse conditions of humans, it happens that some acts are virtuous to some people, as appropriate and suitable to them, while the same acts are immoral for others, as inappropriate to them.

Thomas Aquinas

I've never gone into business to make money. Every Virgin product and service has been made into a reality to make a positive difference in people's lives. And by focusing on the happiness of our customers, we have been able to build a successful group of companies.

Richard Branson

I believe that nothing happens apart from divine determination and decree. We shall never be able to escape from the doctrine of divine predestination - the doctrine that God has foreordained certain people unto eternal life.

Charles Spurgeon

It's been quite a roller coaster ride, but I've grown and learned a lot about myself. The greatest thing is being able to interact with fans and touch people's lives... for that I give thanks.

Christina Aguilera

It's definitely a dream come true to be recognized and to be able to sign autographs. But, it's also a lot of hard work and can be draining. If you don't know already, you will quickly learn who your real friends are.

Christina Aguilera

I am following Nature without being able to grasp her, I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.

Claude Monet

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

Andrew Carnegie

I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me.

Clint Eastwood

I like to be able to play a character and act out a lot of things which I can't or don't do in my normal everyday life.

Leonardo DiCaprio

What is wrong with changing your mind because the facts changed? But you have to be able to say why you changed your mind and how the facts changed.

Lee Iacocca

It's that anonymous person who meanders through the streets and feels what's happening there, feels the pulse of the people, who's able to create.

Cyndi Lauper

With fame, I'm able to create more. With every success, you have more freedom to create.

Cyndi Lauper

It's amazing, the culture Coach Belichick has been able to create in our system.

Tom Brady

That's a win for me, for people to be able to say, 'Faith, fatherhood, monogamy exists in hip-hop.'

Lecrae

I became hooked on the idea of being able to shoot an image and process it myself, and end up with a product.

Leonard Nimoy

The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them.

Thomas Hobbes

I've had my heart broken in a lot of different ways a lot of different times by different people - whether it be a family member, a girlfriend, a friend, just all types of relying on people, making yourself vulnerable to people.

Lil Peep

Some days, I'll be very down and out, but you won't be able to tell, really, because I don't express that side of myself on social media. That's the side of myself that I express through music.

Lil Peep

I want people to hear what I have to say, and I want to be able to get a lot of points across.

Lil Peep

A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him.

Thomas Hobbes

I don't really like the sound of Auto-Tune. I don't like when it's extremely audible, when you're able to detect it easily. I don't like that.

T.I.

It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

For me, it is important to win titles and for that I need to work hard, stay healthy and be able to compete. The rest, I always say, it comes.

Rafael Nadal

My goal is to improve my game, stay healthy and be competitive. If I have that, I know I can be able to win tournaments, which in the end is what it counts.

Rafael Nadal

I certainly know that I would not be able to survive if it were not for the fact that I am being upheld by the prayers of so many people.

Desmond Tutu

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

Desmond Tutu

In all my life, I have never been free. I have never been able to do anything with freedom, except in the field of my writing.

Langston Hughes

I can remember the frustration of not being able to talk. I knew what I wanted to say, but I could not get the words out, so I would just scream.

Temple Grandin

Mark Zuckerberg

Mankind: A quality of life upgrade is available to each and every one of you. It should give you a quality of life upgrade, which means no drugs, no alcohol, no fast food - unless, of course, it's a mallard.

Ted Nugent

It is your passion that empowers you to be able to do that thing you were created to do.

T. D. Jakes

Bill Gates

Certainly I'll never be able to put myself in the situation that people growing up in the less developed countries are in. I've gotten a bit of a sense of it by being out there and meeting people and talking with them.

Bill Gates

There's a side of me that dislikes feminism. I think we surrendered something and women were unable to reveal any kind of vulnerability.

Rachel Hunter

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.

George Washington

Being no bigot myself to any mode of worship, I am disposed to endulge the professors of Christianity in the church, that road to heaven which to them shall seem the most direct plainest easiest and least liable to exception.

George Washington

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood.