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But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
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Herodotus

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God will not look you over for medal, degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
Achievement
Elbert Hubbard

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Call on God, but row away from the rocks.
Action
Indian Proverb

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God gives every bird his worm, but He does not throw it into the nest.
Effort
P. D. James

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It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy
Happiness
Immanuel Kant

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Man proposes, but God disposes.
God
Thomas Kempis

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Maybe we are less than our dreams, but that less would make us more than some Gods would dream of.
Dreams
Sister Corita Kent

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Prayer does not change God, but changes him who prays.
Prayer
Soren Kierkegaard

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There is no God but God.
God
The Koran

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God whispers in our pleasures, but shouts in our pain.
Pleasure
C. S. Lewis

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But if God had wanted us to think just with our wombs, why did He give us a brain?
Women
Clare Boothe Luce

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A good servant is a real godsend, but truly this is a rare bird in the land.
Servants
Martin Luther

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Afflictions are but the shadows of God's wings.
Trials
George Macdonald

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To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.
Charity
Horace Mann

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Never ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.
Courage
Menander of Athens

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Lying is a terrible vice, it testifies that one despises God, but fears men.
Lies and Lying
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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God doesn't seek for golden vessels, and does not ask for silver ones, but He must have clean ones.
Dedication
Dwight L. Moody

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Your damned nonsense can I stand twice or once, but sometimes always, by God, never.
Exasperation
Hans Richter

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And again: No more gods! no more gods! Man is King, Man is God! -- But the great Faith is Love!
God
Arthur Rimbaud

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Ask God's blessing on your work, but don't ask him to do it for you.
Prayer
Dame Flora Robson

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Pray to God but continue to row to the shore.
Prayer
Russian Proverb

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God owns heaven but He craves the earth.
World
Anne Sexton

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I care not, a man can die but once; we owe God and death.
Death and Dying
William Shakespeare

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We have not lost faith, but we have transferred it from God to the medical profession.
Faith
George Bernard Shaw

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Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness.
Vulgarity
Dame Edith Sitwell

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun