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«For the saddest epitaph which can be carved in memory of a vanished liberty is that it was lost because its possessors failed to stretch forth a saving hand while yet there was time»
Author: George Sutherland
| About:
Liberty,
Memory
| Keywords:
carved, epitaph, epitaphs, possessors, saddest, saving, stretch, stretch forth, vanished
«Jazz tickles your muscles, symphonies stretch your soul»
«Every woman I have ever loved has left her print upon me, where I loved some invaluable piece of myself apart from me--so different that I had to stretch and grow in order to recognize her. And in that growing, we came to separation, that place where work begins.»
Author: Audre Lorde
(Activist, Poet, Teacher)
| Keywords:
invaluable, piece of work, separation, stretch
«It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack.»
Author: Katharine Hepburn
| About:
Innovation,
Mind
| Keywords:
innovation, stretch, terrific, wisecrack, wisecracking, wisecracks
«If you put yourself in a position where you have to stretch outside your comfort zone, then you are forced to expand your consciousness.»
Author: Les Brown
(Author, Entrepreneur, motivational speaker)
| Keywords:
comfort zone, expand, forced, stretch, the zone, zone, zones, zoning
«Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.»
Author: Swami Vivekananda
(Spiritual leader)
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bless, brothers, condemn, fold, folded, folding, fold up, helping, helping hand, stretch, stretch out
«Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south? / Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? / She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.»
«It will start in here in November and rain about four, and sometimes as much as seven days on a stretch; after that, you may loan out your umbrella for twelve months, with the serene confidence which a Christian feels in four aces»
«In peace there's nothing so becomes a manAs modest stillness and humility;But when the blast of war blows in our ears,Then imitate the action of the tiger:Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,Then lend the eye a terrible aspect;Now set the teeth, and stretch the nostril wide,Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spiritTo his full height!»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Peace
| Keywords:
blast, blasted, blasting, blows, ears, Ha Ha Ha, humility, imitate, modest, nostril, sinew, sinews, stiffen, stiffened, stiffening, stillness, stretch, summon, summoned, summoning, teeth, the Action, The Tiger, tiger, wide
«Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.»
Author: Winston Churchill
(Author, Orator, Prime Minister)
| Keywords:
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