Glossary of Inspirational Quotes that Rekindle the Soul
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| Quote:The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.[Aristotle] Quote:Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.[Colin Powell] Quote:If a person with multiple personalities threatens suicide, is that considered a hostage situation?[Steven Wright] Quote:War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.[Thomas Jefferson] Quote:True pacifism is not unrealistic submission to an evil power...it is rather a courageous confrontation with evil by the power of love, in the faith that it is better to be the recipient of violence than the inflicter of it, since the latter only multiplies the existence of violence and bitterness in the universe, while the former may develop a sense of shame in the opponent, and thereby bring about a transformation and change of heart.[Martin Luther King Jr.] Quote:No sooner do we depart from sense and instinct to follow reason but we are insensibly drawn into uncouth paradoxes, difficulties, and inconsistencies, which multiply and grow upon us as we advance in speculation; till at length, having wandered through many intricate mazes, we find ourselves just where we were, or, which is worse, sit down in a forlorn scepticism.[George Berkeley] Quote:True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island?.to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.[Baltasar Gracian] Quote:But we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious Hand which preserved us in peace, and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us; and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own.[Abraham Lincoln] Quote:Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. [Colin Powell] Definitions of: tipDefinition: The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.Definition: An end piece or part; a piece, as a cap, nozzle, ferrule, or point, applied to the extreme end of anything; as, a tip for an umbrella, a shoe, a gas burner, etc. Definition: A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown. Definition: A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf. Definition: Rubbish thrown from a quarry. Definition: To strike slightly; to tap. Definition: To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to; as, to tip a servant. Definition: To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart. Definition: A light touch or blow; a tap. Definition: A gift; a douceur; a fee. Definition: A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse race, or the like. |
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