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  • Do you think it is a vain hope that one day man will find joy in noble deeds of light and mercy, rather than in the coarse pleasures he indulges in today -- gluttony, fornication, ostentation, boasting, and envious vying with his neighbor? I am certain this is not a vain hope and that the day will come soon.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes , Men Quotes , Thinking Quotes
  • I doubt if these two fine, active minds [President and Mrs. Roosevelt] have ever inquiried how it is they know what they know and think as they do. Nor have they ever thought of what they might have been if they had grown up in an entirely different culture. They have the disposition of all politicians world over to deal only with made opinion. They have never inquired how it is that opinion is made.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : H. G. Wells Quotes , Thinking Quotes , Two Quotes
  • People always - I think were surprised about me connecting with folks in small town Iowa. And the reason I did was - first of all, I had the benefit that at the time nobody expected me to win. And so I wasn't viewed through this prism of Fox News and conservative media making me scary. At the time, I didn't think seem scary, other than just having a funny name. I seemed young.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Thinking Quotes , Winning Quotes
  • I just didn't want to get out there anymore; I didn't want to get back into what I call 'the swamp.' And the other reason why is I don't think it's good for the presidency for a former president to be opining about his successor. President Obama's got plenty of critics - and I'm just not gonna be one.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Thinking Quotes , President Quotes
  • If we all say the same thing, then I think the government has to listen. But because no one is saying it, I become singled out, even though what I'm saying is common sense. It's very essential values that we all have to protect. But in Chinese society, people are giving up on protecting these values.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Ai Weiwei Quotes , Giving Up Quotes , Thinking Quotes
  • Anybody who has ever done anything knows that, when you believe, it doesn't matter what other people think. You just have to keep finding a way to align your vision with other people who will receive and accept your vision. And when the time is right, if it is for you, it will show itself, if you believe.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Oprah Winfrey Quotes , Believe Quotes , Thinking Quotes
  • I would say that I have been consistent in my broad view of how American power should be deployed, and the view that we underestimate our power when we restrict it to just our military power. We shortchange our influence and our ability to shape events when that's the only tool we think we have in the toolbox.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Military Quotes , Thinking Quotes