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“Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by others.”

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Charles Caleb Colton was an English writer active from 1780 to 1832. Known for his humor and wit, he is particularly recognized for his aphorisms and satirical works. more

“True beauty, the kind that doesn't fade or wash off, takes time. It takes incredible endurance. It is the slow drip that creates the stalactite, the shaking of the Earth that creates mountains, the constant pounding of the waves that breaks up the rocks and smooths the rough edges. And from the violence, the furor, the raging of the winds, the roaring of the waters, something better emerges, something that would have otherwise never existed.”

Life Kind Earth Water Break Violence Rocks Wind Mountain Constant Incredibles Wave Edges Rage Endurance Rough Fades Take Time Smooth Shaking Something Better True Beauty Roaring Rough Edges

Author:Amy Harmon

“If God makes all our faces, did he laugh when he made me?”

Ifs Made Faces Laughing

Author:Amy Harmon

“Cages come in lots of different colors and shapes. Some are gilded, while others have a slamming door. But golden handcuffs are still handcuffs.”

Stills Different Doors Color Shapes Golden Cages Different Colors Gilded Handcuffs Slamming Doors

Author:Amy Harmon

“The great mystery of our metaphysical situation, that God is nearer to us than we are ourselves, is manifest in the fact that we cannot even be wholly ourselves—in the sense of individuality as a unique divine thought—until we are reborn in Christ.”

Facts Christ Situation Mystery Divine Unique Individuality Manifest Metaphysical Reborn

Book:Transformation in Christ

Source: Transformation in Christ

“Beauty kindles love, and only the one who remains captivated by it, only the one who is intoxicated by it, only the one who remains a lover while he is investigating its essence, can hope to penetrate its essence.”

Love Philosophy Hope Beauty Lovers Essence Remains Theologian Penetrate Kindles Investigating Intoxicated Captivated

Author:Dietrich von Hildebrand

“There are really no serious arguments for communion in the hand. But there are the most gravely serious kinds of arguments against it.”

Kind Hands Serious Argument Communion

Author:Dietrich von Hildebrand

“If you want to drop off the face of the earth, just be an assistant coach.”

Ifs Want Earth Faces Coaches Assistants Assistant Coaches

Author:Bob Griese

“It's no longer about pitching the Today Show. It's about creating content that will attract the Today Show.”

Shows Today Creating Pitching

Author:David Meerman Scott

“A few days before the [Mr. America] contest we heard rumors about a man who had throngs of people following him along the Lake Michigan Beach front, and we couldn't imagine who could draw crowds by merely walking along the beach!”

People Men America Imagine Heard Fronts Walking Draws Crowds Following Beach Lakes Contests Rumor Michigan

Author:George Eiferman

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