A Quotes
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“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
“Above all, don’t fear difficult moments. The best comes from them”
“Above all, every member of the university has an obligation to permit free expression in the university. No member has a right to prevent such expression. Every official of the university, moreover, has a special obligation to foster free expression and to ensure that it is not obstructed.”
“Above all, faith is grounded in one's body, in one's humanity, and in one's animal nature. It is an biological phenomenon and not a psychic creation”
“Above all, film is a business... Independence is a really cool thing as you can be a bit more bold, and take a few more chances with what you do.”
“Above all, God wanted us to love others. We have to love each other and get on with each other, she added. It's not up to me to judge anybody.”
“Above all, good leaders are open. They go up, down, and around their organization to reach people. They don't stick to the established channels. They're informal. They're straight with people. They make a religion out of being accessible. They never get bored telling their story.”
“Above all, have a good time. If you aren’t enjoying writing it, you can hardly expect someone else to enjoy reading it.”
“Above all, he liked it that everything was one's own fault. There was only oneself to praise or blame. Luck was a servant and not a master. Luck had to be accepted with a shrug or taken advantage of up to the hilt. But it had to be understood and recognized for what it was and not confused with a faulty appreciation of the odds, for, at gambling, the deadly sin is to mistake bad play for bad luck. And luck in all its moods had to be loved and not feared”
Source: Casino Royale
“Above all, I am an opera singer. This is how people will remember me.”
“Above all, I am motivated by the most mysterious drive we ever experience -that of love - I don't think there's any influence on my life that compares with love.”
“Above all, I declare that Jesus Christ is the center of our faith; I testify to you that he lives. He leads his Church today; he hears our prayers when we humbly, earnestly, unceasingly seek to know his will, making this, too, a day of miracles and of revelation.”
“Above all, I dislike vulgarity.”
“Above all, I feel a quiet pride that for the rest of my days I can look at myself in the mirror and know that once upon a time I was good enough. Good enough to call myself a member of the SAS. Some things don’t have a price tag.”
Source: Mud, Sweat and Tears
“Above all, I feel that the sounds of this world are so beautiful in themselves that if only we could listen to them properly, cinema would have no need for music at all.”
“Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure.”
Source: Gratitude
“Above all, I know that life for a photographer cannot be a matter of indifference.”
“Above all, I shall see to it that the enemy will not be able to drop any bombs.”
“Above all, I strive to be the best I can - to be better than I was yesterday and better tomorrow.”
“Above all, I try to create an emotion to which others can respond.”
“Above all, I wanted to be appreciated as a prima ballerina who happened to be a Native American, never as someone who was an American Indian ballerina.”
“Above all, I was shown that love is supreme. I saw that truly without love we are nothing. We are here to help each other, to care for each other, to understand, forgive, and serve one another. We are here to have love for every person born on earth.”
“Above all, I will keep an open heart. As I move on the right path I will recieve great happiness as a reward without asking for anything in return.”
“Above all, I would like to be remembered as a man who was selfless, who strove and worried so that others could share the glory, and who built up a family of people who could hold their heads up high and say 'We're Liverpool'.”
“Above all, I would not expect a wise race, at great expense, to set loose an army of self-replicating robots.”
Source: The Selected Papers of Bernard M. Oliver
“Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: Every single one was a liar.”
“Above all, if what you've done is stupid, but it works, it ain't stupid.”
Source: Maybe (Maybe Not): Second Thoughts from a Secret Life
“Above all, in comedy, and again and again since classical times, passages can be found in which the level of representation is interrupted by references to the spectators or to the fictive nature of the play.”
“Above all, in my anger, I was sad. Isn't that always the way, that at the heart of the fire is a frozen kernel of sorrow that the fire is trying -- valiantly, fruitlessly -- to eradicate.”
“Above all, in order to gain respect, you need to be true to yourself. There is no point in trying to be brutal if it's not in your nature; there is no point in trying to be suave and sophisticated if it doesn't come naturally.”
“Above all, India is the land of religion.”
Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
“Above all, innovation is not invention. It is a term of economics rather than of technology.”
Source: People and Performance
“Above all, it behooves us to repress, and if possible to extinguish once and for all, our inveterate tendency to judge others by the extent to which they contrive to be like ourselves.”
“Above all, it is a matter of loving art, not understanding it.”
“Above all, it is not decency or goodness of gentleness that impresses the Middle East, but strength.”
“Above all, it's hard learning to live with vivid mental images of scenes I cared for and failed to photograph. It is the edgy existence within me of these unmade images that is the only assurance that the best photographs are yet to be made.”
“Above all, it's never blind chance: it's a chance that is always planned, but also always surprising. And I need it in order to carry on, in order to eradicate my mistakes, to destroy what I've worked out wrong, to introduce something different and disruptive. I'm often astonished to find how much better chance is than I am.”
“Above all, John Galliano menswear is all about good design. And men have been short-changed by good design for too long.”
“Above all, keep it simple.”
“Above all, keep your colors fresh!”
“Above all, know that ego isn't personal. It isn't who you are. If you consider the ego to be your personal problem, that's just more ego.”
Source: A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
“Above all, leadership is a position of servanthood.”
“Above all, learn how to breathe correctly.”
Source: Pilates' Return to Life Through Contrology
“Above all, learn to breathe correctly.”
“Above all, let the poor hang up the amulet of temperance in their homes.”
Source: Thoughts Selected from the Writings of Horace Mann ...
“Above all, let us never forget that an act of goodness is in itself an act of happiness. It is the flower of a long inner life of joy and contentment; it tells of peaceful hours and days on the sunniest heights of our soul.”
Source: Wisdom and Destiny: Works of Maeterlinck
“Above all, let us pray for our children.”
“Above all, live in the present moment and God will give you all the grace you need.”
“Above all, look for the loving, which is how all of this works. Without love, no matter what else we have, it will not work. And if we have love, no matter what else we do not have, it will work.”
“Above all, mine is a love story. Unlike most love stories, this one involves chance, gravity, a dash of head trauma. It began with a coin toss. The coin came up tails. I was heads. Had it gone my way, there might not be a story at all. Just a chapter, or a sentence in a book whose greater theme had yet to be determined. Maybe this chapter would've had the faintest whisper of love about it. But maybe not. Sometimes, a girl needs to lose.”