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“Nothing but the cross of Christ can so startle the spiritual nature from its torpor, as to make it an effectual counterpoise to the debasing and sensual tendencies of the race. Favored by temperament and education, individuals may measurably escape; but if the race is to triumph in the conflict between the flesh and the spirit, between the lower propensities and the higher nature, they must, as Constantine is said to have done, see the cross, and on it the motto, "In hoc signo vinces." By this sign we conquer.”
Source: BACCALAUREATE SERMONS, AND OCCASIONAL DISCOURSES
“Nothing but the heart can change the heart.”
“Nothing but the infinite Pity is sufficient for the infinite pathos of human life.”
“Nothing but the most exemplary morals can give dignity to a man of small fortune.”
Source: The Wealth of Nations: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
“Nothing but the natural ignorance of the public, countenanced by the inoculated erroneousness of the ordinary general medical practitioners, makes such a barbarism as vaccination possible.......Recent developments have shown that an inoculation made in the usual general practitioner's light-hearted way, without previous highly skilled examination of the state of the patient's blood, is just as likely to be a simple manslaughter as a cure or preventive. But vaccination is nothing short of attempted murder. A skilled bacteriologist would just as soon think of cutting his child's arm and rubbing the contents of the dustpan into the wound, as vaccinating it in the same.”
“Nothing but the right can ever be expedient, since that can never be true expediency which would sacrifice a great good to a less.”
“Nothing but trees.”
Source: House of Dark Shadows
“Nothing but truth is immortal.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“Nothing but truth is lovely, nothing fair.”
“Nothing but what astonishes is true.”
Source: Night Thoughts
“Nothing but widespread suffering will produce any effect on Congress”
“Nothing but widespread suffering will produce any effect on Congress... Our only safety is in pursuing a steady course of firm restriction - and I have no doubt that such a course will ultimately lead to restoration of the currency and the re-charter of the bank.”
“Nothing but you can lay hold of my mind, and that can lay hold of nothing but you.”
“Nothing but your choices define your life.”
“Nothing but your choices define your true intelligence.”
“Nothing by chance, nothing is random, nothing is in vain, nothing is trivial”
Source: Zori 2ª Parte
“Nothing called the "Gang Of Four" ends well.”
“Nothing came easy. I was just born with a need to explore every part of my mind. And with long searching and hard work, I became devoted to my restlessness.”
“Nothing came or went out of the tower that Gothel didn't bring herself-- or that Rapunzel did not create out of the things she had brought. And usually the things she created took days or weeks and were obvious in their coming into existence. Gothel always complained about the sawdust, the paint flecks, the experimental cheese curds...”
Source: What Once Was Mine
“Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all you energies on a limited set of targets.”
“Nothing can affect my voice, it's so bad.”
“Nothing can afford a woman greater pleasure than to hear tender words of love. The strictest, most devout woman will listen even if she must not answer.”
“Nothing can allay the rage of biting envy.”
“Nothing can alter the character of God. In the course of a human life, tastes and outlook and temper may change radically: a kind, equable man may turn bitter and crotchety: a man of good-will may grow cynical and callous. But nothing of this sort happens to the Creator. He never becomes less truthful, or merciful, or just, or good, than He used to be.”
“Nothing can alter the fact that God calls perversion sin.”
Source: Billy Graham in Quotes
“Nothing can astound an American. It has often been asserted that the word "impossible" is not a French one. People have evidently been deceived by the dictionary. In America, all is easy, all is simple; and as for mechanical difficulties, they are overcome before they arise.”
Source: From the Earth to the moon (low cost). Limited edition
“Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.”
“Nothing can be 100 percent sustainable, but every effort makes an impact.”
“Nothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics.”
Source: Selected Stories
“Nothing can be accomplished just by reading words.
A sick man will never be cured of his illness through merely reading medical instructions!”
Source: Modern Buddhism: The Path of Compassion and Wisdom - Volume 1 Sutra
“Nothing can be accomplished without good health.”
“Nothing can be achieved without hope or confidence. Be sure you always have both!”
“Nothing can be achieved without knowledge and yet everything can be achieved just through a pure heart.”
“Nothing can be advantageous in the long term unless it is morally upright.”
Source: To Walk as a Kinsfolk Ranger
“Nothing can be as peaceful and endless as a long winter darkness, going on and on, like living in a tunnel where the dark sometimes deepens into night and sometimes eases to twilight, you're screened from everything, protected, even more alone than usual.”
Source: The True Deceiver
“Nothing can be attained until all supports other than those of the pure Soul have been eliminated.”
“Nothing can be attained without suffering but at the same time one must begin by sacrificing suffering.”
“Nothing can be beautiful which is not true.”
Source: Selections and Essays
“Nothing can be believed but what one sees, or has from an eye witness.”
Source: The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, contin
“Nothing can be believed unless it is first understood; and that for any one to preach to others that which either he has not understood nor they have understood is absurd.”
“Nothing can be born of nothing; nothing can be resolved into nothing.”
“Nothing can be colder than his head, when the lightnings of his imagination are playing in the sky.”
Source: The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life
“Nothing can be comparable to good health”
“Nothing can be compared to the great beauty and capabilities of a soul; however keen our intellects may be, they are as unable to comprehend them as to comprehend God, for, as He has told us, He created us in His own image and likeness.”
Source: Interior Castle: (the Dwelling Places)
“Nothing can be compared to the new life that the discovery of another country provides for a thoughtful person. Although I am still the same I believe to have changed to the bones.”
“Nothing can be created out of nothing.”
“Nothing can be defined or derided on the basis of its origin. The important thing is what is done with it and how far a community identifies with something that symbolizes its favourite way of dreaming, living, dancing, playing or loving. This is the positive side of the world: a constant intermingling that produces new responses to new challenges. But because of forced globalization, there's a clear trend these days towards uniformity. This trend comes largely from the ever-greater concentration of power in the hands of large media groups.”
“Nothing can be delicious when you are holding your breath.”
Source: Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace
“Nothing can be denied that one who won't be denied.”
“Nothing can be done about it: every master has but a single pupil--and he will not stay loyal to him--for he is also destined to become a master.”