T Quotes
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“To later Romans Ennius was the personification of the spirit of early Rome; by them he was called "The Father of Roman Poetry." We must remember how truly Greek he was in his point of view. He set the example for later Latin poetry by writing the first epic of Rome in Greek hexameter verses instead of in the old Saturnian verse. He made popular the doctrines of Euhemerus, and he was in general a champion of free thought and rationalism.”
“To Latter-day Saints there can be no objection to the careful and critical study of the scriptures, ancient or modern, provided only that it be an honest study - a search for truth.”
“To laugh at others is egoistic; to laugh at oneself is very humble. Learn to laugh at yourself - about your seriousness and things like that. You can get serious about seriousness. Then instead of one, you have created two diseases. Then you can get serious about that also, and you can go on and on. There is no end to it; it can go on AD NAUSEAM.”
“To laugh continually is to never laugh at all. For it takes the periodic sound of sorrow from which to distinguish the sound of joy.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“To laugh is proper to man.”
“To laugh is to live profoundly.”
“To laugh is to risk appearing a fool, to weep is to risk appearing too sentimental, to reach out for another is to risk involvement, and to expose feelings is to risk exposing one's true self.”
“To laugh is to risk appearing a fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out to another is to risk involvement. To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self. To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss. To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure. But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.”
“To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty.”
“To laugh or cry is the most beautiful thing in the world”
“To laugh, if but for an instant only, has never been granted to man before the fortieth day from his birth, and then it is looked upon as a miracle of precocity.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Pliny the Elder (Illustrated)
“To laugh, to lie, to flatter, to face:
Four ways in court to win man's grace.”
Source: The English Works. A New Ed
“To laughter! The bright coinage of the bank of good will.”
“To launch a business means successfully solving problems. Solving problems means listening.”
“To Laurent, in the same voice, he said, 'Calm down.'
Laurent said, 'I wasn't finished.'
'Finished what?' Reducing every man in the room? Jord isn't any kind of match for you in this mood, and you know it. Calm down.'
Laurent gave him the kind of look a swordsman gives as he decides whether or not to slice his unarmed enemy in half.”
Source: Captive Prince: Volume Two
“To Laver, Crowley insisted upon magic as "something we do to ourselves," a rational use of one's mental capacities: "It is more convenient to assume the objective existence of an Angel who gives us new knowledge than to allege that our invocation has awakened a supernatural power in ourselves.”
Source: Do What Thou Wilt: A Life of Aleister Crowley
“To Lawren Harris art was almost a mission. He believed that a country which ignored the arts left no record of itself worth preserving.”
“To lay aside all prejudices, is to lay aside all principles. He who is destitute of principles is governed by whims.”
“To lay down one's life for the truth.”
“To lay hold of and receive the gospel by a true and saving faith is an act of the soul that has been made a new creature, which is the workmanship of God... Wherefore whoever receiveth the grace that is tendered in the gospel, they must be quickened by the power of God, their eyes must be opened, their understandings illuminated, their ears unstopped, their hearts circumcised, their wills also rectified, and the Son of God revealed in them.”
Source: The Whole Works of John Bunyan: Accurately Reprinted from the Authors Own Editions ; Wth Editorial Prefaces, Notes, and Life of Bunyan
“To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.”
“To lay taxes to provide for the general welfare of the United States, that is to say, 'to lay taxes for the purpose of providing for the general welfare.' For the laying of taxes is the power, and the general welfare the purpose for which the power is to be exercised. They are not to lay taxes ad libitum for any purpose they please; but only to pay the debts or provide for the welfare of the Union.”
Source: The portable Thomas Jefferson
“To lead a blameless life you must curb your passions , and whatever misfortune may befall you cannot be ascribed by anyone to want of good luck, or attributed to fate; these words are devoid of sense, and all fault will rightly fall on your own head.”
“To lead a child (or anyone else!), even inadvertently, away from faithfulness, away from loyalty and bedrock belief simply because we want to be clever or independent is license no parent nor any other person has ever been given.”
“To lead a country, you must periodically hold a national consultation in which people representing different programmes can make a bid for power.”
“To lead a life simply going through the motions, reacting to whatever life brings, is one thing. An altogether different experience is to lead it with responsive heartfulness - with the heart’s most loving and magisterial guidance. Whatever activity you are engaged in, take a detour by the heart. After all, who can resist the heart’s signals!”
“To lead a life that goes beyond pettiness and prejudice and always wanting to make sure that everything turns out on our terms, to lead a more passionate, full, and delightful life than that, we must realize that we can endure a lot of pain and pleasure for the sake of finding out who we are and what this world is, how we tick and how our world ticks, how the whole thing just is.”
“To lead a successful life, then, it's a good idea to work out what you really want. Then get together some plans. Then set some goals.”
Source: F**k It: The Ultimate Spiritual Way
“To lead by example is to offer your life as a living diarry for others to read. Never make your life pages blank; make some marks there. Many people are reading you.”
“To lead by force all you need is a greater army, but to lead by example, to be a city on a hill, you need an uncompromising respect for basic dignity. And you don't gain either of those things by breeding monsters in dungeons.”
Source: Horsemen
“To lead for glory or gain is to neither lead nor follow. Rather, it is to destroy.”
“To lead from the front you must get off your behind.”
“To lead happy, contented, peaceful lives, remember all the good times you share with others, forget all the good you do for others.”
“To lead is neither to push or pull.”
“To lead is not to call your family up to where you’re at. Rather, it’s to abandon where you’re at and call yourself down to where they are.”
“To lead is to be yourself in a world of clones”
“To lead is to plant the seeds of dreams, nurture them with passion and patience, and watch them grow into realities that surpass every expectation.”
“To lead is to put myself below another so that I can lift up another. And true leadership means that I will keep them in that position and me in mine.”
“To lead is to serve. Conversely, to serve is to lead. And if either of these elements are removed from the equation, we’ll soon find that we’re doing neither.”
“To lead means to direct and to exact, and no man dares do either - he might be unpopular. What authority we are given now is a trinity: the grin, the generality, and God (the Word).”
Source: More in Anger
“To lead men, you have to lead them with affection.”
“To lead other people is to be able to impact them in a positive way: mentally, emotionally, spiritually, physically.”
“To lead others is to help them change their thoughts, beliefs and actions for the better.”
“To lead others out of darkness, let them see your light.”
“To lead people, walk behind them.”
“To lead people, walk beside them ... As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence. The next best, the people honor and praise. The next, the people fear; and the next, the people hate ... When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves!”
“To lead solely on the behalf of those being led is the utter pinnacle of fatherhood, and it is sad that so few ever stand on the summit.”
“To lead the good life in New York, the two most important things for a woman are a chauffeur and a fur-lined raincoat. If you have those two things, you’re made.”
“To lead uninstructed people to war is to throw them away.”
Source: The Analects of Confucius In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide
“To lead, you must first follow and serve.”