W Quotes
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“We must dissent from the fear.”
Source: Supreme Justice: Speeches and Writings
“We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred and the mistrust. We must dissent from a nation that has buried its head in the sand, waiting in vain for the needs of its poor, its elderly, and its sick to disappear and just blow away. We must dissent from a government that has left its young without jobs, education or hope. We must dissent from the poverty of vision and the absence of moral leadership. We must dissent because America can do better, because America has no choice but to do better.”
Source: Supreme Justice: Speeches and Writings
“We must distinguish between felicity and prosperity; for prosperity leads often to ambition, and ambition to disappointment; the course is then over, the wheel turns round but once, while the reaction of goodness and happiness is perpetual.”
Source: The Works and Life of Walter Savage Landor: Imaginary conversations. Third series : Conversations of literary men (First series)
“We must distinguish between genes that cause physical characteristics, like the color of your eyes or hair, over which you have no control, and what we could call 'behavioral dispositions'. We are responsible for our behavior, no matter what those dispositions are.”
“We must distinguish between "sentimental" and "sensitive." A sentimentalist may be a perfect brute in his free time. A sensitive person is never a cruel person. Sentimental Rousseau, who could weep over a progressive idea, distributed his many natural children through various poorhouses and workhouses and never gave a hoot for them. A sentimental old maid may pamper her parrot and poison her niece. The sentimental politician may remember Mother's Day and ruthlessly destroy a rival. Stalin loved babies. Lenin sobbed at the opera, especially at the Traviata. A whole century of authors praised the simple life of the poor, and so on. Remember that when we speak of sentimentalists, among them Richardson, Rousseau, Dostoevski, we mean the non-artistic exaggeration of familiar emotions meant to provoke automatically traditional compassion in the reader.”
Source: Lectures on Russian Literature
“We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.”
“We must distinguish between spirituality in general terms, which aims to make us better people, and religion. Adopting a religion remains optional, but becoming a better human being is essential.”
Source: The Quantum and the Lotus: A Journey to the Frontiers Where Science and Buddhism Meet
“We must distinguish between the kind of structural transformation that would leave in place (even increase) the realities of the exploitation of labor, and one that would undo this kind of exploitation or at least radically reduce it”
Source: Capistalist Civilisation
“We must distinguish between those who depend on others, that is between those who to achieve their purposes can force the issue and those who must use persuasion. In the second case, they always come to grief, having achieved nothing; when, however, they depend on their own resources and can force the issue, then they are seldom endangered.”
“We must distinguish judging from guessing.”
“We must do a better job of educating all drivers to be safer on the road.”
“We must do a better job of encouraging lifelong curiosity.”
Source: Brain Rules (Updated and Expanded): 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School
“We must do all in our power to educate the public, for I believe that in the end only a change of heart is really effective.”
“We must do all that depends on us to advance the kingdom of God”
“We must do all we can to empower parents and communities to protect our youth and to encourage healthy behavior free from binge drinking and other forms of alcohol abuse.”
“We must do all we can to help improve the deplorable human rights situation of the North Korean people.”
“We must do all we can to imagine the Other before we presume to solve the problems work and life demand of us.”
Source: The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations
“We must do as we're told," Ava reminded her. "We will honor your mother and follow her instructions."
"Because she is your maker?" Lea asked, her heart breaking.
Ava shook her head. "Because she is yours.”
Source: The World That We Knew
“We must do away with all explanation, and description alone must take its place.”
Source: A companion to Wittgenstein's
“We must do away with all newspapers. A revolution cannot be accomplished with freedom of the press.”
“We must do away with the absolutely specious notion that everybody has to earn a living.”
“We must do because we are here. The universe is a playspace for you to find out cool shit and discover cool people. It’s the purest notion in our hearts, but also the most fragile. Do not lose to cul-de-sacs. Or a small person who says no. Or a large society that points one way. Do not lose to humidity. Or mud. Or boring white walls that say you’re nothing. Don’t fall for the room. It’s not there. Our dreams will never be around us, which is why we have to do the awkward thing of chasing them. It’s bigger than a day job, or even a romance. To be caught up on planetary affairs is to let the wind blow away your existence. You must throw a fishing line at a cloud and climb up the cord. Stay above the soil stompers. They won’t value you, so look away. Planted in you is a self in which the world will fail to see, in which you must make your mission to protect.”
Source: The Goodbye Song
“We must do better or perish as the nation we know today.”
“We must do business in great waters; we must be really on the deck in a storm, if we would see the works of the Lord and His wonders in the deep. We must have stood side by side with King David; we must have gone down into the pit to slay the lion or have lifted up the spear against the eight hundred, if we would know the saving strength of God's right hand. Conflicts bring experience, and experience brings that growth in grace which is not to be attained by any other means.”
Source: Gleanings Among The Sheaves
“We must do everything to ensure they [the Palestinian refugees] never do return”
“We must do everything to ensure they [the Palestinians] never do return. The old will die and the young will forget,”
“We must do everything we are obliged to do; give without reckoning, practice virtue whenever opportunity offers, constantly overcome ourselves, prove our love by all the little acts of tenderness and consideration we can muster. In a word, we must produce all the good works that lie within our strength - out of love for God.”
“We must do everything we can to be more aggressive in confronting Syria about what they are doing in Iraq.”
“We must do everything we can to help our service members and veterans transition into civilian life once they return home, and that means preparing them for the tough job market.”
“We must do extraordinary things. We have to. It would be absurd not to.”
“We must do jobs we detest because we are part of an organized society, and if everyone did what they wanted to do, the world would come to a standstill.”
“We must do more and with more urgency to empower women.”
“We must do more to protect our neighborhoods and give integrity to our community plans.”
“We must do our best works while we have life.”
“We must do our business faithfully, without trouble or disquiet, recalling our mind to God mildly, and with tranquility, as often as we find it wandering from him.”
Source: The Practice of the Presence of God
“We must do our work for its own sake, not for fortune or attention or applause.”
Source: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
“We must do right and risk the consequences.”
“We must do something about the cross, and there’s only one of two things we can do- flee it or die upon it!”
“We must do that which we think we cannot.”
“We must do the best we can with what we have.”
“We must do the impossible and start before we begin. Before making that first phone call or visit, freewrite (see Elbow, 1981): Write fast and furiously without worrying about spelling or grammar or coherence. Ask yourself, What images do I hold of the people and the place I am about to study and how do I feel about those images? How did I come to study this setting at this time?
Ask yourself about the needs you expect this setting to fulfill: Do I have an axe to grind? Do I have a mission? Am I looking for a cause or a community? Do I expect this study to help me resolve personal problems? Am I hoping to create a different self? What political assumptions do I have? What kinds of setting activities or subgroups might I avoid or discount because of who I am or what I believe?”
Source: Emotions and Fieldwork
“We must do the thing we must Before the thing we may; We are unfit for any trust Till we can and do obey.”
Source: The Complete Poetry of George MacDonald: A Book of Strife, in the Form of the Diary of an Old Soul + Rampolli: Growths from a Long-planted Root + A Hidden Life Collection and Other Poems
“We must do the work to prove our fears groundless, otherwise it is our fears that will gain ground and our lives will be spent in their service.”
Source: The Essential Laws of Fearless Living (Large Print 16pt)
“We must do this. It has been prophesied.' You relieve yourself of choice. Relieve yourself of consequences. Torture me, harm me, kill me. Do all these things, but do not pretend there is a must. That is how evil is rationalised.”
Source: And the Ocean Was Our Sky
“We must do what pleases God, whether we like it or not we must obey the divine laws.”
“We must do what they fear -- tell the truth, spread the truth. This is the most powerful weapon against this regime of liars, thieves and hypocrites. Everyone has this weapon. So make use of it.”
Source: Patriot: A Memoir
“We must do what we can while we can with changing condition.”
“We must do what we conceive to be the right thing, and not bother our heads or burden our souls with whether we are going to be successful. Because if we don't do the right thing, we'll be doing the wrong thing, and we will just be part of the disease, and not a part of the cure.”
“We must do what we think we can't do.”
“We must do without hope.”
Source: The Lord of the Rings: One Volume