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“When we think of the height of God's infinity we should not despair of His compassion reaching us from such a height; and when we recall the infinite depth of our fall through sin we should not refuse to believe that the virtue which has been killed in us will rise again. For God can accomplish both these things: He can come down and illumine our intellect with spiritual knowledge, and He can raise up the virtue within us and exalt it with Himself through works of righteousness.”

“I don't hold to the idea that God causes suffering and crisis. I just know that those things come along and God uses them. We think life should be a nice, clean ascending line. But inevitably something wanders onto the scene and creates havoc with the nice way we've arranged life to fall in place.”

Thinking Knows Way Should Ideas Use Suffering Fall Causes Lines Nice Scene Crisis Clean Wander Havoc Ascending

Author:Sue Monk Kidd

“There exist some evils so terrible and some misfortunes so horrible that we dare not think of them, whilst their very aspect makes us shudder; but if they happen to fall on us, we find ourselves stronger than we imagined, we grapple with our ill luck, and behave better than we expected we should.”

Ifs Thinking Should Happens Fall Evil Fear Terrible Aspect Stronger Luck Ill Dare Expected Resilience Horrible Behave Misfortunes

Author:Jean de la Bruyere

“Ever note, Lucilius, When love begins to sicken and decay It useth an enforced ceremony. There are no tricks in plain and simple faith; But hollow men, like horses hot at hand, Make gallant show and promise of their mettle; But when they should endure the bloody spur, They fall their crests, and like deceitful jades Sink in the trial.”

Source: Making Sense of Julius Caesar! a Students Guide to Shakespeare's Play (Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelling)

“Men so noble, However faulty, yet should find respect For what they have been: 'tis a cruelty To load a falling man.”

Men Should Has Beens Fall Noble Cruelty Load

Book:The plays and poems of William Shakspeare

Source: The plays and poems of William Shakspeare

“But would you sing, and rival Orpheus' strain. The wond'ring forests soon should dance again; The moving mountains hear the powerful call. And headlong streams hand listening in their fall!”

Should Hands Moving Fall Powerful Listening Mountain Singing Rings Forests Streams Strain Rivals Orpheus

Author:Alexander Pope

“God isn't keeping a record of each time we fall, but He is excited about our progress, and we should be excited, too!”

Should Fall Records Progress Excited

Author:Joyce Meyer

“The morns are meeker than they were, The nuts are getting brown; The berry's cheek is plumper, The rose is out of town. The maple wears a gayer scarf, The field a scarlet gown. Lest I should be old-fashioned, I'll put a trinket on.”

Should Fall Fields Towns Rose Brown Autumn Nuts Cheeks Old Fashioned November Berries Gowns Scarlet Scarves Fall Autumn Fall Season Maple Autumn Season Trinkets October And Fall November Poems

Book:Poems

Source: Poems

“A recent poll showed that nearly half the American public believes that the government should redistribute wealth. That so many people are so willing to blithely put such an enormous and dangerous arbitrary power in the hands of politicians-\-\risking their own freedom, in hopes of getting what someone else has-\-\is a painful sign of how far many citizens and voters fall short of what is needed to preserve a democratic republic”

“When falling in love I think you should say to yourself, ‘I am going to do this fully.’ I love to the fullest extent that I possibly can - and why not?... Maybe this means there is going to be pain, but I am willing to accept the pain.”

Thinking Should Mean Pain Fall Accepting Willing Falling In Love Why Not

Author:Nicole Kidman

“There is no quality of the mind, or of the body, that so instantaneously and irresistibly captivates, as wit. An elegant writer has observed that wit may do very well for a mistress, but that he should prefer reason for a wife. He that deserts the latter, and gives himself up entirely to the guidance of the former, will certainly fall into many pitfalls and quagmires, like him who walks by flashes of lightning, rather than the steady beams of the sun.”

Source: Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan

“Conversation should be like juggling; up go the balls and the plates, up and over, in and out, good solid objects that glitter in the footlights and fall with a bang if you miss them. But when dear Sebastian speaks it is like a little sphere of soapsud drifting off the end of an old clay pipe, anywhere, full of rainbow light for a second and then - phut! vanished, with nothing left at all, nothing.”

Ifs Should Littles Ends Light Fall Left Speak Missing Objects Conversation Balls Dear Spheres Plates Rainbow Clay Bangs Pipe Glitter Drifting Juggling Drifting Off

Author:Evelyn Waugh

“A state too expensive in itself, or by virtue of its dependencies, ultimately falls into decay; its free government is transformed into a tyranny; it disregards the principles which it should preserve, and finally degenerates into despotism. The distinguishing characteristic of small republics is stability: the character of large republics is mutability.”

“We judge nothing so hastily as character, and yet there is nothing over which we should be more cautious.... I have always found that the so-called bad people improve on closer acquaintance, while the good fall off.”

People Should Character Fall Found Judging Acquaintance Cautious Bad People

Author:Georg C. Lichtenberg

“I figure if I keep my health, I have no intention of retiring. I love to work. I want to be like Bob Hope. I want to keep on going out and doing what I love to do. Of course, I'm no Bob Hope, but I mean that feeling that you never are old and have things to offer and can be useful to somebody. I always want to be useful, I have no intentions of retiring unless I should get sick or something should happen to my husband. Other than that I'm going to work until I fall over.”

Ifs Want Should Mean Feelings Happens Age Fall Courses Work Figures Health Offers Husband Sick Intention My Husband Retiring Bob Going Out Going To Work

Author:Dolly Parton

“He that alone would wise and mighty be,Commands that others love as well as he.Love as he lov'd! - How can we soar so high?-He can add wings when he commands to fly.Nor should we be with this command dismay'd;He that examples gives will give his aid:For he took flesh, that where his precepts fall,His practice, as a pattern, may prevail.”

Giving Should Wells May Fall Practice Wise Example Wings Add Patterns Aids Flesh Command Soar Dismay

Book:The Works of Edmund Waller, Esq: In Verse and Prose

Source: The Works of Edmund Waller, Esq: In Verse and Prose

“We are all proprietary toward cities we love. 'Ah, you should have seen her when I loved her!' we say, reciting glories since faded or defiled, trusting her to no one else; that others should know and love her in her present fallen state (for she must fall without our vigilant love) is a species of betrayal.”

Knows Should States Fall Love Is Cities Glory Should Have And Love Species Betrayal Fallen Faded Vigilant Reciting

Book:Italian Days

Source: Italian Days

“Religion and science are the two wings upon which man's intelligence can soar into the heights, with which the human soul can progress. It is not possible to fly with one wing alone! Should a man try to fly with the wing of religion alone he would quickly fall into the quagmire of superstition, whilst on the other hand, with the wing of science alone he would also make no progress, but fall into the despairing slough of materialism.”

Men Should Trying Humans Two Soul Hands Fall Progress Wings Height Materialism Superstitions Soar Science And Religion Human Soul Slough Quagmire

Author:Abdu'l-Bahá

“Prostrate on earth the bleeding warrior lies, And Isr'el's beauty on the mountains dies. How are the mighty fallen! Hush'd be my sorrow, gently fall my tears, Lest my sad tale should reach the alien's ears: Bid Fame be dumb, and tremble to proclaim In heathen Gath, or Ascalon, our shame Lest proud Philistia, lest our haughty foe, With impious scorn insult our solemn woe.”

Should Earth Lying Dies Fall Tears Proud Sorrow Fame Mountain Ears Shame Tales Warrior Aliens Dumb Fallen Insult Woe Foe Scorn Solemn Bleeding Hush Heathen Haughty

Author:William Somervile

“You may have an overall target to achieve with each prospect, but if you are going to have an ideal outcome for each call, should you not also have a tolerable outcome to fall back on? Something you are willing to put up with if things don't go completely to plan, but something that still moves things forward ever so slightly?”

Ifs Should May Stills Moving Fall Plans Achieve Willing Ideals Outcomes Target Fall Back Tolerable

Author:Chris Murray

“Atlas, we read in ancient song, Was so exceeding tall and strong, He bore the skies upon his back, Just as the pedler does his pack; But, as the pedler overpress'd Unloads upon a stall to rest, Or, when he can no longer stand, Desires a friend to lend a hand, So Atlas, lest the ponderous spheres Should sink, and fall about his ears, Got Hercules to bear the pile, That he might sit and rest awhile.”

Should Doe Hands Might Desire Song Fall Strong Sky Bears Ears Ancient Tall Spheres Bores Packs Atlas

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Jonathan Swift (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Jonathan Swift (Illustrated)

“Maine should be pleased that its animal is not a waverer, and rather than fight, lets the primed quill fall. Shallow oppressor, intruder, insister, you have found a resister.”

Should Fall Fighting Found Animal Shallow Oppressors Maine Quills Intruders

Book:Like a bulwark

Source: Like a bulwark

“While [Plato] affirmed with emphasis that the place of the individual in society should not be determined by birth or wealth or any conventional status, but by his own nature as discovered in the process of education, he had no perception of the uniqueness of individuals. For him they fall by nature into classes, and into a very small number of classes at that.”

Should Fall Individual Process Wealth Numbers Class Birth Perception Determined Conventional Uniqueness Plato Emphasis Small Numbers

Book:Democracy and Education: Top American Authors

Source: Democracy and Education: Top American Authors

“But evil fortune has decreed, (The foe of mice as well as men) The royal mouse at last should bleed, Should fall ne'er to arise again.”

Men Should Wells Lasts Fall Evil Fortune Disappointment Arise Mice Royal Foe

Book:The Poems of Hill, Cawthorn, and Bruce

Source: The Poems of Hill, Cawthorn, and Bruce

“Our government should work for us, not against us. It should help us, not hurt us. It should ensure opportunity not just for those with the most money and influence, but for every American who's willing to work. That's the promise of America - the idea that we are responsible for ourselves, but that we also rise or fall as one nation; the fundamental belief that I am my brother's keeper; I am my sister's keeper.”

Should Ideas Helping Government America Fall Opportunity Belief Nations Hurt Influence Willing Brother Promise Responsible Fundamentals My Brother My Sister Keepers My Sister's Keeper

Author:Barack Obama

“I should be glad of loneliness And hours that go on broken wings,A thirsty body, a tired heart And the unchanging ache of things,If I could make a single song As lovely and as full of light,As hushed and brief as a falling star On a winter night.”

Ifs Should Heart Body Light Night Song Fall Stars Hours Loneliness Broken Goes On Tired Wings Winter Glad Lovely If I Could Ache Thirsty Unchanging Winter Night Broken Wings

Book:Flame and Shadow

Source: Flame and Shadow

“It is reported of the peacock that priding himself in his gay feathers he ruffles them up; but spying his black feet he soon lets fall his plumes. So he that glories in his gifts and adornings should look upon his corruptions, and that will damp his high thoughts.”

Should Looks Fall Black Feet Pride Gay Glory Corruption Look Up Feathers Damp Peacock Ruffles

Book:The Works of Anne Bradstreet

Source: The Works of Anne Bradstreet

“Every man has at times in his mind the Ideal of what he should be, but is not. This ideal may be high and complete, or it may be quite low and insufficient; yet in all men, that really seek to improve, it is better than the actual character... Man never falls so low, that he can see nothing higher than himself.”

Men Should Mind May Character Fall Higher Lows Ideals Every Man Insufficient

Author:Theodore Parker

“A 'goto' in Perl falls into the category of hard things that should be possible, not easy things that should be easy.”

Should Hard Fall Easy Categories Hard Things Easy Things Perl

Author:Larry Wall

“You should never fall in love with your own press clippings, because it is very much the nature of the beast that the same journalists who build you up between Monday and Friday tear you down for weekend fun...My family's habit of living in the past seems to me pathological, even dangerous. If all greatness lies in the past, what is the point of the future?”

“Awaken your heart to kindness and mercy for the people and love and tenderness for them. Never, never act with them like a predatory beast which seeks to be satiated by devouring them, for the people fall into two categories: they are either your brethren in faith or your kindred in creation.”

People Should Heart Has Beens Two Fall Given Kindness Creation Authority Mercy And Love Command Beast Categories Invites Tenderness Calamity Brethren Kindred Devouring Predatory

Author:Ali ibn Abi Talib

“A philosopher ... is not fairly judged by his eccentricities, nor by the frailties to which he is liable; still less should his philosophy as a whole fall into ill-repute because of those among its devotees who have stumbled into wells, or who aimlessly pass their lives in whetting their faculties and then neglecting to use them.”

Should Wells Stills Philosophy Whole Use Fall Ill Philosopher Faculty Neglect Judged Liable Frailty Eccentricity Devotee

Author:John Grier Hibben

“Happiness does not fall out of the blue and dreams will not come true by themselves. We need to be down-to-earth and work hard. We should uphold the idea that working hard is the most honorable, noblest, greatest and most beautiful virtue.”

Needs Should Doe Ideas Hard Dream Earth Beautiful Fall Virtue Hard Work Blue Honorable Down To Earth

Author:Xi Jinping

“Flyfishing, which has a vaguely mystical aura, is a lot like work. I'm a frenetic flyfisherman. I wade up and down streams, looking for good spots, usually falling and breaking some piece of equipment. Or I stand still and work myself into a frenzy about what fly I should use. I love fishing, but it has never given me a moments peace.”

Should Stills Moments Use Fall Given Pieces Sea Rivers Fishes Boat Spots Streams Lakes Fishing Mystical Equipment Up And Down Auras Frenzy Wade

Author:James P. Gorman

“To cultivate the intellect is therefore a religious duty; and when this truth is fairly recognized by men, the religion which teaches that the intellect should be distrusted and that it should be subservient to faith, will inevitably fall.”

Men Should Fall Religious Teach Atheism Duty Truth Is Intellect Positive Atheism Subservient

Book:The Martyrdom of Man

Source: The Martyrdom of Man

“Some people still believe you should just fall in line with whats going on - and thats scary. It makes a mockery of freedom of speech.”

People Should Believe Stills Fall Lines Speech Scary Freedom Of Speech Mockery

Author:Emily Robison

“Rash combat oft immortalizes man; if he should fall, he is renowned in song; but after-ages reckon not the ceaseless tears which the forsaken woman sheds. Poets tell us not of the many nights consumed in weeping, or of the dreary days wherein her anguished soul vainly yearns to call her loved one back.”

Ifs Men Should Soul Age Night Song Fall Tears He Man Poet Sorrow Fame Combat Loved Ones Shed Consumed Weeping Dreary Forsaken Renowned

Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“If we must fall, we should boldly meet the danger. [Lat., Si cadere necesse est, occurendum discrimini.]”

Ifs Should Fall Danger

Author:Tacitus

“[On plastic surgery:] My motto is: 'Anything that can be lifted should be lifted. Anything that falls should be caught. And try to catch any falling stuff before it hits the ground.”

Should Trying Fall Stuff Caught Plastic Surgery Motto Plastic Surgery My Motto

Author:Joan Rivers

“There is a class of people who seem to think that if a man should fall overboard into the sea with a Bible in his pocket it would hardly be possible to drown. I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.”

People Ifs Thinking Men Should Years Seems Fall Answers Class Sea Twenties Legs Pockets Overboard

Author:Frederick Douglass

“Was it possible that Napoleon should win the battle of Waterloo? We answer, No! Why? Because of Wellington? Because of Blucher? No! Because of God! For Bonaparte to conquer at Waterloo was not the law of the nineteenth century. It was time that this vast man should fall. He had been impeached before the Infinite! He had vexed God! Waterloo was not a battle. It was the change of front of the Universe!”

Men Should God Law Fall Universe Winning Answers Century Fronts Battle Infinite Conquer Nineteenth Century Waterloo Bonaparte Wellington

Author:Victor Hugo

“Seeing twilight fall should be prescribed by doctors.”

Should Fall Seeing Doctors Twilight

Book:Marlene Dietrich's ABC: Wit, Wisdom, & Recipes

Source: Marlene Dietrich's ABC: Wit, Wisdom, & Recipes

“You should have fallen in love with a happy man, if you wanted happiness. But no, you had to fall for the breathtaking beauty of pain.”

Ifs Men Should Wanted Pain Happiness Fall Should Have Fallen Breathtaking Happy Man

Book:Cordelia's Honor

Source: Cordelia's Honor

“It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery. These may, perhaps, succeed for once, and borrow for awhile, from hope, a gay and flourishing appearance. But time betrays their weakness, and they fall into ruin of themselves. For, as in structures of every kind, the lower parts should have the greatest firmness--so the grounds and principles of actions should be just and true.”

Source: All the orations of Demosthenes, pronounced to excite the Athenians against Philip King of Macedon: Translated into English; digested and connected, so as to form a regular history of the progress of the Macedonian power: with notes historical and critical. By Thomas Leland, ...

“My life is absolutely meaningless. When I consider the different periods into which it falls, it seems like the word Schnur in the dictionary, which means in the first place a string, in the second, a daughter-in-law. The only thing lacking is that the word Schnur should mean in the third place a camel, in the fourth, a dust-brush.”

Should Firsts Mean Different Seems Law Life Is Fall Periods Daughter Thirds Dust Strings Meaningless Fourth Lacking Brushes Dictionary In-laws Camels Third Place Daughter In Law

Book:Either/ Or

Source: Either/ Or

“If society is to progress on a truly humanistic basis, without being subject to mental epidemics and virulent social diseases to which the subconscious falls an easy victim, the personal consciousness of every individual should be cultivated to the highest degree possible.”

Ifs Should Fall Individual Social Easy Consciousness Progress Subjects Disease Degrees Highest Bases Victim Subconscious Epidemics Humanistic

Author:Boris Sidis

“If the demand for home commodities should be diminished, because of the fall of rent on the part of the landlords, it will be increased in a far greater degree by the increased opulence of the commercial classes.”

Ifs Should Home Fall Class Greater Demand Degrees Commodity Landlord Opulence

Book:The Works of David Ricardo. With a notice of the life and writings of the author: by J. R. McCulloch

Source: The Works of David Ricardo. With a notice of the life and writings of the author: by J. R. McCulloch

“One should adpot only those situations in which one is in no need of sham virtues, but rather, like the tight-rope dancer on his tight rope, in which one must either fall or stand--or escape.”

Needs Should Fall Situation Virtue Dancer Rope

Book:Twilight of the Idols with the Antichrist and Ecce Homo

Source: Twilight of the Idols with the Antichrist and Ecce Homo

“Eat good dinners and drink good wine; read good novels if you have the leisure and see good plays; fall in love, if there is no reason why you should not fall in love; but do not pore over influenza statistics.”

Ifs Should Reason Play Fall Novel Drink Wine Falling In Love Dinner Reason Why No Reason Statistics Leisure Good Wine Influenza

Author:Jerome K. Jerome

“India is decidedly not anything that was part of my upbringing or part of my experience or part of my preparation. I really fell into it the way one should fall into it, you know - through love.”

Knows Way Should Fall India Preparation Upbringing

Author:Clark Blaise