Maya Angelou Quotes, Would Be Quotes, Looks Quotes

If you must look back, do so forgivingly. If you will look forward, do so prayerfully. But the wisest course would be to be present in the present gratefully.

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Surely nobody would be a charlatan, who could afford to be sincere.

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Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Would Be Quotes , Politics Quotes

I am a ridiculous man. They call me a madman now. That would be a distinct rise in my social position were it not that they still regard me as being as ridiculous as ever.

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Tags : Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes , Men Quotes , Would Be Quotes

If there is any honor in all the world that I should like, it would be to be an honorary Jewish citizen.

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Tags : A. L. Rowse Quotes , Honor Quotes , Would Be Quotes

If I answer questions every time you ask one, expectations would be high. And as you know, I like to keep expectations low.

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Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Expectations Quotes , Would Be Quotes

History would be a wonderful thing – if it were only true.

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Tags : Leo Tolstoy Quotes , Would Be Quotes , Wonderful Quotes

If I could create an ideal world, it would be an England with the fire of the Elizabethans, the correct taste of the Georgians, and the refinement and pure ideals of the Victorians.

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Tags : H. P. Lovecraft Quotes , Fire Quotes , Would Be Quotes

If it were not for my firm belief in an overruling Providence, it would be difficult for me, in the midst of such complications of affairs, to keep my reason on its seat. But I am confident that the Almighty has His plans, and will work them out; and, whether we see it or not, they will be the best for us.

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Tags : Abraham Lincoln Quotes , Would Be Quotes , Belief Quotes

We warned when the crisis began in 2011 that unless it was resolved quickly, the country [Syria] would be destroyed. Unfortunately, our warnings are coming true.

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Tags : Adel al-Jubeir Quotes , Country Quotes , Would Be Quotes

It would be a sad day for India if it has to inherit the English scale and the English tastes so utterly unsuitable to the Indian environment.

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Tags : Mahatma Gandhi Quotes , India Quotes , Would Be Quotes

To subject every private family to the odious visits and examination of the tax-gatherers ... would be altogether inconsistent with liberty.

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Tags : Adam Smith Quotes , Liberty Quotes , Would Be Quotes

The disastrous consequences of widespread European butchery in the future would be even worse.

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Tags : Adolf Hitler Quotes , Would Be Quotes , Butchery Quotes

In the past it never occurred to me that every casual remark of mine would be snatched up and recorded. Otherwise I would have crept further into my shell.

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Tags : Albert Einstein Quotes , Past Quotes , Would Be Quotes

If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride.

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Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Pride Quotes , Would Be Quotes

There it is!' he thought with rapture. 'When I was already in despair, and when it seemed there would be no end- there it is! She loves me. She's confessed it.

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Tags : Leo Tolstoy Quotes , Despair Quotes , Would Be Quotes

We cannot afford to raise any institution to the rank of a fetish. To do so would be simply to become the slaves of our own machinery.

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Tags : Sri Aurobindo Quotes , Would Be Quotes , Slave Quotes

If it were not for guests all houses would be graves.

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Tags : Khalil Gibran Quotes , House Quotes , Would Be Quotes

If all were nonviolent, there would be no anarchy and there would be no question of anybody being armed for meeting aggression from without.

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Tags : Mahatma Gandhi Quotes , Would Be Quotes , Anarchy Quotes

Pity would be no more, If we did not make somebody poor. Mercy no more could be, If all were happy as we.

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Tags : William Blake Quotes , Would Be Quotes , Pity Quotes

There is, Oh Monks, a not-born, a not-become, a not-made, a not-compounded. Monks, if that unborn, not-become, not-made, not-compounded were not, there would be no escape from this here that is born, become, made and compounded.

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Tags : Gautama Buddha Quotes , Buddhist Quotes , Would Be Quotes