May you taste the sweetest pleasures that fortune ere bestowed, and may all your friends remember all the favors you are owed. Anonymous Toast More Anonymous Toast Quotes 1
Jupiter, not wanting man's life to be wholly gloomy and grim, has bestowed far more passion than reason /you could reckon the ration as twenty-four to one. Moreover, he confined reason to a cramped corner of the head and left all the rest of the body to the passions. Desiderius Erasmus Dutch Priest More Desiderius Erasmus Quotes 0
The ancients saw work as a necessity and a curse, ... The medieval Catholic church bestowed on work a simple dignity; the Renaissance humanist gave it glamour. But the Protestants endowed work with the quest for meaning, identity and signs of salvation. The notion of work as something beyond mere labor, as work-plus, indeed as a calling, highlighted its personal and existential qualities. Work became a kind of prayer. More than a means of living, it became a purpose for living. Joanne Ciulla More Joanne Ciulla Quotes 0
The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men.- It has God for its author; salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter.- It is all pure. John Locke English Philosopher More John Locke Quotes 0
The award bestowed upon Richards-Zeta is in recognition of proving to be a leader in the industry and that, through its pioneering technology, business strategy and research and development, has shown to be successful in moving the entire industry forward. Jorge Moreno More Jorge Moreno Quotes 0
The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things - bread and circuses. Juvenal More Juvenal Quotes 0
I think the honor should be bestowed on those who are deserving of the honor. I don't think that it the case in this situation. Mark Donahue More Mark Donahue Quotes 0
[The band was recently bestowed a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. And when they decided to get back together, they felt it was important not to have any expectations.] We all talked about how more than anything we just really wanted to have a good time, ... This tour has turned out to be a lot of fun for us. We've been friends forever. Nikki Sixx More Nikki Sixx Quotes 0
Heroic deeds, to use whatever dower/ Heaven has bestowed, to test our utmost power. Sarah Knowles Bolton More Sarah Knowles Bolton Quotes 0
A good deed is never lost. He who sows courtesy, reaps friendship; he who plants kindness, gathers love; pleasure bestowed on a grateful mind was never sterile, but generally gratitude begets reward. St. Basil More St. Basil Quotes 0
There is a general agreement about the fact that citizenship in this country should not be bestowed on people who are the children of folks who come into this country illegally. Tom Tancredo More Tom Tancredo Quotes 0
There is a general agreement about the fact that citizenship in this country should not be bestowed on people who are the children of folks who come into this country illegally. Tom Tancredo More Tom Tancredo Quotes 0
Mediocrity is self-inflicted and genius is self-bestowed. Walter Russell More Walter Russell Quotes 0
I'm one of those writers who, when writing, believes she's god-and that she hasn't bestowed free will on any of her characters. In that sense there are no surprises in any of my books. Lynn Abbey American Author More Lynn Abbey Quotes 0
Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed upon the Yankees. Apparently it angers them. Bob Feller Athlete More Bob Feller Quotes 0
I have often noticed that after I had bestowed on the characters of my novels some treasured item of my past, it would pine away in the artificial world where I had so abruptly placed it. Vladimir Nabokov American Novelist More Vladimir Nabokov Quotes 0
Today we thank God for all the blessings He has bestowed upon this great Country and ask Him to continue to heal our land and meet our needs - and we do so through the power of prayer. Nick Rahall American Politician More Nick Rahall Quotes 0
Creative genius is a divinely bestowed gift which is the coronation of the few. Margaret E. Sangster More Margaret E. Sangster Quotes 0
For even these are no less bestowed on him of pure grace, than are righteousness and salvation themselves. Johann Arndt German Theologian More Johann Arndt Quotes 0
Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience. Ambrose Bierce American Journalist More Ambrose Bierce Quotes 0
May He who holds in his hands the destinies of nations, make you worthy of the favors He has bestowed, and enabled you with pure hearts and hands and sleepless vigilance, to guard and defend to the end of time, the great charge He has committed to your keeping. J. Reuben Clark American Clergyman More J. Reuben Clark Quotes 0
What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children? Marcus Tullius Cicero Roman Statesman More Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes 0
Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame. Pearl S. Buck American Novelist More Pearl S. Buck Quotes 0
Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved; we love to love. Leo Buscaglia American Author More Leo Buscaglia Quotes 0