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Momentous Quotes (page 113)

I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom. Umberto Eco
Whittaker Chambers quote: "Life is not worth living for which a man is not prepared to..."
Life is not worth living for which a man is not prepared to die at any moment. Whittaker Chambers
When he sacrifices himself man for a moment is greater than God, for how can God, infinite and omnipotent, sacrifice himself? W. Somerset Maugham
Honore de Balzac quote: "If the human heart sometimes finds moments of pause as it..."
If the human heart sometimes finds moments of pause as it ascends the slopes of affection, it rarely halts on the way down. Honore de Balzac
Jimmy Buffett quote: "One of the inescapable encumbrances of leading an interesting..."
One of the inescapable encumbrances of leading an interesting life is that there have to be moments when you almost lose it. Jimmy Buffett
If you concentrate always on the present, you'll be a happy man. You'll see that there is life in the desert, that there are stars in the heavens...Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we're living right now. Paulo Coelho
He knew one of the women well, and had shared his universe with her. They had seen the same mountains, and the same trees, although each of them had seem them differently. She knew his weaknesses, his moments of hatred, of despair. Yet she was there at his side. They shared the same universe. Paulo Coelho
She did not suspect that the Abbess was even there hovering about the house, herself estimating the stresses and watching for the moment when a burden harms and not strengthens. Thornton Wilder
Half an hour from now, when I shall again and for ever reindue that hated personality, I know how I shall sit shuddering and weeping in my chair, or continue, with the most strained and fear-struck ecstasy of listening, to pace up and down this room (my last earthly refuge) and give ear to every sound of menace. Will Hyde die upon the scaffold? or will he find the courage to release himself at the last moment? God knows; I am careless; this is my true hour of death, and what is to follow... Robert Louis Stevenson
Victor Hugo quote: "The soul aids the body, and at certain moments, raises it. It..."
The soul aids the body, and at certain moments, raises it. It is the only bird which bears up its own cage. Victor Hugo
Her image accompanied me even in places the most hostile to romance…Her name sprang to my lips at moments in strange prayers and praises which I myself did not understand. My eyes were often full of tears (I could not tell why) and at times a flood from my heart seemed to pour itself out into my bosom. I thought little of the future. I did not know whether I would ever speak to her or not or, if I spoke to her, how I could tell her of my confused adoration. But my body was like a harp and her... James Joyce
Herb Brooks quote: "Great moments are born from great opportunities."
Great moments are born from great opportunities. Herb Brooks
They have hopes and dreams that may echo or overlap your own. And there's no reason why you can't make room for them. But what's happening to you right now, precisely at this instant, belongs only to you. Own it... This is your moment. Let someone else take the picture... just smile. Michael J. Fox
You’re optimistic one moment, only to be racked the next by the certainty that it will all fall to pieces. And in the end it does. Haruki Murakami
Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvellous work. It is fear that is the great cause of misery in the world. It is fear that is the greatest of all superstitions. It is fear that is the cause of all our woes, and it is fearlessness that brings heaven even in a moment. Therefore, "arise, awake and stop not until the goal is reached. Swami Vivekananda

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