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The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake.
Meister Eckhart

Making, Mistake, Greater

True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be.
Ralph W. Sockman

Respect, True, Self

We talk about heaven being so far away. It is within speaking distance to those who belong there. Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared people.
Dwight L. Moody

Place, Away, Talk

Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true.
Robert Brault

Truth, Today, True

How far away the stars seem, and how far is our first kiss, and ah, how old my heart.
William Butler Yeats

Heart, Old, Away

Even if one takes every reefer madness allegation of the prohibitionists at face value, marijuana prohibition has done far more harm to far more people than marijuana ever could.
William F. Buckley, Jr.

Done, Face, Value

We are very far from always knowing our own wishes.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Knowing, Wishes

In life, as in football, you won't go far unless you know where the goalposts are.
Arnold H. Glasow

Life, Football, Won

The truth is, I'm proud of the life I've lived so far, and though I've made my share of mistakes, I have no regrets.
Carly Fiorina

Life, Truth, Mistakes

It is far more important to be able to hit the target than it is to haggle over who makes a weapon or who pulls a trigger.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Important, Able, Makes

Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.
Dag Hammarskjold

Down, Find, Before

I heard what was said of the universe, heard it and heard it of several thousand years; it is middling well as far as it goes - but is that all?
Walt Whitman

Said, Universe, Goes

We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity.
Thomas Fuller

Hypocrite, Enough, Sincerity

Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.
Bernard Malamud

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.
Charles Dickens

Best, Books, Parts

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.
Charles Dickens

Done, Rest, Known

To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself.
Thomas Carlyle

Men, Wise, Nation

In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.
Stephen Covey

Last, Analysis, Eloquently

An unschooled man who knows how to meditate upon the Lord has learned far more than the man with the highest education who does not know how to meditate.
Charles Stanley

Education, Learned, Lord

Everyone knows nowadays that people 'have complexes'. What is not so well known, though far more important theoretically, is that complexes can have us.
Carl Jung

Important, Everyone, Though

I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.
Epicurus

Learn, Knew, Please

A good example is far better than a good precept.
Dwight L. Moody

Good, Example, Precept

Life is short and if you're looking for extension, you had best do well. 'Cause there's good deeds and then there's good intentions. They are as far apart as Heaven and Hell.
Ben Harper

Life, Good, Best

The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.
Blaise Pascal

Love, God, Knowledge

Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master; for in disobeying the one we are unfortunate, and in disobeying the other we are fools.
Blaise Pascal

Reason, Fools, Master

I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a very poor scheme for survival.
Kurt Vonnegut

Human, Brain, Poor

To me a real patriot is like a real friend. Who's your real friend? It's the person who tells you the truth. That's who my real friends are. So, you know, I think as far as our country goes, we need more people who will do that.
Bill Maher

Truth, Friend, Real

It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult to sacrifice skill and easy execution in the proper place, than to expand both indiscriminately.
John Ruskin

Simple, Sacrifice, Place

For when two beings who are not friends are near each other there is no meeting, and when friends are far apart there is no separation.
Simone Weil

Two, Friends, Separation

Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10.
Neil Armstrong

Science, Year, Next

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