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Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
Abraham Lincoln

Down, Give, Four

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.
Emo Philips

Work, Him, Night

Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense.
Robert Frost

Forgive, Sense, Talk

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
Henry David Thoreau

Love, Money, Truth

The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, 'O God, forgive me,' or 'Help me.'
Billy Graham

Life, God, Help

Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have Immortal longings in me.
William Shakespeare

Give, Put, Immortal

Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!
Patrick Henry

Life, Peace, God

Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
Archimedes

Long, Give, Enough

Sometimes I've been to a party where no one spoke to me for a whole evening. The men, frightened by their wives or sweeties, would give me a wide berth. And the ladies would gang up in a corner to discuss my dangerous character.
Marilyn Monroe

Men, Character, Evening

I don't even know how to speak up for myself, because I don't really have a father who would give me the confidence or advice.
Eminem

Father, Confidence, Give

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.
Barack Obama

Love, Success, Faith

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.
Saint Augustine

Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.
Vladimir Lenin

Children, Give, Four

In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.
Robert E. Lee

Strength, Give, Light

Give me five minutes with a person's checkbook, and I will tell you where their heart is.
Billy Graham

Heart, Person, Give

My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation.
Arthur Conan Doyle

Work, Mind, Give

Give me liberty or give me death.
Patrick Henry

Death, Give, Liberty

I have a hat. It is graceful and feminine and give me a certain dignity, as if I were attending a state funeral or something. Someday I may get up enough courage to wear it, instead of carrying it.
Erma Bombeck

Courage, May, Give

If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.
Woody Allen

God, Give, Making

What gives me the most hope every day is God's grace; knowing that his grace is going to give me the strength for whatever I face, knowing that nothing is a surprise to God.
Rick Warren

God, Hope, Strength

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Samuel Goldwyn

Smart, Stupid, Give

Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.
Walt Whitman

Beautiful, Sunrise, Give

Give me a museum and I'll fill it.
Pablo Picasso

Give, Fill, Museum

I know not what others may choose but, as for me, give me liberty or give me death.
Patrick Henry

Death, May, Give

I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can't trust em.
Jim Valvano

Trust, Bad, Thinking

God's mercy and grace give me hope - for myself, and for our world.
Billy Graham

God, Hope, Give

Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.
Frank Lloyd Wright

Life, Give, Luxuries

I have a loyalty that runs in my bloodstream, when I lock into someone or something, you can't get me away from it because I commit that thoroughly. That's in friendship, that's a deal, that's a commitment. Don't give me paper - I can get the same lawyer who drew it up to break it. But if you shake my hand, that's for life.
Jerry Lewis

Life, Friendship, Loyalty

I promise to be an excellent husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, will not appear every day in my sky.
Anton Chekhov

Husband, Wife, Give

I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
Emily Dickinson

Life, Give, Living

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