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We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Love, Good, Power

How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!
Alexander Pope

Wise, Doubt, Cautious

I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone to error.
Rene Descartes

Mind, Weak, Consider

Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness.
Thomas Fuller

Men, Kindness, Revenge

All things can corrupt when minds are prone to evil.
Ovid

Evil, Minds, Corrupt

Men are more prone to cheating, definitely.
Blu Cantrell

Men, Cheating, Definitely

All institutions are prone to corruption and to the vices of their members.
Morris West

Corruption, Vices, Members

We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume that the bad is more potent and contagious.
Eric Hoffer

Good, Bad, Assume

A man prone to suspect evil is mostly looking in his neighbor for what he sees in himself.
Augustus Hare

Evil, Looking, Himself

Things people say strike me as amusing, and I am prone to saying out loud what everybody's thinking.
William Shatner

Saying, Thinking, Everybody

The president we have today is a typical Washington politician that's prone to hyperbole and decisiveness and false outrage. And I think it's very sad - very sad to watch.
Marco Rubio

Sad, Today, President

I'm not clumsy, I'm just accident prone.
Daniel Radcliffe

Accident, Clumsy

I think I'm prone to panic.
Robert Plant

I think I'm prone to not being a good guy in relationships.
Shia LaBeouf

When I come up against a director who has a concept that I don't agree with, or maybe I just haven't thought of it or whatever, I'd be more prone to go with them than my own because I want to be out of control as an actor, I want them to have the control, otherwise it's going to become predictably my work, and that's not fun.
Jack Nicholson

Work, Fun, Control

The actor is too prone to exaggerate his powers; he wants to play Hamlet when his appearance is more suitable to King Lear.
Sarah Bernhardt

Play, Actor, Wants

Creative people are more prone to depression.
Adam Ant

Depression, Creative

The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people.
Irving Babbitt

Faith, Leadership, Light

There is an increasing awareness of the interrelatedness of things. We are becoming less prone to accept an immediate solution without questioning its larger implications.
Arthur Erickson

Accept, Less, Becoming

Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
Sallust

Good, Bad, Others

Actually, one of the better indicators historically of how well the stock market will do is just a Gallup poll, when you ask Americans if you think it's a good time to invest in stocks, except it goes the opposite direction of what you would expect. When the markets going up, it in fact makes it more prone toward decline.
Nate Silver

Time, Good, Fact

I am prone to get carried away thinking about creative projects.
Michael Sheen

Thinking, Away, Creative

I've always been very image prone, along the lines of bands like Black Sabbath and even Devo.
Peter Steele

Black, Along, Image

I think writers are prone to hyperbole sometimes.
John Legend

Sometimes, Writers, Hyperbole

I'm fighting against the bad poet who is prone to using too many words.
Wislawa Szymborska

Bad, Words, Fighting

But now in this day and age, people are more prone to go out to try new things to enhance their performance on the field - to enhance their physical appearance.
Bo Jackson

Age, Try, Physical

I feel very strong as an individual, but as a famous footballer I know I am prone to certain things. All the media have a continuous interest for me. It varies from once a year to every day interest.
Ruud van Nistelrooy

Famous, Strong, Once

In the 20 long, hungry years between my late teens and late 30s I bought in to virtually every new diet and/or exercise regime that hoved into view, particularly at this most vulnerable time for those of us prone to poor body image - a new year.
Arabella Weir

Time, Diet, Long

I used to smoke cigarettes, ten a day, but gave up when I was 28. Now my vice is several cups of coffee a day, which isn't great if you're prone to weak bones as I am, as caffeine can leach calcium.
Britt Ekland

Great, Coffee, Used

I don't mean to be accident prone, but my excuse is if you really want to get somewhere you have to go full gas.
Heather Mills

Mean, Full, Accident

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