George A. Smith Quotes

The whole mystery of temptation is to have sins suggested to us, and to be swept after them by a sudden enthusiasm, which sometimes feels as strong as the Spirit of God ever made in us the enthusiasm for virtue.

George A. Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: clergyman
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 26, 1817 - September 1, 1875

Topics

GodStrongEnthusiasmMysteryVirtue

We're scared to death to try new things because we think we have to get it right the first time.

Joel Salatin

TimeDeathNew ThingsThinkNewTry

A chance, as a coach, to take a team to the World Cup finals is probably as high up the tree as it gets, certainly with one-day cricket.

Andy Pick

TreeTeamCricketWorldChanceHigh

Before working with Deaf West, I had never met a deaf person, and now I can't imagine life without ASL.

Michael Arden

LifePersonNowDeafNeverWithout

Every couple years, you know, these great things drop in my lap. It's been fantastic.

John Stamos

GreatYouGreat ThingsKnowYears

I am very ambitious and have set goals for myself. I really don't keep a tab on what my contemporaries are doing. I want to push myself as an actress and don't want to get into the rat race. With every film, I want to grow as a person and an actress. The character I play needs to change me in real life.

Sonam Kapoor

LifeChangeGoalsCharacterMyself

The history of fiction is about family - an inexhaustible subject for literature. We are creatures driven by emotions that are on high display in intimate relations - inside the family.

Siri Hustvedt

FamilyHistoryLiteratureEmotions

Science doesn't have flags. Science doesn't have borders.

Shimon Peres

ScienceBordersFlags

Wanting a more positive environment isn't enough. You need to do something, and it doesn't require a great deal of effort or some huge change in the way you approach things at work.

Tom Rath

PositiveWorkChangeGreatEffort

Democracy is like three oxen pulling a plough. The oxen are the independent powers, but you have to walk in the same direction; otherwise, you cannot plough and that is what was happening in Colombia. One ox was walking in one direction, the other in another direction, so the democracy was not working.

Juan Manuel Santos

WalkDemocracyDirectionWalkingYou

I like girls who like the countryside, put on walking boots and can bend with the wind a bit. If you're going to live with me, you need to be able to embrace the countryside and wet dogs.

Jay Kay

LiveMeWindWalkingBootsYou

When Phil and I hit that one spot where I call it 'The Everly Brothers,' I don't know where it is. 'Cause it's not me and it's not him. It's the two of us together. I sing the lead, and so I can drift off. Then we'll come back in together and the whole thing happens again. It amazes me sometimes.

Don Everly

TogetherMeBackI CanSometimes

As a general rule, when a new industry takes root, and the first products emerge in a wave, almost always the architecture of the product will be proprietary and interdependent in character.

Clayton M. Christensen

CharacterArchitectureWaveNewWill

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