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  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, Faith, Forgiveness

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  I believe life is constantly testing us for our level of commitment, and life's greatest rewards are reserved for those who demonstrate a never-ending commitment to act until they achieve. This level of resolve can move mountains, but it must be constant and consistent. As simplistic as this may sound, it is still the common denominator separating those who live their dreams from those who live in regret.

  Tony Robbins

  Life, Happiness, Success

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.334, Simon and Schuster

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• The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Enemy, Chaos, Winner

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• The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth.

  Peter Abelard

  Wisdom, Knowledge, Keys

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• The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval.

  Denis Waitley

  Inspirational, Appreciate, Achievement

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• The line that describes the beautiful is elliptical. It has simplicity and constant change. It cannot be described by a compass, and it changes direction at every one of its points.

  Rudolf Arnheim

  Beautiful, Swag, Simplicity

  Rudolf Arnheim (1974). “Entropy and Art: An Essay on Disorder and Order”, p.50, Univ of California Press

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• Keep up your conjugal love in a constant heat and vigor. Love will suppress wrath: you cannot have a bitter mind upon small provocations, against those that you dearly love.

  Richard Baxter

  Vigor, Heat, Conjugal

  "The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter: With a Life of the Author, and a Critical Examination of His Writings".

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• There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Men, Good Man, Desire

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• The only thing constant in life is change

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Life, Motivational, Change

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  Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.

  Charles William Eliot

  Friendship, Happiness, Teacher

  "The Durable Satisfactions of Life (The Happy Life)". Book by Charles William Eliot (p. 37), 1910.

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• Yoga is a way to freedom. By its constant practice, we can free ourselves from fear, anguish and loneliness.

  Indra Devi

  Freedom, Fear, Loneliness

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• Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Motivation, Two, Liberty

  Benjamin Franklin, William-Temple Franklin (1818). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of (the Same), Continued to the Time of His Death by William Temple Franklin. - London, H. Colburn 1818”, p.253

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• Being inexhaustible, life and nature are a constant stimulus for a creative mind.

  Hans Hofmann

  Nature, Creative, Mind

  "Hans Hofmann". Book by Cynthia Goodman, p. 103, 1986.

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• A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Being Strong, Nature, Character

  Quoted in Colin Jarman The Guinness Dictionary of Sports Quotations (1990).

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• The biggest misconception about me is the bad-boy image that everyone stuck me into due to my tattoos, drug days and the constant changes I make with my hair color.

  A. J. McLean

  Tattoo, Boys, Hair

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• Our brain is mapping the world. Often that map is distorted, but it's a map with constant immediate sensory input.

  E. O. Wilson

  Brain, World, Maps

  "E.O. Wilson Is on Top of the World". Interview with Jill Neimark, www.psychologytoday.com. September 1, 1998.

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• To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.

  George Orwell

  Courage, Truth, Struggle

  Tribune 22 Mar. 1946, "In Front of your Nose"

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• Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more, Men were deceivers ever,- One foot in sea and one on shore, To one thing constant never.

  William Shakespeare

  Lost Love, Men, Sea

  'Much Ado About Nothing' (1598-9) act 2, sc. 3, l. [65]

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• Poetry is a search for ways of communication; it must be conducted with openness, flexibility, and a constant readiness to listen.

  Fleur Adcock

  Communication, Poetry, Way

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• O heaven! were man, But constant, he were perfect.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Men, Perfect

  'The Two Gentlemen Of Verona' (1592-3) act 5, sc. 4, l. 110

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• People of color have a constant frustration of not being represented, or being misrepresented, and these images go around the world.

  Spike Lee

  Frustration, Color, People

  "Spike Lee Talks Obama, the End of Mookie's Brooklyn, and the Hollywood Color Line". Interview with Will Leitch, www.vulture.com. July 8, 2012.

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• I have lived most my life with chronic inflammation and constant pain with immediate diarrhea.

  Mike McCready

  Pain, Diarrhea

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• I'm not fond of cities: the constant activity and swarms of people.

  Joanne Harris

  Cities, People, Activity

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• I am tired of the constant demonizing of people via political labels.

  Mark Skousen

  Tired, People, Political

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• The tears of the world are a constant quantity. For each one who begins to weep, somewhere else another stops. The same is true of the laugh.

  Samuel Beckett

  Somewhere Else, Laughing, Tears

  "Waiting for Godot". Play by Samuel Beckett, 1952.

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