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• Not many sounds in life, and I include all urban and all rural sounds, exceed in interest a knock at the door.

  Charles Lamb

  Doors, Sound, Rural Life

  'Essays of Elia' (1823) 'Valentine's Day'

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• So top grade's O for 'Outstanding,'" Hermione was saying, "and then there's A-" "No, E," George corrected her, "E for 'Exceeds Expectations.' And I've always thought Fred and I should've got E in everything, because we exceeded expectations just by turning up for the exams.

  J. K. Rowling

  Expectations, Hermione, Exam

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• People Who Do Things exceed my endurance; God, for a man that solicits insurance!

  Dorothy Parker

  Men, People, Endurance

  Dorothy Parker (2004). “Dorothy Parker in Her Own Words”, Taylor Trade Publishing

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• Work finally begins when the fear of doing nothing exceeds the fear of doing it badly.

  Alain de Botton

  Writing, Doing Nothing

  Twitter post from Mar 26, 2015

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• Happiness in marriage and parenthood can exceed a thousand times any other happiness

  James E. Faust

  Marriage, Others Happiness, Parenthood

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• Change is painful. Few people have the courage to seek out change. Most people won’t change until the pain of where they are exceeds the pain of change.

  Dave Ramsey

  Pain, People, Painful

  Dave Ramsey (2009). “The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness”, p.15, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Doing risk sports had taught me another important lesson: never exceed your limits. You push the envelope and you live for those moments when you’re right on the edge, but you don’t go over. You have to be true to yourself; you have to know your strengths and limitations and live within your means. The same is true for a business. The sooner a company tries to be what it is not, the sooner it tries to ‘have it all,’ the sooner it will die.

  Yvon Chouinard

  Sports, Mean, Over You

  Yvon Chouinard (2016). “Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman--Including 10 More Years of Business Unusual”, p.96, Penguin

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• Followers are the customers of the Higher Ground Leader, who strives to meet or exceed the outer and inner needs of followers.

  Lance Secretan

  Leadership, Higher Ground, Needs

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• All his life he would hold this moment as exemplary of what love was. It was not wanting anything more, nor was it expecting people to exceed what they had just accomplished; it was simply feeling so complete.

  John Irving

  People, Feelings, Moments

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• When individuals join in a cooperative venture, the power generated far exceeds what they could have accomplished acting individually.

  R. Buckminster Fuller

  Peace, Acting, Venture

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• What's possible exceeds what's impossible. Think about it. Do all you can do that is possible today, and in your tomorrow, what was impossible will be possible.

  Mark Victor Hansen

  Thinking, Today, Impossible

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• I will commit not the terrible crime of aiming too low. I will do the work that a failure will not do. I will always let my reach exceed my grasp.

  Og Mandino

  Crime, Lows, Terrible

  Og Mandino (2011). “The Greatest Salesman in the World”, p.71, Bantam

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• For the Gulf States, perhaps no forage crop of which the available seed supply is relatively abundant exceeds the velvet bean in potential value. This legume possesses also the ability to make a crop when planted relatively late.

  David F. Houston

  Velvet, Crops, States

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• Man would not be man if his dreams did not exceed his grasp... If I remember the sunflower forest it is because from its hidden reaches man arose. The green world is his sacred center. In moments of sanity he must still seek refuge there.

  Loren Eiseley

  Dream, Men, Green World

  Loren Eiseley (2016). “The Invisible Pyramid: A Library of America eBook Classic”, p.8, Library of America

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• I can only think of one experience which might exceed in interest a few hours spent under water, and that would be a journey to Mars.

  William Beebe

  Journey, Thinking, Water

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• We believe that the possibility of the future far exceeds the accomplishment of the past. We review the past with the common sense, but we anticipate the future with transcendental senses. In our sanest moments we find ourselves naturally expecting or prepared for far greater changes than any which we have experienced within the period of distinct memory, only to be paralleled by experiences which are forgotten.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Memories, Believe, Past

  Henry David Thoreau (1968). “Reflections at Walden: Selected Writings”

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• The range of variation in the female far exceeds the range of variation in the male.

  Alfred Kinsey

  Males, Female, Variation

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• When leading people and serving Heaven, nothing exceeds moderation.

  Laozi

  People, Heaven, Taoism

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• In the case of judges, I wouldn't be shocked to find out the number on television exceeds the number in real life — what is it about those black robes that makes us think ovaries?

  Jane Espenson

  Real, Thinking, Numbers

  "How to Succeed at Vampire Slaying and Keep Your Soul". www.latimes.com. March 20, 2005.

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• Countries don't go out of business....The infrastructure doesn't go away, the productivity of the people doesn't go away, the natural resources don’t go away. And so their assets always exceed their liabilities, which is the technical reason for bankruptcy. And that's very different from a company.

  Walter Wriston

  Country, People, Going Away

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• God's plans for your life far exceed the circumstances of your day.

  Louie Giglio

  God's Plan, Circumstances, Plans

  Louie Giglio (2014). “PASSION: The Bright Light of Glory”, p.4, Thomas Nelson

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• If God always met our expectations, He'd never be able to exceed them.

  Steven Furtick

  Expectations, Able, Mets

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• Flies, worms, and flowers exceed me still.

  Isaac Watts

  Flower, Butterfly, Worms

  'Against Pride in Clothes' from 'Divine Songs for Children' (1715)

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• God's plan for enlarging His kingdom is so simple - one person telling another about the Savior. Yet we're busy and full of excuses. Just remember, someone's eternal destiny is at stake. The joy you'll have when you meet that person in heaven will far exceed any discomfort you felt in sharing the gospel.

  Charles Stanley

  Simple, Destiny, Joy

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• As far as sacred Scripture is concerned, however much froward men try to gnaw at it, nevertheless it clearly is crammed with thoughts that could not be humanly conceived. Let each of the prophets be looked into: none will be found who does not far exceed human measure. Consequently, those for whom prophetic doctrine is tasteless ought to be thought of as lacking taste buds.

  John Calvin

  Men, Trying, Sacred

  John Calvin (1975). “John Calvin: Selections from His Writings”, p.362, Oxford University Press

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