Affording Quotes

• It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favors.

  George Washington

  Bible, Thanksgiving, God

  Thanksgiving Day Proclamation, Issued by President George Washington, at the request of Congress, on October 3, 1789

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• It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God.

  George Washington

  Thanksgiving, Presidential, Duty To God

  Thanksgiving Day Proclamation, Issued by President George Washington, at the request of Congress, on October 3, 1789

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• Houses of Congress have . . . requested me to recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging, with grateful hearts, the many signal favors of Almighty God.

  George Washington

  Thanksgiving, God, Prayer

  George Washington (1837). “The Writings of George Washington: pt. V. Speeches and messages to Congress, proclamations, and addresses”, p.119

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• Don’t buy luxuries until you’ve built the assets to afford them

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Luxury, Assets, Built

  FaceBook post by Robert Kiyosaki from Jul 27, 2012

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• Our society cannot afford a two-tiered system in which the affluent have access to superior education, while everyone else is subjected to a dull and incoherent classroom experience. Academic excellence, educational equity, and fairness demand a strong foundation of knowledge for all learners.

  E. D. Hirsch, Jr.

  Inspirational, Education, Strong

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• We simply can no longer afford to deny the full potential of one half of the population. The world needs to tap into the talent and wisdom of women. Whether the issue is food security, economic recovery, health, or peace and security, the participation of women is needed now more than ever.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Wisdom, Women, Recovery

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• Students who acquire large debts putting themselves through school are unlikely to think about changing society. When you trap people in a system of debt, they can't afford the time to think.

  Noam Chomsky

  Change, Education, Time

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• Life is short. You can't afford to put off what God has put in your heart. You don't have time to live with things holding you back.

  Joel Osteen

  Heart, Life Is Short, Life Is

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• I can't afford to hate anyone. I don't have that kind of time.

  Akira Kurosawa

  Hate, Kind, Lack Of Time

  "Fictional character: Kanji Watanabe". "Ikiru", www.imdb.com. 1952.

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• True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Friendship, Best Friend, Ignorance

  Henry David Thoreau (2001). “A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers”, p.182, Courier Corporation

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• Your mindset matters. If you don't have the mindset of a wealthy person ("How can I afford it?") versus a poor person ("I can't afford it."), you will never achieve wealth.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Matter, Wealth, Mindset

  FaceBook post by Robert Kiyosaki from Dec 10, 2013

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• It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Best Friend, Friendship, Positive

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Joel Porte (1982). “Emerson in His Journals”, p.195, Harvard University Press

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• Some people you can afford to spend a few minutes with, but not a few hours.

  Jim Rohn

  People, Hours, Minutes

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from May 02, 2017

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• Debating clubs among boys are very useful, not only as affording pleasant meetings and interesting discussions, but also as serving for training grounds for developing the knowledge and the qualities that are needed in public life.

  Annie Besant

  Boys, Interesting, Training

  Annie Besant (1917). “The Birth of New India: A Collection of Writings and Speeches on Indian Affairs”

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• Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.

  Abraham Joshua Heschel

  Evil, Indifference, Silent

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• You have to be doing something you enjoy. That is a definition of happiness: Complete use of one's faculties along lines leading to excellence in a life affording them scope. It applies to women as well as to men. We can't all reach it, but we can try to reach it to some degree.

  Jackie Kennedy

  Men, Excellence, Trying

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• [P]rogress, however, has not sufficiently infiltrated the Interior Ministry, affording protection to those who participated in the Bytyqi murders and other egregious Milosevic-era crimes.

  Avis Bohlen

  Ministry, Eras, Murder

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• An iron rod being placed on the outside of a building from the highest part continued down into the moist earth, in any direction strait or crooked, following the form of the roof or other parts of the building, will receive the lightning at its upper end, attracting it so as to prevent it's striking any other part; and, affording it a good conveyance into the earth, will prevent its damaging any part of the building.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Science, Iron, Lightning

  Benjamin Franklin, Edmund Sears Morgan (2007). “Not Your Usual Founding Father: Selected Readings from Benjamin Franklin”, p.119, Yale University Press

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• Earth is a in-between world touched by both Heaven and Hell. Earth leads directly into Heaven or directly into Hell, affording a choice between the two. The best of life on Earth is a glimpse of Heaven; the worst of life is a glimpse of Hell.

  Randy Alcorn

  Two, Choices, Heaven

  Randy Alcorn (2017). “Seeing the Unseen, Expanded Edition: A 90-Day Devotional to Set Your Mind on Eternity”, p.105, Multnomah

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• I think the reason I choose the comic approach so often is because it's harder, therefore affording me the opportunity to show off. Also, a comic vision is my natural world view, but I've grown up in spite of myself and I can pass the comic twist if it detracts from what the characters need. Yes, the life of a saint is hard.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Character, Opportunity, Thinking

  Rita Mae Brown (2011). “Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual”, p.82, Bantam

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• One of the worst of errors would be the general admission of the proposition that a Government has no right to interfere for any purpose except for that of affording protection.

  Nassau William Senior

  Errors, Government, Would Be

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• In endeavor itself there is a certain dynamic entertainment, affording an illusion of useful purpose. With achievement the illusion is dispelled. Man's greatest accomplishment is to produce change. The only good in life is study, because study is an endeavor that never reaches fulfillment. It busies a man to the end of his days, and it aims at the only true reality in all this world of shams and deceits.

  Rafael Sabatini

  Reality, Men, Deceit

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• ... I think it would be so much better for me to learn something which would be useful to me in the army, as well as affording me exercise and amusement.

  Winston Churchill

  Ambition, Exercise, Army

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• I think the reason I choose the comic approach so often is because it's harder, therefore affording me the opportunity to show off.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Opportunity, Thinking, Often Is

  Rita Mae Brown (2011). “Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual”, p.82, Bantam

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• A proper disposition of time leaves a man at leisure in the very bustle of affairs; without delaying the attention of his concerns to the last or giving them unnecessary application at first: it affords a season for everything by affording everything its proper season.

  Norm MacDonald

  Time, Men, Giving

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