Dependable Quotes

• Mr. Speaker, our Nation depends on immigrants' labor, and I hope we can create an immigration system as dependable as they are.

  Luis Gutierrez

  Immigration, Labor, Immigrants

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• Sometimes lies were more dependable than the truth.

  Orson Scott Card

  Lying, Sometimes, Enders Game

  Orson Scott Card (2013). “Ender's Game Boxed Set: Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow”, p.20, Macmillan

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• Good character is that quality which makes one dependable whether being watched or not, which makes one truthful when it is to one's advantage to be a little less than truthful, which makes one courageous when faced with great obstacles and which endows one with the firmness of' wise self-discipline.

  Arthur S. Adams

  Wise, Character, Self

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• Your mental attitude is the most dependable key to your personality.

  Napoleon Hill

  Attitude, Keys, Personality

  Napoleon Hill (1997). “Napoleon Hill's Positive Action Plan: 365 Meditations For Making Each Day a Success”, p.116, Penguin

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• On the one hand, shopping is dependable: You can do it alone, if you lose your heart to something that is wrong for you, you can return it; it's instant gratification and yet something you buy may well last for years.

  Judith Krantz

  Heart, Hands, Years

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• The first step in building a solid, dependable attitude is to be realistic, not only about your inherent capabilities, but also about how well you are playing to those capabilities on any given day.

  Byron Nelson

  Attitude, Firsts, Steps

  Byron Nelson, Larry Dennis (1976). “Shape your swing the modern way”, Golf Digest/Tennis

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• We must work to stabilize Social Security. We must not gamble with our nation's social insurance program, one of our most popular and effective federal programs that has remained dependable and stable for the past 70 years.

  Grace Napolitano

  Past, Years, Gamer

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• There is no more lively sensation than that of pain; its impressions are certain and dependable, they never deceive as may those of the pleasure women perpetually feign and almost never experience.

  Marquis de Sade

  Pain, Hype, Kinky

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• I was never a very dependable employee for anything. Perfect for the actor's life!

  John C. Reilly

  Perfect, Actors, Employee

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• It is our duty to select the best and most dependable theory that human intelligence can supply, and use it as a raft to ride the seas of life.

  Plato

  Sea, Use, Select

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• Gratitude, like love, is never a dependable international emotion.

  Joseph Alsop

  Love, Thank You, Gratitude

  In Observer 30 Nov. 1952

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• If there is one word that describes the meaning of character, it is the word honor. Without honor, civilization would not long exist. Without honor, there could be no dependable contracts, no lasting marriages, no trust or happiness. What does the word honor mean to you? To me, honor is summarized in this expression by the poet Tennyson, "Man's word [of honor] is God in man."

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Happiness, Trust, Character

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• Forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable.

  Octavia Butler

  Inspiration, Forget, Habit

  Octavia E. Butler (2011). “Bloodchild and Other Stories”, p.145, Seven Stories Press

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• Dependable teams members possess the desire to do the things they are capable of doing.

  John C. Maxwell

  Team, Desire, Members

  John C. Maxwell (2006). “The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player: Becoming the Kind of Person Every Team Wants”, p.51, HarperCollins Leadership

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  The only dependable law of life - everything is always worse than you thought it was going to be.

  Dorothy Parker

  Law, Laws Of Life, Universal Laws

  Dorothy Parker (2002). “Complete Stories”, p.200, Penguin

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• Weaken a bad habit by avoiding everything that occasioned it or stimulated it, without concentrating upon it in your zeal to avoid it. Then divert your mind to some good habit and steadily cultivate it until it becomes a dependable part of you.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Mind, Habit, Avoiding

  Paramahansa Yogananda (2011). “The Law of Success: Using the Power of Spirit to Create Health, Prosperity, and Happiness”, p.15, BookBaby

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• I'm consistent, and they know I don't waver and all that. I'm dependable.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Consistent, Knows

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• The more we depend on God the more dependable we find He is.

  Cliff Richard

  God, Godly, Depends

  Cliff Richard (1999). “Cliff Richard: a celebration : the official story of forty years in show business”, Andre Deutsch Ltd

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• How can we help a child change from undependable to dependable, from a mediocre student to a capable student, from someone who won't amount to very much to someone who will count for something. The answer is at once both simple and complicated: We treat a child as if he already is what we would like him to become.

  Haim Ginott

  Children, Simple, Answers

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• Tim Kaine reminds me of - Peter Hart.Tim Kaine is a good neighbor. He's kind of the dependable, you know, friendly, helpful. And, you know, he would be over there. He would give you a hand if there were a problem at the house.

  Mark Shields

  Hands, Giving, House

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• When men evaluate each other as men, they still look for the same virtues that they'd need to keep the perimeter. Men respond to and admire the qualities that would make men useful and dependable in an emergency. Men have always had a role apart, and they still judge one another according to the demands of that role as a guardian in a gang struggling for survival against encroaching doom. Everything that is specifically about being a man-not merely a person-has to do with that role.

  Jack Donovan

  Struggle, Men, Judging

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• The big-budget blockbuster is becoming one of the most dependable forms of filmmaking.

  Peter Jackson

  Movie, Becoming One, Actors

  "James Cameron, Peter Jackson on Film Technology". www.newsweek.com. December 20, 2009.

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• Both history and contemporary data show that countries prosper more when there are stable and dependable rules, under which people can make investments without having to fear unpredictable new government interventions before these investments can pay off.

  Thomas Sowell

  Country, Government, Data

  "An Economic 'Plan'?". www.creators.com. September 09, 2012.

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• Even when you have failed, Jesus is right there with you, ready to pick you up and restore you to wholeness. Jesus is a faithful, dependable and trustworthy friend.

  Joseph Prince

  Jesus, Faithful, Trustworthy

  FaceBook post by Joseph Prince from Sep 19, 2011

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• Christians ought to have a reputation for being the most dependable people at work. They are always aware of who their true boss is.

  Rick Warren

  Christian, People, Boss

  Sr Rick Warren (1998). “The Power to Change Your Life: Exchanging Personal Mediocrity for Spiritual Significance”, Pastors.com

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