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• In theory there is nothing to hinder our following what we are taught;but in life there are many things to draw us aside.

  Epictetus

  Taught, Theory, Draws

  Epictetus (1866). “The Works of Epictetus: Consisting of His Discourses, in Four Books, the Enchiridion, and Fragments”, p.74

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• Schools should be the most beautiful place in every town and village-so beautiful that the punishment for undutiful children should be barred from going to school the following day.

  Oscar Wilde

  Beautiful, Education, Children

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• Sadly, I am not able to take part in the fieldwork myself so much anymore, as both of my legs were amputated following an airplane crash twelve years ago.

  Richard Leakey

  Airplane, Years, Twelve

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• And from a poise at this station the plane may swoop down, at great disadvantage if close to the back of the wave, at various slopes and directions till it cuts into the air that is being raised by the face of the following wave, which again enables it to resume its velocity.

  Lawrence Hargrave

  Cutting, Air, May

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• Because the eternal principle of agency gives us the freedom to choose and think for ourselves, we should become increasingly able to solve problems. We may make the occasional mistake, but as long as we are following gospel principles and guidelines, we can learn from those mistakes and become more understanding of others and more effective in serving them.

  M. Russell Ballard

  Mistake, Thinking, Agency

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• Death is more certain than the morrow, than night following day, than winter following summer. Why is it then that we prepare for the night and for the winter time, but do not prepare for death. We must prepare for death. But there is only one way to prepare for death - and that is to live well.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Summer, Winter, Night

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• A group of followers has strength because of its numbers.
  A following has power because of its beliefs.

  Simon Sinek

  Numbers, Groups, Followers

  Twitter post from Jun 15, 2011

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• Living is having and following a purpose. That's all.

  L. Ron Hubbard

  Purpose

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• Following an anti-inflammato ry diet can help counteract the chronic inflammation that is a root cause of many serious diseases, including those that become more frequent as people age. It is a way of selecting and preparing foods based on science that can help people achieve and maintain optimum health over their lifetime.

  Andrew Weil

  Roots, People, Age

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• There is a immense difference between training to do something and trying to do something....Sp iritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.... Following Jesus simply means learning from him how to arrange my life around activities that enable me to live in the fruit of the Spirit

  John Ortberg

  Jesus, Mean, Differences

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• There are no shortcuts to knowledge, especially knowledge gained from personal experience. Following conventional wisdom and relying on shortcuts can be worse than knowing nothing at all.

  Ben Horowitz

  Knowing Nothing, Shortcuts, Knowledge Gained

  Ben Horowitz (2014). “The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers”, p.9, Harper Collins

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• When a homemaking aunt scolds a niece for following her evangelistic passion instead of domestic pursuits, her reply is interesting. First, she clarifies that God's individual call on her doesn't condemn those in more conventional roles. Then, she says she can no more ignore the cry of the lost than her aunt can the cry of her child.

  George Eliot

  Children, Niece, Passion

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• The following passage is one of those cited by Copernicus himself in his preface to De Revolutionibus: "The Syracusan Hicetas, as Theophrastus asserts, holds the view that the heaven, sun, moon, stars, and in short all of the things on high are stationary, and that nothing in the world is in motion except the earth, which by revolving and twisting round its axis with extreme velocity produces all the same results as would be produced if the earth were stationary and the heaven in motion. . . ."

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Stars, Moon, Axes

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• Generally the officers of the army were indifferent whether the annexation [of Texas] was consummated or not; but not so all of them. For myself, I was bitterly opposed to the measure, and to this day regard the war, which resulted, as one of the most unjust ever waged by a stronger against a weaker nation. It was an instance of a republic following the bad example of European monarchies, in not considering justice in their desire to acquire additional territory.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  War, Army, Texas

  Ulysses S. Grant (2013). “The Personal Memoirs of General U. S.”, p.20, Simon and Schuster

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• On the 28th the ship's company received two months pay in advance, and on the following morning we worked out to St. Helen's, where we were obliged to anchor.

  William Bligh

  Morning, Anchors, Two

  William Bligh (2012). “Mutiny on the Bounty”, p.15, Courier Corporation

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• Even if the disciples had believed in the resurrection of Jesus, it is doubtful they would have generated any following. So long as the body was interred in the tomb, a Christian movement founded on belief in the resurrection of the dead man would have been an impossible folly.

  William Lane Craig

  Christian, Jesus, Men

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• We don't need to be taught to make art, but sometimes we need permission to do so. Following instructions is overrated.

  Seth Godin

  Art, Following Instructions, Needs

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• I don't really have a style -- I'm just me. My style is kinda whatever I feel like wearing. A lot of girls feel like they need to wear what everyone else is wearing. But it's good to have your own trend. People will start following it!

  Miley Cyrus

  Girl, People, Style

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• What I've learned the more time I've spent following Jesus is that God delights in answering our impossible prayers.

  Bob Goff

  Jesus, Prayer, Delight

  Bob Goff, Donald Miller (2012). “Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World”, p.181, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Christianity is an extreme call to a radical life following a revolutionary leader.

  Steve Saint

  Revolutionary Leaders, Christianity, Radical

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• My definition of success is doing what you love. I feel many people do things because they feel they have to, and are hesitant to risk following their passion.

  Tony Hawk

  Passion, Doing What You Love, People

  Interview with Gary Cohn, Entrepreneur Magazine, October 2009.

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• Dear friends, sometimes we may be tempted to allow ourselves be overtaken by laziness or despondency, especially when faced with the hardships and trials of life. In these cases, do not lose heart, but invoke the Holy Spirit, so that with the gift of fortitude He can lift our hearts and communicate new vigor and enthusiasm to our lives and our following Jesus.

  Pope Francis

  Jesus, Heart, May

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• Pete Egoscue has totally changed my life. Never have I experienced such complete pain relief as I have by following the Egoscue Method.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Pain, Relief, Method

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• I think my greatest achievement in boxing is my following.

  Ricky Hatton

  Motivation, Thinking, Boxing

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• Following directly behind the bier were the servants who would, in earlier times, have been slaughtered at the graveside, along with a warrior's horse. Musicians and torchbearers came next, with the rear taken up by the mimes- sinister, silent figures in wax masks modelled on dead members of the family.

  Catharine Arnold

  Horse, Taken, Warrior

  Catharine Arnold (2008). “Necropolis: London and Its Dead”, p.15, Simon and Schuster

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