Forging Quotes

• You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

  James Anthony Froude

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  James Anthony Froude (1849). “The nemesis of faith”, p.4

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• Those who are enlightened never stop forging themselves.

  Morihei Ueshiba

  Enlightened

  Morihei Ueshiba, John Stevens (2010). “The Art of Peace”, p.79, Shambhala Publications

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• True happiness means forging a strong spirit that is undefeated, no matter how trying our circumstances.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Strong, Mean, Trying

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• Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it.

  Mark Twain

  Courage, Fear, Cancer

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• We forge the chains we wear in life.

  Charles Dickens

  Happiness, Law Of Attraction, Chains

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• We are coming to a place where the road ends. From here on out, we will be making the road as we walk it, in ways we've never had to do before. We now have the job of forging our own evolutionary destiny, and being prime agents of the process of evolution here on Earth.

  Tom Atlee

  Inspirational, Jobs, Destiny

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• Bravery is not the absence of fear, but the action in the face of fear.

  Mark Messier

  Bravery, Faces, Action

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• Bravery is not the absence of fear but the forging ahead despite being afraid

  Robert Liparulo

  Courage, Fear, Bravery

  Robert Liparulo (2009). “House of Dark Shadows”, p.148, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Ultimately, the challenges of the 21st century can't be met without collective action. Agreement will almost never be easy, and results won't always come quickly. But I am committed to respecting different points of view, and to forging a consensus instead of dictating our terms... That's how we will advance and uphold our ideals.

  Barack Obama

  Views, Agreement, Challenges

  Barack Obama's comments during the press conference at the G20 summit in London, www.washingtonpost.com. April 2, 2009.

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• The great force for forging a society into a solid mass has always been war.

  William Graham Sumner

  War, Force, Mass

  William Graham Sumner (1914). “The challenge of facts: and other essays”

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• Unless the gods deceive my mind , That man is forging fetters for himself.

  Theognis of Megara

  Men, Mind, Deceiving

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• When forging money, I had always salved my conscience by concluding that I was merely extending the lie of commerce.

  Richard Flanagan

  Lying, Commerce, Extending

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• The fact that science led me to spiritual insight is appropriate because the latest discoveries in physics and cell research are forging new links between the worlds of Science and Spirit. These realms were split apart in the days of Descartes centuries ago. However, I truly believe that only when Spirit and Science are reunited will we be afforded the means to a better world.

  Bruce H. Lipton

  Spiritual, Believe, Mean

  Bruce H. Lipton (2010). “The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter and Miracles: Easyread Large Edition”, p.230, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Selling - at its core - is not a business transaction. It is first and foremost the forging of a human connection.

  Bob Burg

  Connections, Human Connection, Firsts

  FaceBook post by Bob Burg from Dec 21, 2010

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• Listen to the long stillness:
  New life is stirring
  New dreams are on the wing
  New hopes are being readied:
  Humankind is fashioning a new heart
  Humankind is forging a new mind
  God is at work.
  This is the season of Promise

  Howard Thurman

  Dream, Heart, Wings

  Howard Thurman (1985). “The Mood of Christmas”

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• Peace will be realized only by forging bonds of trust between people at the deepest level, in the depths of their very lives.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  War, People, Depth

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• The farther behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character.

  Isabelle Eberhardt

  Letting Go, Spiritual, Character

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• All that matters in life is forging deep ties of love and family and friends. Writing and reading come later.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Reading, Writing, Ties Of Love

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• Subjecting yourself to vigourous training is more for the sake of forging a resolute spirit that can vanquish the self than it is for developing a strong body.

  Mas Oyama

  Strong, Self, Training

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• Prejudices are the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart.

  Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

  Ignorance, Men, Racism

  Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.52

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• There is no longer a way out of our present situation except by forging a road toward our objective, violently and by force, over a sea of blood and under a horizon blazing with fire.

  Gamal Abdel Nasser

  Fire, Blood, Sea

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• By changing our inner state of mind, we can change any suffering or hardship into a source of joy, regarding it as a means for forging and developing our lives. To turn even sorrow into a source of creativity - this is the way of life of a Buddhist

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Buddhist, Creativity, Mean

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• For our hope in the future is cosmic, forging human history into eternity.

  David Paul

  Eternity, Cosmic, Humans

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• We cannot win this battle to save species and environments without forging an emotional bond between ourselves and nature as well - for we will not fight to save what we do not love.

  Stephen Jay Gould

  Nature, Fighting, Emotional

  Stephen Jay Gould (1993). “Eight little piggies: reflections in natural history”, Vintage

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• The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.

  Aeschylus

  Fate, Justice, Doe

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