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• One rule which woe betides the banker who fails to heed it/Never lend any money to anybody unless they don't need it.

  Ogden Nash

  Wisdom, Bankers, Needs

  Ogden Nash, “Bankers Are Just Like Anybody Else, Except Richer”

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• Vex not thy spirit at the course of things, they heed not thy vexations

  Marcus Aurelius

  Vex, Spirit, Courses

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• Good Christian people, here lies for you an inestimable loan; take all heed thereof, in all carefulness, employ it: with high recompense, or else with heavy penalty, will it one day be required back.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Christian, Children, Lying

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• Before thou reprehend another, take heed thou art not culpable in what thou goest about to reprehend. He that cleanses a blot with blotted fingers makes a greater blur.

  Francis Quarles

  Art, Fingers, Blur

  Francis Quarles (1844). “Enchiridion Institutions, Essays and Maxims, political, moral & divine. Divided into four centuries. By Francis Quarles”, p.58

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• People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.

  Teresa of Avila

  People, World, Littles

  Saint Teresa (of Avila) (1966). “The Letters of Saint Teresa of Jesus”

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• Heed the spark or you may dread the fire.

  Miles Franklin

  Fire, May, Sparks

  Miles Franklin (2014). “Some Everyday Folk and Dawn”, p.81, Simon and Schuster

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• Foolish heart, hear me calling. Stop before you start falling. Foolish heart, heed my warning; you've been wrong before. Don't be wrong anymore.

  Steve Perry

  Fall, Heart, Calling

  Song: Foolish Heart, Album: Street Talk

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• Self-censorship as a result of intimidation or social pressures, sometimes referred to as "political correctness", constitutes a serious obstacle to the proper functioning of democracy. It is important to hear the views of all persons,including the "silent majority", and to give heed to the weaker voices.

  Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

  Self, Views, Voice

  Interim report of the Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, August 9, 2012.

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• Thy spirit, Independence, let me share! Lord of the lion-heart and eagle-eye thy steps I follow with my bosom bare, nor heed the storm that howls along the sky.

  Tobias Smollett

  Heart, Eye, Eagles

  Tobias Smollett (1806). “Life of Smollett, by R. Anderson. Roderick Random”, p.163

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• Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.

  George Herbert

  People, Credit

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• Take heed to yourselves, lest you perish while you call upon others to take heed of perishing, and lest you famish yourselves while you prepare their food.

  Richard Baxter

  Perishing

  Richard Baxter (1656). “The Reformed Pastor, Showing the Nature of the Pastoral Work ... Reprinted from the Edition of 1656, with an Appendix Afterwards Added”, p.28

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• The tyrant should take heed to what he doth,
  Since every victim-carrion turns to use,
  And drives a chariot, like a god made wroth,
  Against each piled injustice.

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning

  Tyrants, Use, Injustice

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1872). “Poetical Works”, p.297

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• A body may well lay too little as too much stress upon a dream; but the less he heed them the better.

  Roger L'Estrange

  Dream, Stress, Body

  Aesop, Roger L'Estrange, Alexander Calder (1967). “Fables of Aesop”, p.56, Courier Corporation

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• So great was my joy in God that I took no heed of looking at the angels and the saints, because all their goodness and all their beauty was from Him and in Him.

  Angela of Foligno

  God, Angel, Joy

  Angela (of Foligno) (1909). “The Book of Divine Consolation of the Blessed Angela of Foligno”

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• It is unnecessary to understand electromagnetic theory before wiring a lamp or to study physics in order to repair a pump. We count on our fingers and give no heed to the proliferating implications of the act.

  James R Newman

  Order, Giving, Lamps

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• Let us, at any rate, give heed to suffer joyfully the crosses that God sends us, because they all, if we are saved, will become for us eternal joys. When infirmities, pains, or any adversities afflict us, let us lift up our eyes to heaven and say, "One day all these pains will have an end, and after them I hope to enjoy God forever."

  Alphonsus Liguori

  Pain, Adversity, Eye

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• We as women analyze every little thing that comes out of men's mouths, but sometimes you've got to just pay their craziness no heed. Just pretend it's their "time of the month" and think about the dry-cleaning you've got to pick up.

  Kimora Lee Simmons

  Men, Thinking, Dry Cleaning

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• Perhaps our most debilitating rut as a culture is a dependence on experts. Until we kick this dependency, how can we rise above the statistics and become a nation of entrepreneurs and leaders? The answer, as challenging as it is, is for entrepreneurs to show us the way, and to keep at it until more of us start to heed.

  Oliver DeMille

  Entrepreneur, Leader, Challenges

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• Milton, of all people, gave the most perfect definition of the state of mind required to play jazz: ' with wanton heed and giddy cunning.' That's how you play jazz.

  Paul Desmond

  Play, People, Perfect

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• I have not always chosen the safest path. I've made my mistakes, plenty of them. I sometimes jump too soon and fail to appreciate the consequences. But I've learned something important along the way: I've learned to heed the call of my heart. I've learned that the safest path is not always the best path and I've learned that the voice of fear is not always to be trusted.

  Steve Goodier

  Mistake, Passion, Heart

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• To our own sorrows serious heed we give, But for another?s we soon cease to grieve.

  Pindar

  Grieving, Giving, Sorrow

  Gilbert West, Pindar (1753). “Odes of Pindar: With Several Other Pieces in Prose and Verse, Translated from the Greek. To which is Added A Dissertation on Olympick Games”, p.111

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• Who heeds the waste abyss of possibility? The ocean is everywhere the same, but it has no character until seen with the shore or the ship.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Ocean, Character, Perception

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1866). “The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays, Lectures, Poems, and Orations”, p.226

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• It is vital that government leaders and financial leaders take heed and broaden their horizons, working to ensure that all citizens have dignified work, education, and healthcare.

  Pope Francis

  Government, Leader, Horizon

  Pope Francis (2014). “The Joy of the Gospel”, p.61, BookBaby

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• It is hard to combine and unite these two qualities, the carefulness of one who is affected by circumstances, and the intrepidity of one who heeds them not. But it is not impossible: else
  were happiness also impossible.

  Epictetus

  Two, Quality, Impossible

  Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Annaeus Seneca (2016). “Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion”, p.186, Enhanced Media Publishing

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• When you heed the calling of your heart, you are following your purpose. Having purpose in your life gives you the courage to do the things you are meant to do. When you are purpose driven, you have learned to listen to your intutition and never let no get in your way.

  Rhonda Britten

  Heart, Giving, Way

  Rhonda Britten (2005). “Change Your Life in 30 Days: A Journey to Finding Your True Self”, p.34, Penguin

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