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• God can make a new beginning with people whenever God pleases, but not people with God. Therefore, people cannot make a new beginning at all; they can only pray for one. Where people are on their own and live by their own devices, there is only the old, the past.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  New Beginnings, Past, People

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2007). “I Want to Live These Days with You: A Year of Daily Devotions”, p.2, Westminster John Knox Press

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• Truly man is the king of beasts, for his brutality exceeds them. We live by the death of others. We are burial places.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Kings, Animal, Men

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• ..when one has no real life, one lives by mirages. It's still better than nothing.

  Anton Chekhov

  Real, Mirages, Stills

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• Lukewarm people do not live by faith; their lives are structured so they never have to. They don't have to trust God if something unexpected happens- they have their savings account. They don't need God to help them- they have their retirement plan in place. They don't genuinely seek out what life God would have them live- they have life figured and mapped out. They don't depend on God on a daily basis- their refrigerators are full and, for the most part, they are in good health. The truth is, their lives wouldn't look much different if they suddenly stopped believing in God.

  Francis Chan

  Retirement, Believe, People

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.43, David C Cook

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• When it comes to controlling human beings there is no better instrument than lies. Because, you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated. The power to manipulate beliefs is the only thing that counts ... Who knows what use they’ll make of you? Maybe you’ll help them to persuade people to buy things they don’t need, or hate things they know nothing about, or hold beliefs that make them easy to handle, or doubt the truths that might save them.

  Michael Ende

  Hate, Lying, People

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• Our lives are the sum of our memories. How much are we willing to lose from our already short lives by … not paying attention?

  Joshua Foer

  Memories, Motivation, Short Life

  "Feats of memory anyone can do". TED Talk, www.ted.com. February 2012.

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• It's a funny thing... but people mostly have it backward. They think they live by what they want. But really, what guides them is what they're afraid of. What they don't want.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Thinking, Funny Things, People

  Khaled Hosseini (2013). “And the Mountains Echoed”, p.340, A&C Black

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• When I cannot enjoy the faith of assurance, I live by the faith of adherence.

  Matthew Henry

  Faith, Adherence, Enjoy

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• Whatever is goode in its kinde ought to be preserv'd in respect for antiquity, as well as our present advantage, for destruction can be profitable to none but such as live by it.

  Nicholas Hawksmoor

  History, Destruction, Advantage

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• We live by admiration, hope and love.

  William Wordsworth

  Love, Hope, Appreciation

  William Wordsworth (1854). “The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth”, p.587

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• Leaders live by choice, not by accident.

  Mark Gorman

  Leadership, Choices, Accidents

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  Music, of course, is what I hear and something that I more or less live by. It's not an occupation or profession, it's a compulsion.

  Duke Ellington

  Music, Occupation, Jazz

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• To me parenting is all about trust. If you don't live by your words or actions how do you expect your kids to listen to you?

  Kevin Heath

  Kids, Parenting, Action

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• Too many people, when they get old, think that they have to live by the calendar.

  John Glenn

  Funny, Thinking, People

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• There's a phrase we live by in America: "In God We Trust". It's right there where Jesus would want it: on our money.

  Bill Maher

  Funny, Jesus, Atheist

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• The secret point of money and power in America is neither the things that money can buy nor power for power's sake... but absolute personal freedom, mobility, privacy. It is the instinct which drove America to the Pacific, all through the nineteenth century, the desire to be able to find a restaurant open in case you want a sandwich, to be a free agent, live by one's own rules.

  Joan Didion

  America, Secret, Desire

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• We live by the Golden Rule. Those who have the gold make the rules.

  Buzzie Bavasi

  Money, Gold, Wealth

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  Our mission statement about treating people with respect and dignity is not just words but a creed we live by every day. You can't expect your employees to exceed the expectations of your customers if you don't exceed the employees' expectations of management.

  Howard Schultz

  Inspirational, Encouragement, Educational

  "Grounds For Success". Interview with Scott S. Smith, www.entrepreneur.com. May 1, 1998.

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• Our prayers for others flow more easily than those for ourselves. This shows we are made to live by charity.

  C. S. Lewis

  Prayer, Helping Others, Giving

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• Man does not live by a turkey in every oven or a color TV set in every home. Man lives by faith and hope and love, by the star on the horizon, by the trumpet that will not call retreat.

  E. Merrill Root

  Life, Stars, Home

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• Jazz is played from the heart. You can even live by it. Always love it.

  Louis Armstrong

  Music, Heart, Jazz

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• A man's got to have a code, a creed to live by, no matter his job.

  John Wayne

  Jobs, Men, Matter

  John Wayne, Carol Lea Mueller (2007). “The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon”, p.17, Taylor Trade Publications

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• Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

  Aesop

  Life, Trust, Wisdom

  Aesop, Joseph Jacobs (2004). “Best loved fables of Aesop”

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• Society lives by faith, and develops by science.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

  Faith, Society, This Society

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• Our entire life, with our fine moral code and our precious freedom, consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are.

  Jean Anouilh

  Life, Being Yourself, Acceptance

  "Plays: Thieves' carnival. Medea. Cécile, or The school for fathers. Traveler without luggage. The orchestra. Episode in the life of an author. Catch as catch can".

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