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• If there is one thing that marks families with money in the long term it is this: delayed gratification.

  Bill Bonner

  Long, Delayed Gratification, Term

  Bill Bonner (2012). “Family Fortunes: How to Build Family Wealth and Hold on to It for 100 Years”, p.12, John Wiley & Sons

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• And of what should we be afraid? Our captain on this battlefield is Christ Jesus. We have discovered what we have to do. Christ has bound our enemies for us and weakened them that they cannot overcome us unless we so choose to let them. So we must fight courageously and mark ourselves with the sign of the most Holy Cross.

  St. Catherine of Siena

  Jesus, Fighting, Enemy

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• The sensual caress of waist deep cold smoke.... glory in skiing virgin snow, in being the first to mark the powder with the signature of their run.

  Tim Cahill

  Running, Snow, Sensual

  Tim Cahill (1989). “A Wolverine is Eating My Leg”, Vintage

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• Does the Bible ever say anywhere from Genesis to Revelation, 'My house shall be called a house of preaching'? Does it ever say, 'My house shall be called a house of music'? Of course not. The Bible does say, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations'. Preaching, music, the reading of the Word - these things are fine; I believe in and practice all of them. But they must never override prayer as the defining mark of God's dwelling. the honest truth is that I have seen God do more in people's lives during ten minutes of real prayer than in ten of my sermons.

  Jim Cymbala

  Prayer, Real, Believe

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• I was born with a stain. A mark. Like the mark of Cain. But is the mark of my father, my family. The mark of Borgia. I have tried to be other than I am. And I have failed. And If I have failed you in the process, I am truly sorry.

  Cesare Borgia

  Sorry, Father, Cain

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• It just seemed like all the records I have made since Creedence Clearwater Revival have all been sort of pushed off center. I felt like I was dancing around the outskirts of what is my true center. With this album, I really wanted to stay on the mark, right in the middle, right where rock 'n' roll is. I wanted this one to be easier, a lot more fun than some of the past records have been.

  John Fogerty

  Fun, Past, Rocks

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• I gave it everything in the last 20 minutes. I knew that I still had the energy, that I was ahead of the mark. I felt euphoric — it was the last 20 minutes of my sporting career.

  Jens Voigt

  Careers, Energy, Lasts

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• For nearly 2,000 years of Christian civilization, taking the life of an unborn child was regarded as a vile and heinous moral offense which degraded humanity. . . . Abortions to avoid illegitimate births, or otherwise for convenience, were performed with a secrecy that was as much the mark of the shame attaching to the deed as a consequence of its illegality.

  Ronald Butt

  Life, Christian, Children

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• Life is too short to waste . . . 'Twill soon be dark; Up! mind thine own aim, and God speed the mark!

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Life, Dark, Mind

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2007). “Poems”, p.27, Cosimo, Inc.

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• It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers aiming at a definite mark, we shall be more likely to attain what we want.

  Aristotle

  Life, Archer, Purpose

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• I hold that the mark of a genuine idea is that its possibility can be proved, either a priori by conceiving its cause or reason, or a posteriori when experience teaches us that it is in fact in nature.

  Gottfried Leibniz

  Ideas, Words Of Wisdom, Causes

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• One mark of a good officer, he remembered, was the ability to make quick decisions. If they happen to be right, so much the better.

  Larry Niven

  Decision, Leader, Ability

  "Ringworld". Book by Larry Niven, 1970.

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• Sometimes you want to run away Sometimes you think you do But you never had a dream like this before And you don't want to ask for more Sometimes you leave a mark Before you know the score

  Ric Ocasek

  Running, Dream, Thinking

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• Getting rid of a man without hurting his masculinity is a problem. "Get out" and "I never want to see you again" might sound like a challenge. If you want to get rid of a man, I suggest saying, "I love you. . . . I want to marry you. . . . I want to have your children." Sometimes they leave skid marks.

  John Wayne

  Funny, Hurt, Children

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• Peace is a mark of the Holy Spirit.

  Peter Kreeft

  Catholic, Spirit, Holy

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• Marriage laws, the police, armies and navies are the mark of human incompetence.

  Dora Russell

  Marriage, Army, Law

  "The Right to Be Happy". Book by Dora Russell, p. 241, 1927.

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• A compliance with the minutiae of military courtesy is a mark of well-disciplined troops.

  John A. Lejeune

  Military, Marine, Troops

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• The mark of the man of the world is absence of pretension. He does not make a speech; he takes a low business-tone, avoids all brag, is nobody, dresses plainly, promises not at all, performs much, speaks in monosyllables, hugs his fact.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Business, Men, Hug

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2000). “Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson: (A Modern Library E-Book)”, p.812, Modern Library

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• Don't be reluctant to give of yourself generously, it's the mark of caring and compassion and personal greatness.

  Brian Tracy

  Caring, Greatness, Compassion

  Brian Tracy (1998). “Success is a Journey: Make Your Life a Grand Adventure”, Executive Excellence Pub

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• Was not Jesus an extremist for love: "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you." Was not Amos an extremist for justice: "Let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream." Was not Paul an extremist for the Christian gospel: "I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus."

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Jesus, Body

  "Why we can't wait".

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• If we are going to make a mark (key 21), it might as well be a meaningful one.

  John Tukey

  Meaningful, Work, Keys

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• It is a mark of a mean capacity to spend much time on the things which concern the body, such as much exercise, much eating, much drinking, much easing of the body, much copulation. But these things should be done as subordinate things: and let all your care be directed to the mind.

  Epictetus

  Time, Drinking, Mean

  Epictetus, George Long (2004). “Enchiridion”, p.18, Courier Corporation

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• I can not 'make my mark' for all time - those concepts are mutually exclusive. 'Lasting effect' is a self-contradictory term. Meaning does not exist in the future and neither do I. Nothing will have meaning 'ultimately.' Nothing will even mean tomorrow what it did today. Meaning changes with the context. My meaningfulness is here. It is enough that I am of value to someone today. It is enough that I make a difference now.

  Hugh Prather

  Time, Future, Mean

  Hugh Prather (2009). “Notes to Myself: My Struggle to Become a Person”, p.24, Bantam

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• The mark of a top player is not how much he wins when he is winning but how he handles his losses.

  Bobby Baldwin

  Loss, Winning, Player

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• We need to be more grateful. I think there is no true character without gratitude. It is one of the marks of a real strong character to have a feeling of thanksgiving and gratitude for blessings. We need more of that spirit in our homes, in our daily associations, in the church, everywhere. It doesn't cost anything, and it is so easy to cultivate.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Gratitude, Strong, Real

  Ezra Taft Benson (1974). “God, family, country: our three great loyalties”

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