Spares Quotes

• Vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither man nor the proudest of his works, which buries empires and cities in a common grave.

  Edward Gibbon

  Men, Cities, Empires

  Edward Gibbon (1821). “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”, p.358

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• There were three options [in Allied], which were for [Bred Pitt] to shoot [Marion Cotillard], for them to escape, or for her to pull the trigger, which is a heroic act to spare him. When I was thinking about how it would end, a long time ago, I think I tried each of them to see, but two of them did not work.

  Steven Knight

  Thinking, Two, Long

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• I'm gonna spare the defeated. I'm gonna tame the proud.

  Bob Dylan

  Proud, Defeated

  Source: projects.iq.harvard.edu

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• Improve your spare moments and they will become the brightest gems in your life.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Jewels, Jewelry, Moments

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• If we could make up our minds to spare our friends all details of ill health, of money losses, of domestic annoyances, of altercations, of committee work, of grievances, provocations, and anxieties, we should sin less against the world's good-humor. It may not be given us to add to the treasury of mirth; but there is considerable merit in not robbing it.

  Agnes Repplier

  Loss, Ill Health, Anxiety

  Agnes Repplier (1904). “Compromises”

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• To bear other people's afflictions, everyone has courage and enough to spare.

  Benjamin Franklin

  People, Affliction, Bears

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• Sometimes those who give the most are the ones with the least to spare.

  Mike McIntyre

  Giving, Collaboration, Sometimes

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• I am not sure that Christ would have been very satisfied to foresee that He would be looked upon principally as a redeemer and nailed forever upon the cross by human ignorance. It seems to me that He above all desired to bring men a message of truth, that He wanted to heal them of their faults by making an appeal to all their energy; He shook them as much as He could, He did not seek to spare them the trouble.

  Adrienne Monnier

  Ignorance, Men, Forever

  Adrienne Monnier (1976). “The Very Rich Hours of Adrienne Monnier”, p.375, U of Nebraska Press

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• When you look at the Cross, what do you see? You see God’s awesome faithfulness. Nothing – not even the instinct to spare His own Son – will turn him back from keeping His word.

  Sinclair B. Ferguson

  Son, Looks, Faithfulness

  Sinclair B. Ferguson (1985). “A Heart for God”, NavPress Publishing Group

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• When a chivalrous man makes an oath, he is faithful to it, and when he attains power, he spares his enemy.

  Muhammad Ali

  Men, Faithful, Enemy

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• Fear was given to man as a cautionary device to spare him pain; it is not mean to be cultivated and abused.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Pain, Fear, Mean

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• The only safe rule is to give more than we can spare. Our charities should pinch and hamper us. If we live at the same level of affluence as other people who have our level of income, we are probably giving away too little.

  C. S. Lewis

  People, Giving, Income

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• Spare yourselves from the indulgence of self-pity. It is always self-defeating. Subdue the negative and emphasize the positive.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Attitude, Self, Negative

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• I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.

  Otto von Bismarck

  War, Evil, Endeavor

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• Who are we to wish for Paradise? It will be enough if Allah spares us his wrath.

  Abu Hanifa

  Wisdom, Islamic, Wrath

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• Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Philosophical, Animal, Thinking

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• To spend more money, you have to have more money, but time is fixed and we all have the same amount to spare. How we choose to spend it can make a significant difference on the impact we have in our careers or in the world.

  Simon Sinek

  Impact, Careers, Differences

  "How To Spend Your Time: Simon Sinek". www.askmen.com.

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• My parents told me I would become a doctor and then in my spare time I would become a concert pianist. So, both my day job and my spare time were sort of taken care of.

  Amy Tan

  Jobs, Taken, Doctors

  "Author of The Joy Luck Club". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 28, 1996.

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• You are right that I don't have a lot of spare time because I love to stay busy and keep my calendar full.

  Kiana Tom

  Calendars, Busy, Spare Time

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• You know who a complicated tax code kills? The guy or gal trying to start a business out of the spare bedroom of their home. So we've got to simplify our tax code.

  Marco Rubio

  Home, Guy, Trying

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• We used to play a lot outdoors, not in leagues, but just in our spare time.

  Steve Yzerman

  Sports, Time, Play

  The IGN Interview, ca.ign.com. December 1, 2003.

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• In your spare time, google the ingredients in all the foods you are eating. If you care about yourself, you may change your menu

  Sahndra Fon Dufe

  Google, Care, May

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• Persons, especially salaried people who schedule their spare time, to provide for home study (or attend specialized short courses, seminars or training) seldom remain at the bottom very long. Their action opens the way for the upward climb, removes many obstacles from their path, and gains the friendly interest of those who have the power to put them in the way of opportunity

  Napoleon Hill

  Home, Opportunity, Long

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• Life goes by rapidly. Don't delay. Don't put it off. Don't wait until you have some spare time. Don't wait until the time's 'right'.

  Ken Keyes Jr.

  Waiting, Delay, Personal Development

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• The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment. It is commonly observed, that among soldiers and seamen, though there is much kindness, there is little grief; they see their friend fall without any of that lamentation which is indulged in security and idleness, because they have no leisure to spare from the care of themselves; and whoever shall keep his thoughts equally busy will find himself equally unaffected with irretrievable losses.

  Samuel Johnson

  Kindness, Grief, Fall

  Samuel Johnson (1810). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius”, p.306

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