Stealers Quotes

• Watch out for the joy-stealers: gossip, criticism, complaining, faultfinding, and a negative, judgmental attitude.

  Joyce Meyer

  Motivational, Depression, Attitude

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• When I am around someone who is a joy stealer, I say to myself, I only have to deal with you for an hour. That person has to deal with thinking that way every moment of their lives.

  Bonnie St. John

  Thinking, Joy, Way

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• The devil is a peace stealer, and he works hard to set us up to get upset. But we can learn how to change our approach so we don't live upset all of the time. And Jesus gives us the best example to follow.

  Joyce Meyer

  Jesus, Hard Work, Giving

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• The founders of that ancient empire were robbers and women stealers, and made laws favoring monogamy in consequence of the scarcity of women among them, and hence this monogamic system which now prevails throughout all Christendom, and which has been so fruitful a source of prostitution and whoredom throughout all the Christian monogamic cities of the Old and New World, until rottenness and decay are at the root of their institutions both national and religious.

  Brigham Young

  Christian, Religious, Roots

  Brigham Young (1867). “Journal of Discourses”, p.128

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• So much good, so much evil. Just add water.

  Markus Zusak

  Evil, Water, Add

  Markus Zusak (2013). “The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition”, p.166, RH Childrens Books

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• Life's full of lots of dream-stealers always telling you you need to do something more sensible. I think it doesn't matter what your dream is, just fight the dream-stealers and hold onto it.

  Bear Grylls

  Dream, Fighting, Thinking

  "Authors on the spot: Bear Grylls". Interview with CBBC, news.bbc.co.uk. July 23, 2008.

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• Lack of consistency is the subtle but great stealer of dreams & desires. The stop & start process is what kills progress & is probably one of the greatest reasons why many don’t achieve their goals & end up living in continuous discontent, frustration & disappointment. Many buy a new book, sign up for a new program, go like crazy for a few weeks, stop & end up right back where they started. Don't let this be you!

  Darren Hardy

  Dream, Disappointment, Crazy

  FaceBook post by Darren Hardy from Jan 02, 2013

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• It's true that the man stealer is always lurking around the corner it's just our job and your duty to make sure they back up!

  Gabrielle Dennis

  Jobs, Men, He Man

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• Stress isn't only a joy stealer. The way we respond to it can be sin.

  Ann Voskamp

  Stress, Joy, Way

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• Behind him the Master of Ceremonies cleared his throat. His eyes took on a distant, glazed look.The Stealer of Souls, he said in the faraway voice of one whose ears aren't hearing what his mouth is saying, Defeater of Empires, Swallower of Oceans, Thief of Years, The Ultimate Reality, Harvester of Mankind, the-ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. I CAN SEE MYSELF IN.

  Terry Pratchett

  Ocean, Eye, Reality

  Terry Pratchett (2009). “Mort: (Discworld Novel 4)”, p.312, Random House

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• So it happened at last: I was about to become a thief, a cheap milk-stealer. Here was your lash-in-the-pen genius, your one story-writer: a thief.

  John Fante

  Story Writers, Thieves, Genius

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• Lou Brock was a great base stealer but today I am the greatest.

  Rickey Henderson

  Today

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• To business."Tux Dude extended his hand. "I am Prometheus." I was too surprised to shake."The fire-stealer guy?The chained-to-the-rock-with-the-vultures guy?" Prometheus winced. He touched the scratches on his face."Please, don't mention the vultures. But yes, I stole fire from the gods and gave it to your ancestors. In return, the ever merciful Zeus had me chained to a rock and tortured for all eternity.

  Rick Riordan

  Fire, Rocks, Hands

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• Cause I'm a stealer, fresh up out the dealer All the dope boys gon feel her

  Nicki Minaj

  Dope, Boys, Causes

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• Never been to Sesame Street but I flip a Big Bird. And I know "stealers" and they not from Pittsburgh.

  Cam'ron

  Rap, Hip Hop, Bird

  Song: 357, Album: Confessions of Fire, 1998

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• I have more appreciation for why the Bible avoids fuzzy psychologisms and says simply to the stealer, "Steal no more," and to the tempted, "Flee temptation." The Bible challenges us to look upward, not inward, for counsel at moments of crisis.

  Philip Yancey

  Appreciation, Temptation, Challenges

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• She is such a scene-stealer. She's got these lashes and big eyes, and when she walks on to the set everybody just says "ooh."

  Greg Kinnear

  Funny, Dog, Eye

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• Time is truly the great enemy. It's not the great healer, it's the great stealer.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Time, Enemy, Healer

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• So, what do you think, my dear, will it be a girl or a boy?” “It will be a soul-stealer, apparently.” “What!” The earl reared away from his wife and looked down at her suspiciously.

  Gail Carriger

  Girl, Boys, Thinking

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• I'm no innovator. If anything I'm a stealer, or borrower. I've stolen or borrowed from more people than you can shake a stick at.

  Bear Bryant

  Leadership, Basketball, Wrestling

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• I wrote a graphic novel called 'Soul Stealer' with big, beautiful, epic artwork by Chris Shy. It grew into a trilogy.

  Michael Easton

  Beautiful, Epic, Soul

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• Tis gold Which buys admittance--oft it doth--yea, and makes Diana's rangers false themselves, yield up This deer to th' stand o' th' stealer: and 'tis gold Which makes the true man kill'd and saves the thief, Nay, sometimes hangs both thief and true man.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Yield, Gold

  William Shakespeare, J. M. Nosworthy (2000). “Cymbeline: Second Series”, p.56, Cengage Learning EMEA

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• We don't want you convicted for condiment theft. You go to that prison, you'll meet big-time operators. Maple syrup stealers.

  Deb Caletti

  Syrup, Want, Prison

  Deb Caletti (2011). “Wild Roses”, p.83, Simon and Schuster

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• I have always been an avid bike rider. Even before I became an avid bike rider, I was an avid bike stealer when I was a kid. I am very educated on bikes.

  Bo Jackson

  Kids, Avid, Riders

  "The GQ&A: Bo Jackson". Interview with Lang Whitaker, www.gq.com. April 11, 2012.

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• In years to come, he would be a giver of bread, not a stealer - proof again of the contradictory human being. So much good, so much evil. Just add water.

  Markus Zusak

  Years, Evil, Water

  Markus Zusak (2013). “The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition”, p.166, RH Childrens Books

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