Substitutes Quotes

• Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.

  Charles Dickens

  Communication, Thought Provoking, Bravery

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• Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

  Paulo Coelho

  Encouraging, Courage, Inspiration

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Apr 15, 2012

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• Strictly speaking, there are no real substitutes for sexual satisfaction

  Dashiell Hammett

  Real, Satisfaction

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• I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

  C. S. Lewis

  Inspirational, Joy, Sometimes

  C. S. Lewis (1966). “Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life”, p.180, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief.

  Oscar Wilde

  Life, Fashion, Religious

  Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Joseph Bristow, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 texts”, p.453, Oxford University Press on Demand

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• Ours is the age of substitutes: Instead of language we have jargon; instead of principles, slogans; and instead of genuine ideas, bright suggestions.

  Eric Bentley

  Communication, Ideas, Age

  New Republic 29 Dec. 1952

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• There is no substitute for hard work.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Motivational, Perseverance, Morning

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• Poor human reason, when it trusts in itself, substitutes the strangest absurdities for the highest divine concepts

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Saint, Poverty, Reason

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• A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.

  Warren Buffett

  Life, War, Generosity

  "7 insightful investing quotes from Warren Buffett", vintagevalueinvesting.com. September 28, 2017.

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• Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Freedom, Democracies Have, Government

  "The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw".

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• All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination.

  Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

  Success, Creativity, Ideas

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• Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen,
  well-timed, sincere words of praise.
  They're absolutely free and worth a fortune

  Sam Walton

  Leadership, Appreciation, Team Building

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• Good government is no substitute for self-government.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Government, Self, Citizenship

  Mahatma Gandhi (2014). “Freedom's Battle: Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings and Speeches on the Present Situation”, p.74, The Floating Press

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• For the essence of sin is man substituting himself for God [Gen. 3:1-7], while the essence of salvation is God substituting himself for man [2 Cor. 5:21]. Man asserts himself against God and puts himself where only God deserves to be; God sacrifices himself for man and puts himself where only man deserves to be.

  John Stott

  Bible, God, Christian

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• Dollars and guns are no substitutes for brains and will power.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Knowledge, Gun, Brain

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• The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to substitutes is one of life's major mysteries.

  Iris Murdoch

  Life, Relationship, Marriage

  Iris Murdoch (2003). “The Black Prince”, p.273, Penguin

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• There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no matter how well-intentioned, can take the place of the family in the scheme of things.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Mother, Children, Dad

  United States. President (1974-1977 : Ford), Gerald R. Ford (1979). “Gerald R. Ford: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President”

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  If you substitute marijuana for tobacco and alcohol, you'll add eight to 24 years to your life.

  Jack Herer

  Weed, Marijuana, Years

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• Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very"; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Funny, Writing

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• Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Irony, Wit

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• I reject your reality and substitute my own.

  Adam Savage

  Reality, Intelligence, Fierce

  Twitter post from Oct 21, 2013

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• The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a finer morality for a grosser one.

  D. H. Lawrence

  Artist, Literature, Morality

  D. H. Lawrence, Bruce Steele (1985). “Study of Thomas Hardy and Other Essays”, p.167, Cambridge University Press

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• In war there is no substitute for victory.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Memorial Day, Inspirational Sports, Motivational Sports

  Sylvanus Thayer Award Acceptance Address, delivered 12 May 1962, West Point, NY

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• It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance.

  Henry James

  Art, Importance, Interest

  Letter to H. G. Wells, 10 July 1915

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• Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.

  Carl Jung

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  Carl Gustav Jung (1969). “Psychology and religion: west and east”

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