Sufficient Quotes

• Understanding sometimes is not enough to explain something. Only faith is sufficient.

  Robert Ley

  Faith

  "Fate — I believe!". Speech on November 03, 1936. "Wir alle helfen dem Führer". Book by Robert Ley, pp. 103-114, research.calvin.edu. 1937.

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• Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460 The evidence for Christian truth is not exhaustive, but it is sufficient. Too often, Christianity has not been tried and found wanting--it has been found wanting, and not tried.

  Os Guinness

  Christian, Missionary, Bishops

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• Happiness belongs to the self sufficient.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

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• The world is what it is, no less and no more, and therein lies its entire and sufficient meaning.

  Edward Abbey

  Lying, World

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.48, RosettaBooks

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• Love possesses not nor will it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love.

  Khalil Gibran

  Love, Twilight Zone, Prophet

  Khalil Gibran, “Love”

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• For love is sufficient unto love.

  Khalil Gibran

  Love Is, Age Love, Weddings And Love

  Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.24, Lulu.com

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• Who shall dispute what the Reviewers say? Their word's sufficient; and to ask a reason, In such a state as theirs, is downright treason.

  Charles Churchill

  Criticism, Reason, Disputes

  Charles Churchill, James L. Hannay (1866). “Poetical Works: With a Memoir by James L. Hannay and Copious Notes by W. Tooke”, p.66

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• Those who want much, are always much in need; happy the man to whom God gives with a sparing hand what is sufficient for his wants.

  Horace

  Men, Hands, Giving

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 133-36, Carmina, III. 16. 42, 1922.

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• What we have done in the past is not sufficient now to prepare our youth.

  A. Theodore Tuttle

  Past, Preparation, Done

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• Distance either of time or place is sufficient to reconcile weak minds to wonderful relations.

  Samuel Johnson

  Distance, Mind, Wonderful

  Samuel Johnson (1825). “The works of Samuel Johnson, with Murphy's essay, ed. by R. Lynam”, p.57

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• Stupidity is sufficient unto itself. Wisdom can never learn enough.

  Mechthild of Magdeburg

  Stupidity, Enough

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• There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good action.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Rewards, Action, Consciousness

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• With parsimony a little is sufficient; without it nothing is sufficient; but frugality makes a poor man rich.

  Seneca the Younger

  Money, Men, Littles

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• Any one thing in the creation is sufficient to demonstrate a Providence to a humble and grateful mind.

  Epictetus

  Grateful, Humble, Mind

  Epictetus (1866). “The Works of Epictetus: Consisting of His Discourses, in Four Books, the Enchiridion, and Fragments”, p.49

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• Is any one able for one day to apply his strength to virtue? I have not seen the case in which his strength would be sufficient.

  Confucius

  One Day, Would Be, Able

  "The Analects". Book by Confucius (Book Four, Section 4.6),

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• The words you've bandied are sufficient;
  'Tis deeds that I prefer to see.
  [Ger., Der Worte sind genug gewechselt,
  Lasst mich auch endlich Thaten sehn.]

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Deeds

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• Slight sorrow for sin is sufficient, provided it at the same time produces amendment.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Sorrow, Sin, Repentance

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• Pleasure is the rock which most young people split upon; they launch out with crowded sails in quest of it, but without a compassto direct their course, or reason sufficient to steer the vessel; for want of which, pain and shame, instead of pleasure, are the returns of their voyage.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Pain, Rocks, People

  Lord Chesterfield (1998). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.89, OUP Oxford

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• Every man's nature is a sufficient advertisement to him of the character of his fellows.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Character, Men, Fellows

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.1504, Delphi Classics

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• It is often necessary to make a decision on the basis of knowledge sufficient for action but insufficient to satisfy the intellect.

  Immanuel Kant

  Dark, Decision, Age

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• Even the whole of life is not sufficient for thorough learning.

  Plautus

  Learning, Life Is, Thorough

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• To say that a man is your Friend, means commonly no more than this, that he is not your enemy. Most contemplate only what would be the accidental and trifling advantages of Friendship, as that the Friend can assist in time of need by his substance, or his influence, or his counsel. Even the utmost goodwill and harmony and practical kindness are not sufficient for Friendship, for Friends do not live in harmony merely, as some say, but in melody.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Friends, Kindness, Mean

  Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.110, Penguin

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• Take away a man's actual sense of manhood - which is conventionally based on the ability to work, to earn money, to be self-sufficient, to provide for children - and you've got to give them something else. And they did.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Children, Men, Self

  "Ruminator" Magazine, August/September 2005.

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• From 16 to 21 when I was self sufficient and working in factories. I packed batteries, boxes, and make-up with heroin addicts. I have to thank my mum for kicking me out at 16 and making me stand on my own two feet.

  Jay Kay

  Self, Two, Feet

  "Jay Kay: 'Getting an award on Top Gear is better than getting a Grammy'". Mirror.co.uk Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. January 27, 2012.

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• When you're on a boat, it is this tiny little island where you have to be completely self-sufficient.

  J. C. Chandor

  Islands, Self, Littles

  "Rocking the Boat". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 16, 2013.

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