Twin Sister Quotes

• Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time.

  Marabel Morgan

  Sister, Leadership, Perseverance

  Marabel Morgan (1986). “The Electric Woman”

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• Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.

  Margaret Mead

  Relationship, Family, Sister

  Attributed to Margaret Mead in Ellyn Sanna "Sisters by Birth Friends by Choice: All the Things I Love About You", June 2003.

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• There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins.

  Josh Billings

  Things In Life, Two, Comedy

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• It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can't speak for my twin sister.

  Abigail Van Buren

  Sister, Iowa, Twins

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• True science and true religion are twin sisters, and the separation of either from the other is sure to prove the death of both. Science prospers exactly in proportion as it is religious; and religion flourishes in exact proportion to the scientific depth and firmness of its basis.

  Thomas Huxley

  Religious, Depth, Twins

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• Foolishness is a twin sister of wisdom.

  Witold Gombrowicz

  Twins, Foolishness

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• Let's go hand in hand, not one before another.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Life, Family

  BookCaps, William Shakespeare (2011). “The Comedy of Errors In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide”, p.171, BookCaps Study Guides

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• We came into the world like brother and brother, And now let's go hand in hand, not one before another.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Thank You, Brother

  BookCaps, William Shakespeare (2011). “The Comedy of Errors In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide”, p.171, BookCaps Study Guides

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• Gratitude is twin sister to humility; Pride is foe to both.

  James E. Talmage

  Sister, Gratitude, Humility

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• A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle. life with ups and downs is better than a flat life or one that goes in circles. Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time.

  Marabel Morgan

  Leadership, Sports, Persistence

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• Freedom and Justice are twin sisters.

  Friedrich Ebert

  Sister, Justice, Twins

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• My twin sister, my cousin, and I used to write and perform plays for my family. We raided the closets for costumes and fought over parts. I'm sure I was the bossiest one.

  Connie Britton

  Cousin, Writing, Play

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Happiness is the twin sister of optimism and the twin brother of contentment.

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Happiness, Brother, Optimism

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• I've got a twin sister who's an artist and growing up I was always "the loud one." She's not actually quiet at all, but I would rather fill a gap with chatter and she would just let a gap be. So there was no inclination to actually perform.

  Sue Tompkins

  Growing Up, Artist, Gaps

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Immortality--twin sister of Eternity.

  J. G. Holland

  Twins, Eternity, Immortality

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• Twin-sister of Religion, Selfishness.

  Percy Bysshe Shelley

  Sister, Selfishness, Twins

  Percy Bysshe Shelley, Donald H. Reiman, Neil Fraistat (2004). “The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley”, p.198, JHU Press

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• Indulgence, twin sister of guilt.

  Suzanne Curchod

  Guilt, Twins, Indulgence

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• Obscurity and Innocence, twin sisters, escape temptations which would pierce their gossamer armor, in contact with the world.

  Nicolas Chamfort

  Temptation, Armor, Obscurity

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• Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters.

  Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire

  Life, Sister, Real

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• Woo! It's so cold, I think we may be twin sisters now," he said through rattling teeth.

  Chris Colfer

  Thinking, Teeth, May

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• No polity can be devised which shall perpetuate freedom among a people that are dead to honor and integrity. Liberty and virtue are twin sisters, and the best fabric in the world . . . .

  James Henley Thornwell

  Integrity, People, Honor

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• The twin sister to autonomy and freedom is responsibility and accountability. You cannot have one with out the other. If someone is given an area of responsibility, not only must they be set free to do it, they must also be held accountable for what they do. Accountability clarifies freedom. In the teams and companies where you see boundary confusion, power struggles, control, over-reaching of one's line of responsibility, you will also see lapses in accountability as well.

  Henry Cloud

  Team, Struggle, Responsibility

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• What I have come to believe is that joy is the twin sister of gratitude. I am most joyful when I am most grateful.

  Katherine Paterson

  Gratitude, Believe, Grateful

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• Cant is the twin sister of hypocrisy.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Hypocrisy, Twins, Cant

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• Ignorance is jealousy's twin sister.

  Dean Frazer

  Ignorance, Twins

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