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Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek...

Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.

Quote by Frank Herbert about liberty

Seek not good from without, seek it within yourselves, or...

Seek not good from without, seek it within yourselves, or you will never find it.

Quote by Bertha von Suttner about good, good luck, contentment

Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest...

Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt.

Quote by Francis Bacon about rest, mind, things, good, good luck

Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe...

Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about faith, contentment

Seek not, my soul, the life of the immortals; but enjoy...

Seek not, my soul, the life of the immortals; but enjoy to the full the resources that are within thy reach.

Quote by Pindar about soul, life

Seek not to be admired but belived.

Seek not to be admired but belived.

Quote by Tudor Vianu about reliability

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose...

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

Quote by Francis Bacon about power, liberty, self-control, man

To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish.

To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish.

Quote by William Shakespeare about philosophy

Our choice of a reform framework dictated that we looked at the fundamental assumptions that had driven Nigeria's economy, society and policy hitherto and to seek ways of either abandoning or transcending those assumptions and their supporting...

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about economy, society

Editors of open anthologies actively seek submissions from all comers, established and unknown. They are willing to read whatever the tide washes up at their feet.

Quote by Lynn Abbey

One should, therefore, in the interests of democracy...

One should, therefore, in the interests of democracy itself seek to substitute the doctrine of the right man for the doctrine of the rights of man.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about democracy, man, rightness

My eyes, my brain seek out escape routes wherever I am sent.

My eyes, my brain seek out escape routes wherever I am sent.

Quote by Jack Henry Abbott about brain, eyes

Catholic schools in our Nation's education have been...

Catholic schools in our Nation's education have been paramount in teaching the values that we as parents seek to instill in our children.

Quote by Joe Baca about teaching, parents, education, nation, children

I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the...

I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home.

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about attention, games, home

I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as...

I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office.

Quote by Dean Acheson about public

The American President resembles the commander of a ship...

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about americans

I believe that everything happens for a reason, but I...

I believe that everything happens for a reason, but I think it's important to seek out that reason - that's how we learn.

Quote by Drew Barrymore about reason, faith

Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government.

Quote by Aristotel about people, happiness, man, life

The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for...

The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about proudness, vanity, influence, need

America will never seek a permission slip to defend the...

America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people.

Quote by George W. Bush about permission, security, people

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