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Genuine courage is to do without witnesses something that...

Genuine courage is to do without witnesses something that someone would be capable to do if the entire world would see.

Quote by François de la Rochefoucauld about courage, world

I believe that historians and analysts of historical events need the authority of facts supplied by living witnesses to the events, which they make their subject.

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about events, authority, need, faith

With each new book, the march of our national history takes a step forward. When one is present at a book launch, one is bearing witness to the birth of a new body of ideas, to the coming into being of another testimony of history.

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about history, present, body, being

As a proud Catholic, I know the impact that faith-based...

As a proud Catholic, I know the impact that faith-based education can have in our society and have witnessed it first hand in my district.

Quote by Joe Baca about proudness, education, faith, society

I want to thank you for taking time out of your day to...

I want to thank you for taking time out of your day to come and witness my hanging.

Quote by George W. Bush about contentment, day, time

Whatever is done without ostentation, and without the people being witnesses of it, is, in my opinion, most praiseworthy: not that the public eye should be entirely avoided, for good actions desire to be placed in the light; but notwithstanding...

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about conscience, opinion, virtue, light, public, being, good, good luck, people

There must be room for the imagination to exercise its...

There must be room for the imagination to exercise its powers; we must conceive and apprehend a thousand things which we do not actually witness.

Quote by William Godwin about imagination, things

The intensity of the tantrum is directly proportional to...

The intensity of the tantrum is directly proportional to the amount of people around to witness.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about nation, people

The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.

The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.

Quote by Pindar about future, day

Discovering witnesses is just as important as catching...

Discovering witnesses is just as important as catching criminals.

Quote by Simon Wiesenthal about opinion, criminals

Let everyone witness how many different cards fortune has...

Let everyone witness how many different cards fortune has up its sleeve when it wants to ruin a man.

Quote by Benvenuto Cellini about good luck, wealth, man

A disaster without witnesses doesn't have any fun.

A disaster without witnesses doesn't have any fun.

Quote by Teodor Mazilu about disaster

Poets, it is in their nature, they do this through each act of artistic creation. They try "to say" as never "had been said" before; they are trying to rediscover the language and they behave, when they are "inspired" - as if the language had not...

Quote by Mircea Eliade about poetry, poets, language, creation, history, nature, god, world, time

We witness climate change four times each year. It's...

We witness climate change four times each year. It's called, seasons.

Quote by Robert M. Hensel about earth, change

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