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All men are in some degree impressed by the face of the world; some men even to delight. This love of beauty is taste. Others have the same love in such success that, not content with admiring, they seek to embody it in new forms. The creation of beauty is art. – Ralph Waldo Emerson	added by anonymous 13 years ago
It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy course; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat. – Theodore Roosevelt, Paris, Sorbonne 1910	added by anonymous 13 years ago
As an athlete, when you least expect it, you may find yourself standing on the threshold of an accomplishment so monumental that it strikes fear into your soul. You must stand ready, at any moment, to face the unknown. You must be ready to walk boldly thru the wall of uncertainty. – John "The Penguin" Bingham, The courage to start	added by anonymous 13 years ago
If you want to imagine the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face forever. – George Orwell, 1984	added by anonymous 13 years ago
It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again. Because there is no effort without error and shortcomings, he who knows the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the high achievement of triumph and who at worst, if he fails while daring greatly, knows his place shall never be with those timid and cold souls who know neither victory nor defeat". – Theodore Roosevelt	added by anonymous 13 years ago
All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned, and man is at last compelled to face with sober senses his real conditions of life, and his relations with his kind. – Communist Manifesto	added by anonymous 13 years ago
This nation will never go back to the false comforts of the world before 911. We are engaging the enemy as we must, in places like Iraq and Afghanistan, so we will not have to face them here at home. – Dick Cheney, KCI Expo Center, June 1 2004	added by anonymous 13 years ago
What do you do with a lifetime of work? Face it in the morning. – Iggy Pop	added by anonymous 13 years ago
We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot. – Eleanor Roosevelt	added by anonymous 13 years ago
I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made. – Marilyn Monroe	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Some forms of reality are so horrible we refuse to face them, unless we are trapped into it by comedy. To label any subject unsuitable for comedy is to admit defeat. – Peter Sellers	added by anonymous 13 years ago
If you wish to know the divine, feel the wind on your face and the warm sun on your back. – Eido Tai Shimano Roshi	added by anonymous 13 years ago
When all you can feel are the shadows, turn your face towards the sun. – Helen Keller	added by anonymous 13 years ago
He who is greedy is disgraced; he who discloses his hardship will always be humiliated; he who has no control over his tongue will often have to face discomfort. – Hazrat Ali Ibn-e- Abi Talib, Nahj-ul-Balagha (Sermon and sayings compilation)	added by anonymous 13 years ago
If a dog will not come to you after he has looked you in face, you should go home and examine your consicence. – Woodrow Wilson	added by anonymous 13 years ago
What is hope? nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of. – Lord Byron, Letter to Thomas Moore	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Here's what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey. – Kurt Vonnegut, Cold Turkey	added by anonymous 13 years ago
What a new face courage puts on everything. – Ralph Waldo Emerson	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Beauty is life when life unveils her holy face. But you are life and you are the veil. Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. But you are eternity and you are the mirror. – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet	added by anonymous 13 years ago
I looked with chameleon eyes upon the changing face of the world, looked with anonymous vision upon my uncompleted self. – Anais Nin, House of Incest	added by anonymous 13 years ago
My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock, should find the time in my face. – Ralph Waldo Emerson	added by anonymous 13 years ago
May the road rise to meet you. May the wind always be at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, the rains fall soft upon your fields and, until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of his hand. – Irish Blessing	added by anonymous 13 years ago
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. – Theodore Roosevelt, "Man in the Arena" Speech given April 23, 1910	added by anonymous 13 years ago
...[I] put out my hand, and touched the face of God. – John Gillespie Magee Jr., High Flight	added by anonymous 13 years ago

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