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A book holds a house of gold. – Chinese Proverb	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Cast all your cares on God; that anchor holds. – Alfred Lord Tennyson	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Beauty holds more worth than gold. – Robert Jordan, The Wheel of Time	added by anonymous 13 years ago
You must read, you must persevere, you must sit up nights, you must inquire, and exert the utmost power of your mind. If one way does not lead to the desired meaning, take another; if obstacles arise, then still another; until, if your strength holds out, you will find that clear which at first looked dark. – Giovanni Boccaccio, Leitch, Vincent B. ed. The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism. New York: Norton, 2001.	added by anonymous 13 years ago
It is faith among men that holds the moral elements of society together, as it is faith in God that binds the world to his throne – William M. Evarts	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Religion holds the solution to all problems of human relationship, whether they are between parents and children or nation and nation. Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power or the power of God. – A. J. Toynbee	added by anonymous 13 years ago
For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe... Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end. – H.L. Mencken	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Anxiety is love's greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic. – Anais Nin	added by anonymous 14 years ago
I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious. – Vince Lombardi	added by anonymous 14 years ago
It's not the hand that signs the laws that holds the destiny of America. It's the hand that casts the ballot. – Harry S Truman	added by anonymous 14 years ago
The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life. – John Fitzgerald Kennedy	added by anonymous 14 years ago
The new frontier of which I speak is not a set of promises-it is a set of challenges. It sums up not what I intend to offer the American people, but what I intend to ask of them. It appeals to their pride, not their pocketbook-it holds out the promise of more sacrifice instead of more security. – John Fitzgerald Kennedy	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water. – Swedish Proverb	added by anonymous 14 years ago
He who despairs over an event is a coward, but he who holds hope for the human condition is a fool. – Albert Camus	added by anonymous 14 years ago
A small rock holds back a great wave. – Homer	added by anonymous 14 years ago
For some life lasts a short while, but the memories it holds last forever. – Laura Swenson	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Tonight we are launching an effort which holds the promise of changing the course of human history. – Ronald Reagan	added by anonymous 14 years ago
From this hour I ordain myself loos'd of limits and imaginary lines, Going where I list, my own master total and absolute, Listening to others, considering well what they say, Pausing, searching, receiving, contemplating, Gently, but with undeniable will, divesting myself of the holds that would hold me. – Walt Whitman	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Money is the most egalitarian force in society. It confers power on whoever holds it. – Roger Starr	added by anonymous 14 years ago
By academic freedom I understand the right to search for truth and to publish and teach what one holds to be true. This right implies also a duty one must not conceal any part of what on has recognized to be true. It is evident that any restriction on academic freedom acts in such a way as to hamper the dissemination of knowledge among the people and thereby impedes national judgment and action. – Albert Einstein	added by anonymous 14 years ago
When we hold back on life, life holds us back. – Mary Manin Boggs	added by anonymous 14 years ago
I doubt whether the world holds for anyone a more soul-stirring surprise than the first adventure with ice cream. – Heywood	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Nature often holds up a mirror so we can see more clearly the ongoing processes of growth, renewal, and transformation in our lives. – Mary Ann Brussat	added by anonymous 14 years ago
The quiet and solitary man apprehends the inscrutable. He seeks nothing, holds to the mean, and remains free from entanglements. – I Ching	added by anonymous 14 years ago

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