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"The first requisite of a good citizen in this Republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his weight; that he shall not be a mere passenger, but shall do his share in the work that each generation of us finds ready to hand; and, furthermore, that in doing his work he shall show, not only the capacity for sturdy self-help, but also self-respecting regard for the rights of others."
"If a man cannot do brain work without stimulants of any kind, he had better turn to hand work it is an indication on Nature's part that she did not mean him to be a head worker."
"It was more fun trying to figure out I Want To Hold Your Hand than to take lessons. By this time I knew basic chords"
"Only when Eternity takes Time by the hand, Only when infinity weds the finite's thought, Can man be free from himself and live with God."
"Don't ever knock a bottle out of my hand."
"Why is the third hand on a watch called a second hand?"
"We must remove government's smothering hand from where it does harm; we must seek to revitalize the proper functions of government. We do these things to set loose again the energy and the ingenuity of the American people. We do these things to reinvigorate those social and economic institutions which serve as a buffer and a bridge between the individual and the state - and which remain the real source of our progress as a people."
"You never even worried, with Jane, whether your hand was sweaty or not. All you knew was, you were happy. You really were."
"You may be wondering why there are words on my hands. That's because I'm a dork. And I'm gonna choose not to explain myself."
"Titles of property, for instance railway shares, may change hands every day, and their owner may make a profit by their sale even in foreign countries, so that titles to property are exportable, although the railway itself is not."
"An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment the world hands out and the punishment he inflicts upon himself."
"It cannot be denied that outward accidents conduce much to fortune, favor, opportunity, death of others, occasion fitting virtue; but chiefly, the mold of a man's fortune is in his own hands"
"We are not called to be safe, we are simply promised that when we are in danger, God is right there with us. And there is no better place to be than in His hands."
"The force we use on ourselves, to prevent ourselves from loving, is often more cruel than the severest treatment at the hands of one loved."
"The only way the devil really exists in my opinion... is in interactions with people who don't walk the walk and talk the talk; people who act one way, or talk one way and then do another. Those are the deals with the devil. I don't see the devil as somebody who is a horned, goateed guy with a fork in his hand that's there to continuously stab me and send my soul to hell. I don't see it that way at all."
"It's good walking with a horse in ones hand."
"Men and nature must work hand in hand. The throwing out of balance of the resources of nature throws out of balance also the lives of men."
"Casting aspersions on those we love always does something to loosen our ties. We shouldn't maltreat our idols: the gilt comes off on our hands."
"Our destiny is largely in our hands."
"Everything is good as it comes from the hands of the Maker of the world, but degenerates once it gets into the hands of man"
