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«Never forget that it is the spirit with which you endow your work that makes it useful or futile»
«With this ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship, and with all my worldly goods I thee endow»
«A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it»
Author: Jean Rostand
(Biologist, Historian)
| About:
Mind
| Keywords:
endow, monstrous, using, well endowed, worthy
«To endow the writer publicly with a good fleshly body, to reveal that he likes dry white wine and underdone steak, is to make even more miraculous for me, and of a more divine essence, the products of his art. Far from the details of his daily life bringing nearer to me the nature of his inspiration and making it clearer, it is the whole mystical singularity of his condition which the writer emphasizes by such confidences. For I cannot but ascribe to some superhumanly the existence of beings vast enough to wear blue pajamas at the very moment when they manifest themselves as universal conscience.»
Author: Roland Barthes
(Critic)
| Keywords:
clearer, confidences, emphasizes, endow, fleshly, miraculous, pajamas, singularity, underdone, white wine
«The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition.»
«But thousands die without or this or that, die, and endow a college or a cat»
«And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.»
«I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.»
Author: Eleanor Roosevelt
(Diplomat, First Lady, Humanitarian)
| About:
Gifts
| Keywords:
birth, curiosity, endow, endowing, endows, fairy, godmother, useful, well endowed
«Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality»
Author: George Santayana
(Humanist, Philosopher, Poet)
| About:
Parents
| Keywords:
endow, lend, vicarious
«With a genuine keenness or readiness to serve others, one can attain happiness in any group or community, and the very eagerness to serve others will endow you with the power and skill necessary for the required service.Nowadays, we tend to regard it as derogatory to serve, but there is great worth in service.»
Author: Sri Sathya Sai Baba
(Spiritual leader)
| Keywords:
community service, derogatory, endow, in service, keenness
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