#granted

One thing must be granted to the rich: they are goodnatured. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#must #one thing #rich #thing

Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#cannot #come #exists #faith #false

All your youth you want to have your greatness taken for granted; when you find it taken for granted, you are unnerved. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

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You have to decide if you're going to wilt like a daisy or if you're just going to go forward and live the life that you've been granted. ↗

— Kevin Costner

#daisy #decide #forward #go #going

Little Zac had it easy - but he didn't realize he had it easy, so he took it for granted. I think going through 'Hairspray' and other projects helped me learn about the business and life in general. ↗

— Zac Efron

#business #easy #general #going #granted

Don't fear your mortality, because it is this very mortality that gives meaning and depth and poignancy to all the days that will be granted to you. ↗

— Paul Tsongas

#days #depth #fear #gives #granted

The Democratic Party has taken the black community for granted and said, 'This is the most loyal constituency we have. They're not going anywhere.' But the Republican Party has said, 'That's the most loyal constituency Democrats have. They're not going anywhere. We've got to win without them.' ↗

— J. C. Watts

#black #black community #community #constituency #democratic

But we cannot just take this historical fact for granted. We must make it live. ↗

— Wendell Willkie

#fact #granted #historical #historical fact #just

I think I've been wishing for celebrity for so long that I've got used to being someone who's petitioning the establishment for acceptance... my whole schtick, my whole identity, is so wrapped up in being a petitioner that I don't really know how to react now that petition has been granted. ↗

— Toby Young

#been #being #celebrity #establishment #got

I don't take anything for granted. ↗

— Steve Yzerman

#granted #i #take