#long

Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#conceit #consciousness #danger #even #finest

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#between #difference #especially #genius #learn

Keep violence in the mind where it belongs. ↗

— Brian Aldiss

#keep #mind #violence #where

But however long you may have continued in rebellion, and how ever black and long the catalog of your sins, yet if you will now turn to God by a sincere repentance, and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, you shall not be cast out. ↗

— Archibald Alexander

#black #cast #catalog #christ #continued

Desire then is the invasion of the whole self by the wish, which, as it invades, sets going more and more of the psychical processes; but at the same time, so long as it remains desire, does not succeed in getting possession of the self. ↗

— Samuel Alexander

#does #getting #going #invades #invasion

I think that it won't be long before a team calls that says, 'Just go do what you do'. ↗

— Shaun Alexander

#calls #go #i #i think #just

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights. ↗

— Muhammad Ali

#before #behind #dance #far #far away

I have long been a supporter of the Head Start program because each and every year I witness the dramatic positive impact that early intervention services have on children's lives in my congressional district. ↗

— Lucille Roybal-Allard

#been #children #congressional #congressional district #district

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. ↗

— Fred Allen

#annoy #especially #i #like #long

Ed Sullivan will be around as long as someone else has talent. ↗

— Fred Allen

#ed #ed sullivan #else #long #someone