#severe

By concentrating on what is good in people, by appealing to their idealism and their sense of justice, and by asking them to put their faith in the future, socialists put themselves at a severe disadvantage. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

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I have seen doctors, in good faith, leave patients on steroids for years, thinking they are doing right. A friend of mine was on steroids for so long, she has severe osteoporosis. ↗

— Mary Ann Mobley

#doing #faith #friend #good #good faith

I have been very fortunate as to escape through another day's very severe fighting and escaped unhurt. ↗

— John H. Morgan

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Sometimes things aren't clear right away. That's where you need to be patient and persevere and see where things lead. ↗

— Mary Pierce

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The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres. ↗

— Alexander Pope

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I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. ↗

— Christopher Reeve

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A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. ↗

— Christopher Reeve

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Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#cannot #faults #friend #friendship #him

Surviving is good, but overcoming is better. ↗

— Shelley Hendrix

#dream #dreams #following-dreams #inspirational #overcome-fear