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In this life of ours we remain directed toward the relative utopia of a better world, and sensibly this can be the only model for our action. — Gustav Heinemann

You only die once, but you will be dead for a very long time. — Moliere

Billions of dreams die off every year. I believe yours will not be part of that proportion if only you are ready to shape them! — Israelmore Ayivor

Decent people should ignore politics, if only they could be confident that politics would ignore them — William F. Buckley Jr.

Desire only God, and your heart will be satisfied. — Saint Augustine

Sex makes me the kind of happy that I usually only manage to be in dreams. — Christopher Golden

Her hands cupped his face, thumbs caressing his cheekbones. "I love you, Mr. Bennett."
"Good thing. Hate to be the only one afflicted. — Ellen O'Connell

Integrity is never a given. It is a quality that can only be proven over time. — Gary Hopkins

As a woman, I find it very embarrassing to be in a meeting and realize I'm the only one in the room with balls. — Rita Mae Brown

Oh, to be half as wonderful as my children thought I was when he was small, and only half as stupid as my teenager now thinks I am. — Rebecca Richards

The nation can prosper and be happy only when education develops in an atmosphere of Truth, Love and Reverence. — Sai Baba

The only people worth writing about are those about whom the last word cannot be said. — Erica Jong

There is a certain kind of maturity that can be attained only through the discipline of suffering. — D. A. Carson

Life can only be enjoyed as one acquires a true perspective of life and death and of the real purpose of life. — Spiros Zodhiates

Women like not only to conquer, but to be conquered. — William Makepeace Thackeray

Imagine what could be accomplished if only the human race would shed its humanity. — Max Brooks

Survival...could only be a social achievement, not an individual accident. — Eugene Weinstock

I never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might only be temporary. — John D. Rockefeller

God whose gifts in gracious flood
Unto all who seek are sent,
Only asks you to be good
And is content. — Victor Hugo

Look at a man the way he is and he only becomes worse, but look at him as if he were what he could be, then he becomes what he should be. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

You may be reborn a thousand times, but you can never know the real, for only that which dies, that which comes to an end, can renew itself. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

A universe whose only claim to be believed in rests on the validity of inference must not start telling us the inference is invalid. — C.S. Lewis

Rather marvelously, the older brain only permits change when it judges that change to be important, rewarding or good for it. — Michael Merzenich

There is only room in a relationship for one person to be dramatic. That person cannot be the man. — Gwynneth Mary Lovas

Only in baseball can a team player be a pure individualist first and a team player second, within the rules and spirit of the game. — Branch Rickey

We mistakenly bind ourselves to be content only when life is feeling pleasurable. — Noah Levine

The future cannot be controlled, only experienced. — John Izzo

What we need is change. I can't help but wonder if I might be the only person who can provide it. — Kiera Cass

Active valour may often be the present of nature; but such patient diligence can be the fruit only of habit and discipline. — Edward Gibbon

There's only one pure desire and that is to be one with the Divine. — Nirmala Srivastava

A mind can be lost without its owner's death. A mind that no longer questions only fulfills the rudimentary aspects of its function. — Josh Hanagarne

How exhausting all this was. In fact, if only people knew how madly tiresome it is to be a criminal ... ! — Hermann Hesse

Seek opportunities to improve upon yourself. It is only you who can decided what you want to be. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Society can only be happy and free in proportion as it is virtuous. — Mary Wollstonecraft

You shouldn't be afraid of dying, Sarah - everyone does it. The only thing to be scared of is not living before you do. — Emma Chase

It is to be recognized that the negative emotions and the guilt that comes with it is not a part of the Consciousness, it only belongs to the mind! — Frank M. Wanderer

The only way to truly be safer, was to accept the dark, to walk in it with eyes wide open, to be a part of it. To keep your enemies close. — C.J. Roberts

These questions can only be answered in absorption, because there are no answers. — Frederick Lenz

I'd say people respond to me on four levels and four levels only; they want to pray to me, be me, do me or kill me. — Katy Evans

It's funny: half my films were flops, half did well. It would be terrible if I'd had only success. — Claude Lelouch

Be careful. . . ." And then she let go. For even she knew there was only so much one could do to protect a winter moth drawn to an icy flame. — Evelyn Skye

I think it will be fun to not only play new music, but to get to play different instruments on-stage. — Bethany Cosentino

What the world doesn't tell you - because it doesn't know - is that you cannot become successful. You can only be successful. — Eckhart Tolle

Now the only sure basis of an alliance is for each party to be equally afraid of the other — Thucydides

Monsieur, innocence is its own crown! Innocence has only to act to be noble! She is as august in rags as fleur de lys. — Victor Hugo

Life seemed to him to be a narrow cage, and her iron bars were many and dense, and there was only one way out. — Leonid Andreyev

Man is the only animal that strives to be more than he is....it is the indomitable spirit within that makes him human. — Steven Lang

Perhaps ... these days of less sunlight are opportunities for more contemplative time, more looking deeply to see what can only be seen in the dark. — Sylvia Boorstein

Gentlemen can now only behave as such, or be tolerated as such, in circumstances that are manifestly contrived or unreal. — Simon Raven

The truth of Scripture is meant not only to be studied-it's meant also to be sung. — R.C. Sproul

You only get one chance at pure love, otherwise, the rest will be a battle. — Kathleen Harp

God loves us; we need only to summon up the humility to allow ourselves to be loved. — Pope Benedict XVI

I say quotations are literary. They are good only when dealing with ideas, not with experience. Experience should be pure, unique. — Anais Nin

I know only one method of operation: to be as honest with others as I am with myself. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

The only way to get a three to four-month break would be to tear a tendon or a hamstring or something like that. — Kevin Pietersen

Women are not always what we seem to be. What our reputations would tell you. Nor do we only exist in reference to our fathers, husbands, and sons. — Ruth Downie

Only the young can be alone freely. The time is shorter now for company, And sitting by a lamp more often brings Not peace, but other things. — Philip Larkin

The industry needs to be run by artists, because we are the only people that care about art. — Nikki Sixx

If only. Those must be the two saddest words in the world. — Mercedes Lackey

For many people out there in the world, music is the only thing that gives them relief, so it's awesome to be a part of that tradition. — Richard Patrick

To leave this world a better person, and for me to not be the only one who knows it. — Gavin DeGraw

Better to be safe than to be sorry' is a remark of value only when these are the actual alternatives. — Idries Shah

Peace can only be achieved by a contrite spirit, open communication and tolerance. — Shannon L. Alder

Knowledge of the world in only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet. — Lord Chesterfield

If you can explain, then it's not the Dream. The dream can never be put into words, it can only be felt through the heart — Sarvesh Jain

Beauty, as defined by society at large, seemed to be only about who was best at looking like everyone else. — Lucy Grealy

It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but, doubt not, it was of the last importance only to be present at it. — Henry David Thoreau

I don't want to represent man as he is, but only as he might be. — Albert Camus

The only book in our home was the Bible. My parents forbade books. They thought I needed help because I wanted to be a writer! — Ken Bruen

You don't get heaven or hell. Do you know the only reward you get for being Batman? You get to be Batman. — Neil Gaiman

Regarding vengeance and arch-enemies, one must not only be timely but prideful, and pride exacts propriety. — Adam Levin

It's amazing how right you can be about a person you don't know; it's only the people you do know who confuse you. — Elaine Dundy

In art as in politics we must deal with people as they are not as we wish them to be. Only by working with the real can you get closer to the ideal. — Rita Mae Brown

My mother wanted me to be friends only with children she considered socially suitable. — Brigitte Bardot

We must not only be True. We must be Beautiful. — Francis Schaeffer

I only got to be able to act, because I gave myself a job as a producer. — Griffin Dunne

That's my only active wish. I think if I sang like Don Henley, this would be a lot more agreeable business. — Warren Zevon

They say you only have so many breaths in your lifetime, and I think disappointments might be the same. — Dorothea Benton Frank

Only in today's sick society can a man be persecuted for reading too many books. — Markus Zusak

The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them. — Woodrow Wilson

Don't insult readers by questioning the extent of their imaginations. Most need only to be nudged to solve a good mystery. — Peggy Kopman-Owens

I'm so tired of waiting to grow up. Someday it will happen and I'll be the only person who can make me feel good or bad about anything I do. — Jennifer Lynch

We should not permit prayer to be taken out of the schools; that's the only way most of us got through. — Sam Levenson

The coolest toys don't have to be bought; they can be built. In fact, sometimes the only way they'll ever exist is if you make them yourself. — Adam Savage

Every woman, hell, every man should be a feminist, that is the only way to render this word obsolete. — Aysha Taryam

War will not be able to bring peace - only love and forgiveness can do that. — Debasish Mridha

The only thing I had in my mind [when I was 17 ] was that I was going to be a professional musician. So it was just the right environment. — John Petrucci

I could be anyone. I could be a crazy woman who feeds him only cat food! — Kristen Ashley

The reason wisdom is meant to be imparted is because you acquire it only after it's too late to apply to yourself. — Jonathan Tropper

If I began to draw
myself away from you

we'd still be like
two mixed colors of paint
impossible to separate. — Sanober Khan

Let your heart lead you, do not be afraid, for there will be much to regret if reason and sense and fear are your only markers — Tara Conklin

There's no question in my mind: not only am I going to be able to make it through 16 games, I'll make it through another five years, — Tony Romo

I am bold to say that, if a man be destitute of the grace of God, his works are only works of slavery; he feels forced to do them. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

If you keep looking back, you'll never be able to move forward. You're the only one who can stop yourself from your own success. — B.A. Gabrielle

If your only objective is to be popular, you're going to be popular but you will be known as the Prime Minister who achieved nothing. — Brian Mulroney

She is my first and only love. Most people know that their first love will not be their only love. But for me, she is both. — David Levithan

The only thing I know anything about are my own fantasies and anxieties. I don't trust my eyes. I consider myself to be a short-story writer. — Duane Michals

A nickname is not supposed to be your only name. I miss Jennifer a bit. — Jennifer Lopez

Then, again, how annoying to be told it is only five miles to the next place when it is really eight or ten! — John Burroughs

He keeps his deepest belief tight to him: that people are good and want to be good, if only you give them a chance. — Lauren Groff