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Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. Charles Swindoll American Pastor, Author 
The remarkable thing is, we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. Charles Swindoll American Pastor, Author 
We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. Charles Swindoll American Pastor, Author 
Words can never adequately convey the incredible impact of our attitudes toward life. The longer I live the more convinced I become that life is 10 percent what happens to us and 90 percent how we respond to it. Charles Swindoll American Pastor, Author 
The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune. Charles Swindoll American Pastor, Author 
Stand still... and refuse to retreat. Look at it as God looks at it and draw upon His power to hold up under the blast. Charles Swindoll American Pastor, Author 
A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living. Charles Swindoll American Pastor, Author 
When I think of vision, I have in mind the ability to see above and beyond the majority. Charles Swindoll American Pastor, Author 
To eat is human, to digest divine. Charles T. Copeland  
It is not necessary to hope in order to understand, nor to succeed in order to persevere. Charles The Bold 1437-1477, Duke of Burgundy 
Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too intensely wooed, she commonly goes the further away. Charles V 1500-1558, King of Spain, Holy Roman Emperor. 
Iron hand in a velvet glove. Charles V 1500-1558, King of Spain, Holy Roman Emperor. 
Impossibilities are merely things which we have not yet learned. Charles W. Chesnutt  
By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong. Charles Wadworth  
We can only change the world by changing men. Charles Wells  
God buries His workmen but carries on His work. Charles Wesley  
It's linkage I'm talking about, and harmonies and structures, And all the various things that lock our wrists to the past. Charles Wright  
Happiness to a dog is what lies on the other side of a door. Charleton Jr. Ogburn  
Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love. Charlie Brown Peanuts Comic Strip Character 
It always looks darkest just before it gets totally black. Charlie Brown Peanuts Comic Strip Character 
The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting. Charlie Chaplin 1889-1977, British Comic Actor, Filmmaker 
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot. Charlie Chaplin 1889-1977, British Comic Actor, Filmmaker 
All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl. Charlie Chaplin 1889-1977, British Comic Actor, Filmmaker 
Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself. Charlie Chaplin 1889-1977, British Comic Actor, Filmmaker 
In the end, everything is a gag. Charlie Chaplin 1889-1977, British Comic Actor, Filmmaker 
I remain just one thing, and one thing only -- and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician. Charlie Chaplin 1889-1977, British Comic Actor, Filmmaker 
Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain. Charlie Chaplin 1889-1977, British Comic Actor, Filmmaker 
The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury. Charlie Chaplin 1889-1977, British Comic Actor, Filmmaker 
Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage. Charlie Chaplin 1889-1977, British Comic Actor, Filmmaker 
I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career. Charlie Chaplin 1889-1977, British Comic Actor, Filmmaker 
Sweat plus sacrifice equals success. Charlie Finley  
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy. Charlie McCarthy  
Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance? Charlie McCarthy  
Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art. Charlie Parker 1920-1955, American Jazz Musician 
The problem is not that the churches are filled with empty pews, but that the pews are filled with empty people. Charlie Shedd  
I cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again, Charlotte Barnard  
An isolated outbreak of virginity is a rash on the face of society. It arouses only pity from the married, and embarrassment from the single. Charlotte Bingham American Author 
Look twice before you leap. Charlotte Bronte 1816-1855, British Novelist 
Consistency, madam, is the first of Christian duties. Charlotte Bronte 1816-1855, British Novelist 
Feeling without judgement is a washy draught indeed; but judgement untempered by feeling is too bitter and husky a morsel for human deglutition. Charlotte Bronte 1816-1855, British Novelist 
If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own. Charlotte Bronte 1816-1855, British Novelist 
You -- poor and obscure, and small and plain as you are -- I entreat to accept me as a husband. Charlotte Bronte 1816-1855, British Novelist 
Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last. To pluck the mask from the face of the Pharisee is not to lift an impious hand to the Crown of Thorns. Charlotte Bronte 1816-1855, British Novelist 
You had no right to be born; for you make no use of life. Instead of living for, in, and with yourself, as a reasonable being ought, you seek only to fasten your feebleness on some other person's strength. Charlotte Bronte 1816-1855, British Novelist 
Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education; they grow there, firm as weeds among stones. Charlotte Bronte 1816-1855, British Novelist 
Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavor, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned. Charlotte Bronte 1816-1855, British Novelist 
Feminism is an entire world view or gestalt, not just a laundry list of women's issues. Charlotte Bunch  
A concept is stronger than a fact. Charlotte P. Gillman 1860-1935, American Feminist and Writer 
The labor of women in the house, certainly, enables men to produce more wealth than they otherwise could; and in this way women are economic factors in society. But so are horses. Charlotte P. Gillman 1860-1935, American Feminist and Writer 
The female of the genus homo is economically dependent on the male. He is her food supply. Charlotte P. Gillman 1860-1935, American Feminist and Writer 



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