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Letter "E" » earnest
«Let any man turn to God in earnest, let him begin to exercise himself unto godliness, let him seek to develop his powers of spiritual receptivity by trust and obedience and humility, and the results will exceed anything he may have hoped in his leane»
Author: Aiden Wilson Tozer
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«It's amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.»
«In God's world, for those who are in earnest, there is no failure. No work truly done, no word earnestly spoken, no sacrifice freely made, was ever made in vain.»
«I will be as harsh as truth, and uncompromising as justice... I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard.»
Author: William Lloyd Garrison
(Abolitionist, Activist, Journalist)
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«I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject, I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation. No! no! Tell a man whose house is on fire, to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hand of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; -- but urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present. I am in earnest -- I will not equivocate -- I will not excuse -- I will not retreat a single inch -- AND I WILL BE HEARD.»
Author: William Lloyd Garrison
(Abolitionist, Activist, Journalist)
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«I am in earnest - I will not equivocate - I will not excuse - I will not retreat a single inch- and I will be heard!»
Author: William Lloyd Garrison
(Abolitionist, Activist, Journalist)
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earnest, equivocate, inch, in earnest, retreat
«I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall till I die, to increase the stock of harmless cheerfulness»
«Have you noticed that whatever sport you're trying to learn, some earnest person is always telling you to keep your knees bent?»
«I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
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World
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«Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul.»
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