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Sin Quotes - Page 18

A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.

Mark Twain, R. Kent Rasmussen (1997). “The quotable Mark Twain: his essential aphorisms, witticisms & concise opinions”, McGraw-Hill/Contemporary

Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.

"Turn on, tune in - or drown in a sea of mediocrity" by Simon Caulkin, www.theguardian.com. September 2, 2006.

The unconscious of one human being can react upon that of another without passing through the conscious.

Sigmund Freud, James Strachey, Anna Freud, Angela Richards (1971). “The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud”

By justification we are saved from the guilt of sin…by sanctification we are saved from the power and root of sin

John Wesley, John Emory (1835). “The Works of the Late Reverend John Wesley, A.M.: From the Latest London Edition with the Last Corrections of the Author, Comprehending Also Numerous Translations, Notes, and an Original Preface, Etc”, p.236

Nature alone cures. ... what nursing has to do ... is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him.

Florence Nightingale, Michael D. Calabria, Janet A. Macrae (1994). “Suggestions for Thought by Florence Nightingale: Selections and Commentaries”, p.17, University of Pennsylvania Press

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

Winston Churchill (1987). “The Irrepressible Churchill: Stories, Sayings and Impressions of Sir Winston Churchill”, London : Robson Books