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A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit. – D. Elton Trueblood
A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit. – Greek proverb
Comtemplate the mangled bodies of your countrymen and then ask yourself, What should be the reward of such sacrifices... If ye love wealth better than freedom, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands that feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen. – Samuel Adams
I have a dream that one day ... the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. – Martin Luther King, Jr.
It is better to sit alone than in company with the bad; and it is, better still to sit with the good than alone. It is better to speak to a seeker of knowledge than to remain silent; but silence is better than idle words. – Prophet Mohammed, Bukhari
Nature gave men two ends -- one to sit on, and one to think with. Ever since then man's success or failure has been dependent on the one he used most. – Robert Albert Bloch
Never be afraid to sit awhile and think. – Lorraine Hansberry
Nunc scio quit sit amor. – Virgil
One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever come to sit by it. Passersby see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on the way. – Vincent Van Gogh
The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. – Nelson Henderson
To sit alone with my conscience will be judgment enough for me. – William Stubbs
Train up a fig tree in the way it should go, and when you are old sit under the shade of it. – Charles Dickens
Walk more than you sit to be fit - Johnny The Walker – Johnny Wowk
We spend most of our time and energy in a kind of horizontal thinking. We move along the surface of thingsbut there are times when we stop. We sit sill. We lose ourselves in a pile of leaves or its memory. We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper. – James Carroll
When you see the flower of happiness on your way, don't take it immediately; sit and watch it and realise how rare it is! – Mehmet Murat ildan
“We're all in crashing plane, and everybody is fighting over who gets to sit in first class.” ― Aaron Nordquist – Aaron Nordquist
Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity. – Albert Einstein
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. – Greek Proverb
No nation is fit to sit in judgement upon any other nation. – Woodrow Wilson
I sit beside my lonely fire and pray for wisdom yet for calmness to remember or courage to forget. – Charles Hamilton Aide
You have to sit by the side of a river for a very long time before a roast duck will fly into your mouth. – Guy Kawasaki
Just because Im not in as much pain as you doesnt mean I dont care. I dont sit there and drown myself in tears, I dont let anything get me down. If I sat there and felt sorry for myself what good would that do? I have my whole life infront of me there will be more bad things to come, But I am prepared to not let them fase me cause its a part of life. Bad things happen to everyone, BUT Goood Things also happen too. Dont look back and dont look to far ahead.. – Nina Desrochers
(Clemenceau) once said that war is too important to be left to the generals. When he said that, 50 years ago, he may have been right...but now, war is too important to be left to the politicians. They have neither the time, the training, nor the inclination for strategic thought...And I can no longer, sit around and allow Communist subversion, Communist corruption, and Communist infiltration of our precious bodily fluids. – Col. Jack Ripper, commander of Burpleson AFB to Group Capt. Mandrake (Peter Sellers) in Dr. Strangelove
A lawyer is never entirely comfortable with a friendly divorce, anymore than a good mortician wants to finish his job and then have the patient sit up on the table. – Jean Kerr
A place where you can see a good view is also a good place to sit and dream! – Mehmet Murat ildan

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