#upon

He who truly believes that which prompts him to an action has looked upon the action to lust after it, he has committed it already in his heart. ↗

— William Kingdon Clifford

#after #already #believes #committed #heart

I cannot separate the finances of India from those of England. If the finances of the Indian Government receive any severe and irreparable check, will not the resources of England be called upon to meet the emergency, and to supply the deficiency? ↗

— Richard Cobden

#called #cannot #check #deficiency #emergency

In real life, coincidences happen all the time. In novels, they are leapt upon with fury. ↗

— Harlan Coben

#fury #happen #life #novels #real

I am told that the majority of Iraqis wanted Saddam removed from power, but they were unwilling and were incapable of doing the job themselves because they feared Saddam and knew the pain and torture he was capable of inflicting upon them. ↗

— Howard Coble

#because #capable #doing #feared #i

Our relationship to reality and to our experience is all based upon the ideas in our mind that we're always trying to live up to. ↗

— Andrew Cohen

#based #experience #ideas #live #mind

When you become a mom you just learn how to function sleep deprived and you do get used to it. I came back to work when Finley was three months old and the first few months were rough. Then somehow you learn to exist on no sleep and now when he does upon occasion sleep through the night, which is like a full six hours, you're pretty sure he's suffocating. So you don't sleep anyway. ↗

— Holly Marie Combs

#back #become #came #deprived #does

Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure. ↗

— Confucius

#depends #failure #preparation #previous #such

Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven. ↗

— Confucius

#death #depend #determined #heaven #honors

The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools. ↗

— Confucius

#diligence #expectations #first #his #life

Failure sometimes enlarges the spirit. You have to fall back upon humanity and God. ↗

— Charles Horton Cooley

#enlarges #failure #fall #god #humanity