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The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back.

Babe Ruth

Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.

Sophocles

Always hold your head up, but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level.

Max L. Forman

Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.

Sophocles

If I hold back, I'm no good. I'm no good. I'd rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.

Janis Joplin

Lay on, Macduff, And damn'd be him that first cries, 'Hold, enough!'

William Shakespeare

I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value.

Alexander Hamilton

Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it, not hard enough and it flies away.

Tommy Lasorda

I believe managing is like holding a dove in your hand. If you hold it too tightly you kill it, but if you hold it too loosely, you lose it.

Tommy Lasorda

One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.

Booker T. Washington

Our favourite holding period is forever.

Warren Buffett

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge.

Confucius

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; Hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.

Confucius

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.

Confucius

Never be ashamed! There's some who'll hold it against you, but they're not worth bothering with.

J. K. Rowling

If you're holding out for universal popularity, I'm afraid you will be in this cabin for a very long time.

J. K. Rowling

Success is not the measure of a man but a triumph over those who choose to hold him back.

Bill Clinton

Take hold lightly; let go lightly. This is one of the great secrets of felicity in love.

Spanish Proverb

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

George S. Patton

We must become acquainted with our emotional household: we must see our feelings as they actually are, not as we assume they are. This breaks their hypnotic and damaging hold on us.

Vernon Howard

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

Publilius Syrus

Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

Helen Keller

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

Publilius Syrus

I can bring something they don't have, ... I can hold the ball up front; this team has the base to do well.

Jovan Kirovski

You cannot be disappointed when you walk out the front door and not into a holding cell. If Mr. Kaufman is disappointed, I am the tooth fairy.

David Berg

If referendum comes and any programs have to be cut, I hold every one of you who voted for this responsible.

John Kauffman

Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may still exist but you have ceased to live.

Henry David Thoreau

When Randolph comes back, we're going to be a better team with him. When he's not here, we'll just hold up the slack until he comes back.

Shagari Alleyne

Do not lose hold of your dreams or asprirations. For if you do, you may still exist but you have ceased to live.

Henry David Thoreau

We need to hold the school board more accountable ... commissioners should exercise more oversight. I'm not happy with the dropout rate.

Terry King

We were just holding on. When we tried to get that push, we just didn't have it.

Gary Edwards

We're holding our own. We just need to work on our defense.

Charles Turner

As I hold the future well-being of photography very dear I must see to it that these forces which militate against it be opposed and destroyed.

Alfred Stieglitz

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

Josh Billings

I'm always going to hold out hope. I might feel better the next day, I don't know.

Stephon Marbury

He had lost a lot of weight. He definitely had to hold his pants up with his hands.

Louie Fernandez

The boom broke on the small crane, and the large crane couldn't hold it up. I'm guessing it took 8 to 14 seconds for it to fall.

John Baxley

We're not going to hold anything back. We're definitely going to go there in attack mode.

Rob Gordon

We did not get the financial resources we expected. The grants did not come through, nor did the bank loan. Consequently we had to put everything on hold.

Andrew Burgreen

It is very difficult to live among people you love and hold back from offering them advice.

Anne Tyler

John Zimmerman can lift you up on Sunset Boulevard and hold you with one arm.

Deborah Gibson

I think the momentum is on hold.

Hugh Johnson

He is in a wheelchair because some of the nerves in the brain have been damaged. He has had learned to talk, hold his head up and everything again.

Sherry Scarberry

I think it's really important to hold back and implement this slowly. That was one of the most important decisions we made.

Peter Benjamin

These protected areas are not only important for the conservation of species they contain, they also hold the key to comparing our own development as a species with our next of kin.

Thomas Breuer

We've never been to Chile before. The lobby is full of Priest fans. They're holding the albums and wearing our T-shirts.

Glenn Tipton

To will is to select a goal, determine a course of action that will bring one to that goal, and then hold to that action till the goal is reached. The key is action.

Michael Hanson

They break out very well and don't hold onto the puck very long.

Kevin Raylman

A person in danger should not try to escape at one stroke. He should first calmly hold his own, then be satisfied with small gains, which will come by creative adaptations.

I Ching

I don't think the solution is in the canyon, ... I don't think that's a good place for a concert of the size that he would like to hold there.

Karen Wagner

They didn't pressure us as much as I thought they would which was a surprise. So we were able to hold the ball a little longer.

Matt Linder

We were outstanding in the game and it's just so disappointing we couldn't hold on for the 1-0 win.

Nigel Quashie

I think this will keep that process on hold.

Jim Robb

To succeed as a team is to hold all of the members accountable for their expertise.

Mitchell Caplan

It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues.

Jean De La Bruyere

It's amazing to me the number of people who will hold onto my card for months and months and months before calling me.

Jody Rhomberg

We decided to put a hold on what we wanted to do and stick it out -- hurt their business.

Gordon Lee

It has gotten to be much more durable. And now there's definitely more of a comfort level and the fabrics hold color much longer.

Bruce Holiday

For the first time we are on some firm ground and are moving forward. I'm just holding my breath until we have an agreement.

Rick Kerby

Don't hold onto the past, the future holds more promise.

Josh Holman

We were able to overcome some first-half foul trouble. They made a lot of free throws and were able to get a little closer, but we were able to hold on.

Brian Ricci

Diego: I'm... sorry I set you up. Sid: Ah, you know me, I'm too lazy to hold a grudge.

Ice Age

That was very distracting for him. He backed away before hitting his second shot and said, 'Hold on, we've got more golf to play.' I could see where it broke his concentration.

Carl Jackson

If there's that one lone hold out, that lone hold out could kill the deal.

Tim Mckee

It is kind of amazing that we are even holding the golf tournament this week.

Bob Tway

It's more of a sprint. You've got to get up to a certain level and hold it for four minutes.

Dave Horton

She's a character and she can hold her own with anybody. She's a competitor.

John Goodwin

Every great work, every great accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement comes apparent failure and discouragement.

Florence Scovel Shinn

We put forth a great effort in the first game, but we did not hold that intensity in the second game. I don't know why that happens. If anyone can figure that out, let me know.

Leslie Messina

Large estate holders to negotiate land holding.

Hugo Ch

If you hold that bike, and do not let go, it's impossible to put you in a car.

Bob Stuber

That's what's holding things up now. It is always hard to chase down additional money when it hasn't been budgeted.

Greg Knudsen

Women are the glue that hold our day-to-day world together.

Anna Quindlen

The store is going to have to become fresher, newer, more interesting to people to attract and hold people coming back to the store.

George Rosenbaum

I don't accept failure. I have no idea what happened. The snap was good. The hold was good.

Mike Vanderjagt

I do like the manager. It's a fund for someone to devote a little money to, but not make it a core holding.

Paul Herbert

Swing at everything and hold back on the balls.

Kyle Deines

Everybody is in a holding pattern waiting for Mr Blix.

Jim Volk

The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes.

Bella Abzug

Bottom line is this market is going to hold its strength.

Bob Frye

I didn't want her to have to be retained. She had worked so hard to get through it and I didn't want to hold her back. I refused to.

Linda Boyd

Your personal responsibility far overtakes the criminal responsibility I'm about to hold you accountable for.

Susan Illston

It impedes and impairs your ability as a driver, and we hold our bus drivers to a very high standard.

Joe Donzelli

It will continue to be a core holding for us, no doubt, based upon its dominant franchise and its long-term ability to consolidate and drive the way the Internet is moving.

John Leo

The event grew like an acorn into a giant oak tree in one year. The dedication of the volunteers who hold this event is beyond any adjectives that could describe it.

Dennis Morlok

The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be interesting.

Henry James

I hold them responsible for allowing a facility to be set up without having insurance. They were negligent in allowing my aunt to get in the van.

Lisa Clay

We tiptoe on the issue. I don't believe in holding job fairs for illegal immigrants.

Jeff Weninger

I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant. I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.

William T. Sherman

Some said they were praying for me, others called me bad names and were praying bad things on me. I understand all that. I don't hold anything against them.

Kirk Talley

Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.

Ludwig Borne

You hold them to 13 points in the second half and that's a pretty good effort.

Randy Rice

It can be really hard to have a life as a pet sitter. You are literally holding that animal's life in your hands so you have to make a very strong commitment.

Lorraine Zdeb

We do hold the view that this announcement today...should allay Congress's concerns in the very large part.

Michael Seymour

It wasn't comfortable at all, but that's the only way I could do it. It was hard to hold the stick, but I got through it.

Troy Neumeier

This time we will hold the meeting at any cost.

Abdur Razzak

I'm worried that the universe will soon need replacing. It's not holding a charge.

Edward Chilton

What they are doing is putting their best foot forward and trying to convince the SEC that some of the potential allegations don't hold water.

Christopher Bebel

If you don't hold the company accountable, you're not really achieving much. In all our future cases, we hope to bring criminal charges.

Dean Boyd

We're still holding out hope and praying for their release.

Anne Bacon

The U.K. data looks quite reasonable. The Bank of England is going to be on hold for a while.

Andy Chaytor

You cannot hold back a good laugh any more than you can the tide. Both are forces of nature.

William Rotsler

We were planning to hold him down in the 20s. I told the kids that if he got in the 40s, we weren't going to win.

Thomas Boykin

Do not blow your diet on a chocolate bar or snacks walking through the airport -- hold out for really special treats in a fabulous environment.

Lisa Wheeler

With a firm and steadfast mind one should hold under all conditions, that everywhere the earth is below and the sky above, and to the energetic man, every region is his fatherland.

Tycho Brahe

Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.

James M. Barrie

I just like our aggressiveness. We were able to hold on and win.

Kevin Froud

Each barge will be able to hold 40% more cargo capacity than our current barges today.

Glen Hong

It's not a booming economy. We are concerned about it. But we have confidence about the future and, considering what's going on, we're holding our own.

Van Snider

If he's incompetent, which he is, then everything is put on hold.

Joseph Abood

Anytime you hold someone to nine points you are playing pretty well.

Jody Bass

He don't have our voice to hold onto. And that's what he needs, and that's what I need. I need my son.

Katie Adams

This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.

Will Rogers

We hold our destiny in our hands. It's just a case of how tough we are mentality. Now it's us against us them.

Jody Bass

If you hold out too little, I suppose somebody could make the claim that you are damaging their shoreline, or their dock properties.

Randi Osberg

The art of living lies in a fine mingling of holding on and letting go.

Havelock Ellis

The girls did wonderful in the slalom and in the GS they're holding their own. I couldn't ask for more out of the girls today.

Christy Salonen

A pint can't hold a quart -- if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected of it.

Margaret Deland

Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands.

Jeff Cooper

The ground is just not holding the trees up.

Peter Judge

We can only hold off on this for so long.

Lincoln Bormann

They can do this by providing us with a photo of Danny holding today's newspaper.

Paul Steiger

The family is holding up as well as can be expected.

Chris Lang

We had that game won after the first half. I told these kids that if we can hold them to a 0-0 tie at half, our best performance has always been in the second half.

Duane Despain

Our ability to finance ourselves depends upon the willingness of foreign central banks to hold dollars. That willingness is going to be shrinking (this) year.

Nouriel Roubini

It needs to become as easy to get hold of a condom in a poor country as Coca-Cola.

Clare Short

We seem to be holding our own financially. There's a good core congregation here that works hard.

Brent Ellis

If customers don't give us their new addresses I can't hold on to their mail forever. I have to return it to sender.

Annie Evans

No matter who we brought in, nobody could hold them or do the job. So we?re 4-5 [in conference play] right now.

Harry Tholen

We want to bring everybody up to speed. As (the election) gets closer, we'll hold meetings again in each community and answer questions.

Tracey Anders

If you have to travel and there is no other way, no one is holding a grudge against you.

Bob Rose

We finally broke out of our scoring slump, which was nice to see. Unfortunately, we couldn't hold them.

Phil Gabrielsen

We're just stronger in singles. We couldn't hold Elliott back anymore.

Norm Bruemmer

You bring it over and hold it tight and take 5 and 6 together in one big arc.

Leighton Reese

I was the one to identify the ring that was taken off the body, ... Those who didn't believe it are holding their head in shame now.

Simeon Wright

They were both people that we were very much hoping to get hold of and to bring back to the bar of justice. In one way or another, they both have been brought before justice.

John Gallagher

A man has to be Joe McCarthy to be called ruthless. All a woman has to do is put you on hold.

Marlo Thomas

We've got some pretty heavy data this week and I know people are holding off a little bit.

James Niosi

For now, though, we're asking people who aren't in high-risk groups to hold off. And if you are in a high-risk group, talk to your doctor or get to a clinic.

Richard Mcgarvey

These are the two primary access laws, and they permit the public to hold their government agencies accountable for their actions.

Teri Henning

It is all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then.

Richard Armour

It's not fair to hold us accountable for small numbers of students.

David Baum

All of those guys are special, but no more than the guy I'm holding for now.

Chris Gardocki

Well, I've always been of the mindset never to hold anybody back if they have the opportunity. But we will try to keep him.

Joe Gottfried

If you're holding a large, regional bank, somebody is going to buy it because it's such a rapidly consolidating sector.

Scott Adelson

Look at his legs, he can hold up in there. He's big enough against the run, too.

John Thornton

He didn't see a reason to hold press conferences on a daily basis. He didn't relish the limelight.

V. Grady O'malley

I've been holding something inside that I never even told my girlfriend. It's been eating inside me.

Gary Mclarty

This is the entertainment event of the year in Clarksdale. Once it is gone it will be another year before we hold another.

Jim Herring

Everybody is pretty much on hold right now.

Mike Woo

We're definitely going to run the ball. One of the things we have to do is hold the ball and let some time run off the clock.

Todd Hawkins

But I really think we're on hold for the number coming out tomorrow.

Don Kowalchik

It's projects that have been on the program and on hold for so many years.

Judy Anderson

My life is on hold, I can't work, I can't do nothing. It's very sad.

Aldreana Mcknight

I don't like holding this sign. It's demeaning and I hate it with all the teas in China.

Leslie Brown

I hold the view that they are all politically motivated.

Abdul Haq

That argument doesn't hold water with us. It's got to be able to handle the peak traffic.

Bill Dubois

You don't see that very often. Defensively, we came out the way we wanted. To hold them in the 20s is unheard in arena football.

Danton Barto

This is my equivalent of children. These guys are holding it together.

Robb Felton

A lot of students said they were holding (alcohol) just for a picture. A lot of them just flat out lied.

Leah Nourie

They made a late run, and we got it back to two. We could have won, but they managed to make that final run to hold on.

Matt Barnes

It's probably one of the biggest cornerstones in the classical repertoire. It represents a standard of classical ballet that we still hold high.

Jonas Kage

We hold our heads high. To make it to the final game, that's a great accomplishment.

Sammy Jew

If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard.

Jesse Owens

We are holding a sit-in to protest the neglect shown to us by the government.

Irshad Ahmed

They actually hold us to stricter standards than the state health inspectors.

Shannon Patten

We've got to put Congress on the hot seat. Congress gave George Bush the authority and money to wage this war. Now they have to hold him accountable.

Bill Dobbs

This was the first conversation, we will hold further meetings.

Jaroslaw Kaczynski

I want to be in these games. Hopefully my hamstring will hold up.

Paul Lo Duca

That could easily come into conflict with the safe, fun family environment that we hold.

Jason Thunstrom

It's a tough situation that you never want to see, but we just have to hold the fort down.

Kurt Thomas

At that time in my life (1980-81) I was going through some turmoil in my family life. He grabbed a hold of me and put the strong-arm on me.

Jeff Omspaugh

We are at our wit's end. We are trying to hold off until we get plans in place.

Christine Brown

This decision does not require shareholder approval. The fund's board of directors can simply decide to hold an offering.

Gregg Wolper

He's pretty strong, that's how he wins his fights, by overpowering guys. To actually hold him out and contain him, I felt pretty good about it.

Brian Mcgrattan

We've come so far. Holding onto gains from yesterday's rally is impressive.

Jim Glassman

Shelley, arguing with you is like trying to hold a conversation with a swarm of bumblebees.

Robert Mitchum

He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot hold on; he who cannot find footing, cannot go forward.

Harry Emerson Fosdick

I think that holding the event on Earth Day certainly helped the turnout.

Craig Sanford

That's probably the whole big deal that's holding us up.

Terrelle Smith

We are not in a bear market, but the bull market has been put on hold for the time being.

Andrew Silver

For configuration, we have dual-boot encryption and transparent updates. Dual boot allows the PROM to hold more than one configuration to boot the FPGA. We support the encryption of data in the PROM and decryption of that as it comes into the FPGA.

Gordon Hands

We'll keep working at it. She can hold them both.

Brad Bauer

You are competing against people holding the same cards.

Sue Cooper

Consumer confidence is often reacting to events, ... I think the consumer, as we deal with this crisis, will come back and I think we will see those indices hold or move up.

Thomas Hoenig

The holding is the most foreign part of the job. But the skills we use in the [Australian Football League], we have good hands.

Ben Graham

They hold meetings in a local tavern and don't have a lot of responsibilities.

Keith Fraser

They said they were holding him and they would destroy him if I don't cooperate with them.

Liliana Ake

And the men who hold high placesmust be the ones who startto mold a new realitycloser to the heart.

Neil Peart

It is done to steal financial information and to steal your identity or get hold of your finances.

Jesse Weller

When you hold it up, you can see right through it. It doesn't smell because it doesn't retain water.

Collin Ashton

Readiness of speech is often inability to hold the tongue.

Jean Baptiste Rousseau

We're going to hold meetings outside tomorrow.

Joe Vitt

Holding him without due process is improper, and either ICE or the prosecutors should explain why.

Stephen Bernstein

As long as it keeps trending down we'll hold where we are or keep coming down when we get enough of a buffer.

Don Bowers

The key is to build a lead and take them out of their comfort zone. If they hold on to the ball, something bad will happen.

Bryan Pata

We've got to understand when we do get a turnover, you've got to either make something happen or hold onto the ball until you can make something happen.

Cleve Touchberry

Even if I have to stand alone, I will not be afraid to stand alone. I'm going to fight for you. I'm going to fight for what's right. I'm going to fight to hold people accountable.

Barbara Boxer

This field is pretty scary. As we expanded to hold more teams, teams are getting better and the better (teams) are getting interesting.

Wayne Quinlan