Anything lost, can be found again, except for time wasted A vision without action is merely a dream Action, it's the grind, it's the hustle, it's the persistence
— Kevin Gates
Staggering Exceptional quotations
There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism - by vote. It is merely the difference between murder and suicide.
If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy.
Then a full hour is needed.
God, send me anywhere, only go with me.
Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours.
No one can believe how powerful prayer is and what it can effect, except those who have learned it by experience. Whenever I have prayed earnestly, I have been heard and have obtained more than I prayed for. God sometimes delays, but He always comes.
We shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own.
In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.
Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.
Anyone can practice. Young man can practice. Old man can practice. Very old man can practice. Man who is sick, he can practice. Man who doesn't have strength can practice. Except lazy people; lazy people can't practice Ashtanga yoga.
A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.
I don’t believe in courtship.It’s a waste of time. If I love the person, I’ll tell her right away. But for you, I’ll make an exception. Just love me now, and I’ll court you forever.
Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin.
God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.
I've never stolen anything in my life, except maybe a couple hearts here and there.
Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another.
We believe in constitutional action in normal times;
we believe in revolutionary action in exceptional times.
Don’t join an easy crowd; you won’t grow. Go where the expectations and the demands to perform are high.
Our life is full of brokenness - broken relationships, broken promises, broken expectations. How can we live with that brokenness without becoming bitter and resentful except by returning again and again to God's faithful presence in our lives.
We have nothing to fear for the future, except as we shall forget the way the Lord has led us, and His teaching in our past history.
They deceive themselves who believe that union with God consists in ecstasies or raptures, and in the enjoyment of Him. For it consists in nothing except the surrender and subjection of our will - with our thoughts, words and actions - to the will of God.
The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?
My thing is that I don't give no person that much power over my path that I'm walking. Not one person can make or break what I'm doing, except me or God.
You will accomplish more by kind words and a courteous manner than by anger or sharp rebuke, which should never be used except in necessity.
The past is no more; the future not yet. Nothing exists except the here and now. Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at our hands.
Muhammad has always been standing higher than the Christianity.
He does not consider god as a human being and never makes himself equal to God. Muslims worship nothing except God and Muhammad is his Messenger. There is no any mystery and secret in it.
The soul will never become pious and purified except through undergoing afflictions. It is the same as gold that can never be pure except after removing all the base metals in it.
A good local pub has much in common with a church, except that a pub is warmer, and there's more conversation.
There's nothing wrong with enjoying looking at the surface of the ocean itself, except that when you finally see what goes on underwater,you realize that you've been missing the whole point of the ocean. Staying on the surface all the time is like going to the circus and staring at the outside of the tent.
Everything has been figured out, except how to live.
I have read and re-read the Arusha Declaration and found nothing wrong with it except perhaps replacing a few commas here and there... it was clear for some of us that it would only be a mad man who would stand up and defend the Arusha Declaration.
Sometimes in this life, under the stress of an exceptional emotion, people do say what they think.
Everything on earth is beautiful, everything -- except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own human dignity.
I will place no value on anything I have or may possess, except in relation to the kingdom of Christ. If anything will advance the interests of that kingdom, it shall be given away or kept only in reference to whether giving or keeping will most promote the glory1 of him to whom I owe all my hopes in time and eternity.
What is love except another name for the use of positive reinforcement? Or vice versa.
The rocket worked perfectly, except for landing on the wrong planet.
There is nothing permanent except change.
Nothing is more beautiful than a guitar, except, possibly two.
You must never so much think as whether you like it or not, whether it is bearable or not; you must never think of anything except the need, and how to meet it.
Success always calls for greater generosity - though most people, lost in the darkness of their own egos, treat it as an occasion for greater greed. Collecting boot is not an end itself, but only a means for building an empire. Riches would be of little use to us now - except as a means of winning new friends.
You can’t be great if you don’t feel great. Make exceptional health your priority.
Fear is like fire. You can make it work for you: it can warm you in the winter, cook your food when you're hungry, give you light when you are in the dark, and produce energy. Let it go out of control and it can hurt you, even kill you... Fear is a friend of exceptional people... You must understand fear so you can manipulate it.
Digital design is like painting, except the paint never dries.
In the depths of my heart I can’t help being convinced that my dear fellow-men, with a few exceptions, are worthless.
I've been accused of every death except the casualty list of the World War.
No love that a man has will only give him pleasure in return- he shall also suffer pain because of it, except for love of Allah.