Famous quotes containing the words keeping, left and/or takes:
“If you falter, and give up, you will lose the power of keeping any resolution, and will regret it all your life.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
“Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth.”
—Bible: New Testament Jesus, in Matthew, 6:2-3.
From the Sermon on the Mount.
“He who takes people for smart pays an expensive lesson.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)