1. "To be wicked does not insure prosperity."
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Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
2. "To defend oneself against a fear is simply to insure that one will, one day, be conquered by it; fears must be faced."
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James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time
3. "To insure the greatest efficiency in the dart, the harpooners of this world must start to their feet from out of idleness, and not from out of toil."
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Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or
4. "Anything I can get from the Word without God will not change my life. It is closed to insure that I remain dependent on the Holy Spirit. It"
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Bill Johnson, When Heaven Invades Earth Expanded Edition: A Practical Guide to a Life of Miracles: A Practical Guide to a Life of Miracles
5. "Insure your reading is in alignment with your goals. Read everything you can find on your goals and your profession. It's the best investment you can make."
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Mark Matteson, Freedom from Fear
6. "Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends."
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Epicurus, A Guide To Happiness
7. "And then again, had I declared myself I should have robbed the woman I love of the wealth and position that her marriage to Clayton will now insure to her. I could not have done that—could I, Paul?"
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Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan
8. "Mike Burry didn’t own any triple-B-rated subprime mortgage bonds, or anything like them. He had no property to insure; it was as if he had bought fire insurance on some slum with a history of burning down."
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Michael Lewis, The Big Short
9. "Wherever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state education. It has been discovered that the best way to insure implicit obedience is to commence tyranny in the nursery."
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Quote by Benjamin Disraeli
10. "The most important thing in life is to be free to do things. There are only two ways to insure that freedom — you can be rich or you can you reduce your needs to zero."
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Quote by John Boyd