Big Books of 2026

40 Quotes

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A.W. Tozer
“I want the presence of God Himself, or I don't want anything at all to do with religion... I want all that God has or I don't want any.”
― A.W. Tozer
tags: 40, the-counselor
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Lorrie Moore
“No matter that you anticipate a thing; you get so used to it as part of the future that its actuality, its arrival, its force and presence, startles you, takes you by surprise, as would a ghost suddenly appearing in the room wearing familiar perfume and boots.”
― Lorrie Moore, Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?
tags: 40, surprise
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Virginie Despentes
“And that unconscious ease that comes of being so young — still oblivious to the blows that will destroy parts of her. Past the age of forty, everyone is like a bombed-out city.”
― Virginie Despentes, Vernon Subutex 1
tags: 40, age
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Robert Graves
“You don't want captains in the army who know too much or think too much.”
― Robert Graves, Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina
tags: 1935, 40, army, discipline, following-orders, narcissus, obedience
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Israelmore Ayivor
“You may work with 100% capacity every day and may not be seen by anybody for recommendation. This does not mean you should give up! The day you will decide to work at 40% may be the day you'll be seen by the person who is meant to recommend you for higher profile opportunities!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes
tags: 100, 40, 50, ability, be-responsible, capacity, commend, don-t-give-up, don-t-quit, endurance, endure, every-day, excellence, food-for-thought, give-up, hard, hard-work, high-profile, honesty, israelmore-ayivor, opportunities, perseverance, persevere, persist, persistence, persistent, person, potential, recommendation, respond, responsibility, work, work-hard
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Alain de Botton
“After 40 (old age for most of man's history), one should strive to be more or less packed and ready to go were the end call to come.”
― Alain de Botton
tags: 40, death, old-age, preparation
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“I thought you said you were okay with turning forty.”
― Michael Thomas Ford, The Road Home
tags: 40
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“Después de los 40, es cuando comprendes que has vivido, una parodia de lo que pudo haber sido tu vida.”
― Amir Obregon Vargas
tags: 40, parodia, vida
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Balakumar Somu
“Don't slog all your life under the pretext of making 'sufficient' money to retire. Earn money and make money earn for you. Live your life for yourself.”
― Balakumar Somu
tags: 40, before, life, live, retire
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“An elder once told me that stories and cultural practices are not lost. They are waiting in another realm for the right person to dream them and reintroduce them. The ancestors are waiting to pass them on to the right person. (p. 40)”
― Catherine Richardson, Belonging Metis
tags: 40
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