Best 949 quotes in «foundation quotes» category

Persuade yourselves, that the faith of the gospel is beyond the power of nature; that there is a necessity of a power from on high to bring you to believe. This will raze the old foundation, and cause you to look up for it.

Philosophy... is indeed outrageous, inherently so. It seeks to disquiet the foundations of our lives and to offer us in recompense nothing better than itself- and this on the basis of no expert knowledge, of nothing closed to the ordinary human being, once... [one] lets himself or herself be informed by the process and ambition of philosophy.

Pride in what and who you are is a strong foundation, but don't be defined by your oppression; use your anger, don't let it use you.

Political institutions are a superstructure resting on an economic foundation.

Precisely because Marx was convinced that the cause of the proletariat was of decisive importance for the whole future of mankind, he wanted to create for that cause not a flimsy platform of rhetorical invective or wishful thinking, but the rock-like foundation of scientific truth.

Proper listening is the foundation of proper living.

Provision is the foundation of hospitality, and thrift the fuel of magnificence.

Prudence is a duty which we owe ourselves, and if we will be so much our own enemies as to neglect it, we are not to wonder if the world is deficient in discharging their duty to us; for when a man lays the foundation of his own ruin, others too often are apt to build upon it.

Ps 119:89-91: The settled Word in Heaven makes for a solid foundation on earth and a safe path for today.

Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private, and public virtue is the only foundation of republics.

Punctuality is an essential trait of the teacher. It is a foundation, not an embellishment.

Purity of morals [is] the only sure foundation of public happiness in any country.

Questions that pertain to the foundations of mathematics, although treated by many in recent times, still lack a satisfactory solution. Ambiguity of language is philosophy's main source of problems. That is why it is of the utmost importance to examine attentively the very words we use.

Quiet time is the key. We have hundreds of thousands of kids around the country meditating through the David Lynch Foundation.

Randomness is the true foundation of mathematics.

Religion and good morals are the only solid foundation of public liberty and happiness.

Philosophers get attention only when they appear to be doing something sinister - corrupting the youth, undermining the foundations of civilization, sneering at all we hold dear. The rest of the time everybody assumes that they are hard at work somewhere down in the sub-basement, keeping those foundations in good repair. Nobody much cares what brand of intellectual duct tape is being used.

Priestly was the first (unless it was Becarria) who taught my lips to pronounce this sacred truth--that the greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.

Property is the foundation of every right we have, including the right to be free. Every legal claim, after all, is a claim to something-either a defensive claim to keep what one is holding or an offensive claim to something someone else is holding.

Questions of such gravity go down to the very foundations of the government. If the provisions of the Constitution can be set aside by an act of Congress, where is the course of usurpation to end?

[Randy white] was such a huge part of my foundation and who I would become in God - from covering me - when you talked about being sexually abused and not having value for yourself - God so used Randy to cover me with unconditional love. And he saw something in me that I couldn't see in myself.

Really good things take time to grow. Foundation is not built over night.

Remember that in giving any reason at all for refusing, you lay some foundation for a future request.

Remember that whatever knowledge you do not solidly lay the foundation of before you are eighteen, you will never be master of while you breathe.

Research points to the fact that being born without trauma is the foundation for having an intact capacity to love and trust.

Research to me is as important or more important than the writing. It is the foundation upon which the book is built

Revolutions are not made: they come. A revolution is as natural a growth as an oak. It comes out of the past. Its foundations are laid far back.

Religion and virtue are the only foundations, not of republicanism and of all free government, but of social felicity under all government and in all the combinations of human society.

Respecting and honoring the pigness of the pig is a foundation for societal health.

Sauces in cookery are like the first rudiments of grammar - the foundation of all languages.

Ronnie's new nickname is IFF. The I'm F*%ked Foundation. He's a client and the president!

Science is wonderful at destroying metaphysical answers, but incapable of providing substitute ones. Science takes away foundations without providing a replacement. Whether we want to be there or not, science has put us in the position of having to live without foundations. It was shocking when Nietzsche said this, but today it is commonplace; our historical position-and no end to it is in sight-is that of having to philosophise without 'foundations'.

Scripts are what matter... if you get those foundations wrong, then you absolutely don’t stand a shot.

Rumors that the sun is out at Santa Ynez are without foundation," the radio said.

School libraries are the foundations of our culture – not luxuries.

Scientific truth is beyond loyalty and disloyalty.

Scripts are what matter. If you get the foundations right and then you get the right ingredients on top, you stand a shot... but if you get those foundations wrong, then you absolutely don't stand a shot. It's very rare-almost never-that a good film gets made from a bad screenplay.

self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.

Seed is not just the source of life. It is the very foundation of our being.

Service skills are the foundation for your success.

Secrecy is the foundation of politics.

Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation of good relationships with others.

Servant leadership is the foundation and the secret of Sam Walton's ability to achieve team synergy.

Simplicity of life, even the barest, is not a misery, but the very foundation of refinement.

Since God is the foundation of my life, anything that streams from that can only be positive.

Sexism is the foundation on which all tyranny is built. Every social form of hierarchy and abuse is modeled on male-over-female domination.

Sincerity is the foundation of the spiritual life.

Since its inception, our Nation has stood on the foundations of compassion and justice.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character.

[Show] business is tough. You never know who or what's real. It's tough when you get in this business, if you have no grounded foundation other than Hollywood, because this business isn't real. We're getting paid to do what we love, but it isn't real.