Tradition Quotes · Page 27

The things of Catholic life are never boring because we have such a rich tradition and so many stories to tell.

— Donald Wuerl

I'm a scientist. We don't talk about the spirit. Soul is a four letter word in our tradition.

— Candace Pert

I was brought up telling stories, when I was a kid, in the tiny village where I grew up. Storytelling was a…

— Peter Stormare

Philanthropy, charity, giving voluntarily and freely... call it what you like, but it is truly a jewel of an American tradition.

— John F. Kennedy

My father was the Jewish half of the family, yet it was my mother who taught me to have pride in that…

— Gloria Steinem

The ancient spiritual tradition is that God gives himself fully to us in silence and solitude.

— Brennan Manning

Tradition does not mean to look after the ash, but to keep the flame alive.

— Jean Jaures

It is in the American tradition to stand up for one's rights--even if the new way to stand up for one's rights…

— Anonymous

I think 'tradition' is in the past - and how can someone really 'fear' a color? A man may prefer navy to…

— Jean Pigozzi

“MURRY: Resolutions are a complete waste of time. They're just this meaningless ritual, empty promises we make and break within hours of…

— Hillary DePiano

If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These…

— Harri Holkeri

A crowd, whether it be a dangerous mob, or an amiably joyous gathering at a picnic is not a community. It has…

— Josiah Royce

I say it is indispensable to look ahead of and behind oneself in the present. If there is such a thing as…

— Robert Delaunay

Futurism: This was a movement of intellectuals who wanted to replace tradition with the modern world of machinery, speed, violence, and public…

— Brad Holland

Around 1974, I graduated into the occult, and spent a sold six or seven years immersed in the Kabala and the Chaldean,…

— Daryl Hall

I'm more often confronted by women who come from religious traditions and don't feel that they have a place in the feminist…

— Gloria Steinem

Honor Yourself is more than just food for the soul-it is true healing for the heart. Patricia Spadaro provides an honest approach…

— Ann Louise Gittleman

We approach Scripture with minds already formed by the mass of accepted opinions and viewpoints with which we have come into contact,…

— J. I. Packer

Historically the customs and traditions of day-to-day life in Africa have been dismissed by Western cultural anthropologists as primitive, chaotic, pagan activities…

— Malidoma Patrice Some

In the end, you do need institutions to transmit the faith for the long haul. That's why I make the case that,…

— Ross Douthat

If you can imagine the story of the world as a giant movie, to not have some understanding of the Bible -…

— Steve Green

I have written letters that are failures, but I have written few, I think, that are lies. Trying to reach a person…

— Amy Hempel

If there were even one spark of evidence from antiquity that Jesus even may have gotten married, then as a historian, I…

— Paul L. Maier

It was worth it to serve alongside my brothers and sisters in arms. And it was worth it to be part of…

— Brian Mast

But to my mind, though I am native here, And to the manner born, it is a custom, More honored in the…

— William Shakespeare

I come from the tradition of a big Irish family that loves to sing. I love to perform.

— Robbie Williams

Tradition lives because young people come along who catch its romance and add new glories to it.

— Michael Novak

We should accept diversity in culture and tradition and coexist peacefully...

— Haile Selassie

You can embrace nostalgia and history and tradition at the same time - it has to progress or it can't survive.

— Sturgill Simpson

My family, growing up, we really didn't have tradition because my parents divorced when I was 11.

— Angelina Pivarnick

It is tradition in Ireland that you're given money for your first communion.

— Roma Downey

The Gothic tradition was begun by Ann Radcliffe, a rare example of a woman creating an artistic style.

— Camille Paglia

Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature!

— George Bernard Shaw

The most authentic and hallowed Wiccan tradition is stealing from any source that didn't run away too fast

— Margot Adler

“MOTHER TIME: We all get the exact same 365 days. The only difference is what we do with them.”

— Hillary DePiano

All of my knowledge, of both science and religion, I incorporate into the classical tradition of my painting.

— Salvador Dali

Actually I have a tradition that I always steal my last costume on the last day of filming.

— Channing Tatum

My daddy - whenever he wanted to teach us a lesson, he'd tell us a story. It's an Old South tradition.

— Leslie Jordan

People need religion. It's a vehicle for a moral tradition. A crucial role. Nothing can take its place.

— Irving Kristol

If you're always thinking about someone else's work, about the tradition you're working in, how can you possibly make anything good?

— Philipp Meyer