As the observance of divine institutions is the cause of the greatness of republics, so the disregard of them produces their ruin;… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
It is alleged by men of loose principles, or defective views of the subject, that religion and morality are not necessary or… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
Civilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man the path of duty. Performance of duty and observance of morality… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
An outward observance without any real inward meaning is only a ceremony. — Alfred Edersheim Copy Share Image
It is not the enactment, but the observance of laws, that creates the character of a nation. — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Good luck is the willing handmaid of upright, energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
DUEL, n. A formal ceremony preliminary to reconciliation of two enemies. Great skill is necessary to its satisfactory observance; if awkwardly performed… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Our object now, as then, is to vindicate the principles of peace and justice in the life of the world as against… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
I dont see lines of force as being destructive, except to the extent that they are exclusively traceable through observance of the… — Brian Ferneyhough Copy Share Image
The observance of Lent is the very badge of Christian warfare. By it we prove ourselves not to be enemies of Christ.… — Pope Benedict XIV Copy Share Image
Those Christians who are very strict in their observances, think a good deal more of the Sabbath than of man, a great… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
The champions of socialism call themselves progressives, but they recommend a system which is characterized by rigid observance of routine and by… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
It goes with the passionate intensity and deep conviction of the truth of a religious belief, and of course of the importance… — Peter Medawar Copy Share Image
Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments. This is both historically and logically true. Of course the government can help… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Everything was a song. Every conversation, every personal hurt, every observance of people in stress, happiness and love... if you could feel… — Curtis Mayfield Copy Share Image
Some 'separation' zealots would expunge any vestige of religious observance in public schools. Many of the same anti-religious fanatics would like to… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
Should you be unfortunate enough to have vices, you may, to a certain degree, even dignify them by a strict observance of… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
The American pledge not to negotiate with terrorists has been honored more in the breach than the observance from the moment President… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
We find that the Romans owed the conquest of the world to no other cause than continual military training, exact observance of… — Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus Copy Share Image
“It is well to have specifically holy places, and things, and days, for, without these focal points or reminders, the belief that… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Tragic experience indicates that the most sacred obligations are utterly disregarded when their observance means losing the war. — Kirby Page Copy Share Image
... up to this date, I have never been shut up in a separate room, or hedged off with any observances. My… — Margaret Oliphant Copy Share Image
Performance of duty and observance of morality are convertible terms. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Moreover, most people, assuming they had not altogether abandoned religious observances, or did not combine them naively with a thoroughly immoral way… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
The great object to be attained through the observance of Arbor Day is the cultivation of a love for nature among children,… — Andrew S. Draper Copy Share Image
