Above All Other Quotes
29 quotes by 28 authors
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If, on a rare occasion, it is necessary to speak with some severity in order to make a grievous crime felt, we should always, at…
— Alphonsus Liguori
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Know thyself! This is the source of all wisdom, said the great thinkers of the past, and the sentence was written in golden letters on…
— Karl Ernst von Baer
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Patriotism is "a very definite feeling of preference for one's own people or State above all other peoples and States, and a consequent wish to…
— Leo Tolstoy
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And the angel said unto me: Behold the formation of a church which is most abominable above all other churches, which slayeth the saints of…
— Joseph Smith, Jr.
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By patriotism is meant, not only spontaneous, instinctive love for one's own nation, and preference for it above all other nations, but also the belief…
— Leo Tolstoy
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No longer was she merely the dancing-girl who extorts a cry of lust and concupiscence from an old man by the lascivious contortions of her…
— Joris-Karl Huysmans
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"Life is unfair" "The goalposts will move" and above all: "other people matter"
— Christopher Peterson
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I don't particularly like babies. They are loud and smelly and, above all other things, demanding. No matter how much free day care you throw…
— Amanda Marcotte
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All we know of science or of religion comes from philosophy. It lies behind and above all other knowledge we have or use.
— L. Ron Hubbard
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God seeks for your individual happiness above all other godly concerns.
— Jeffrey R. Holland
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The resurrection is not merely important to the historic Christian faith; without it, there would be no Christianity. It is the singular doctrine that elevates…
— Adrian Rogers
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Man has risen so far above all other species that he competes in ways unique in nature. He fights by means of complicated weapons; he…
— Charles Lindbergh
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I think the British have the distinction above all other nations of being able to put new wine into old bottles without bursting them.
— Clement Attlee
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Every human action gains in honor, in grace, in all true magnificence, by its regard to things that are to come. It is the far…
— John Ruskin
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But man is freer than all the animals, on account of his free-will, with which he is endowed above all other animals.
— Thomas Aquinas
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Humility is my best friend, I've always valued it above all other spiritual qualities.
— Frederick Lenz
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To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above all other values - above personal wealth, technical power and…
— Herbert Read
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His love for Frodo rose above all other thoughts, and forgetting his peril he cried aloud: 'I'm coming Mr. Frodo!
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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This does not mean that you are warmongers. On the contrary, the soldier above all other people prays for peace, for he must suffer and…
— Douglas MacArthur
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Our father was a great warrior. Our mother is proud and strong. They shared only one flaw: that their only loyalty was to themselves above…
— Erin Hunter
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