Accord Quotes
295 quotes by 241 authors
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If I decide to be an idiot, then I'll be an idiot on my own accord.
— Johann Sebastian Bach
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Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord.
— Pope Benedict XVI
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The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation.
— John Cage
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When we look back, the only things we cherish are those which in some way met our original want; the desire which formed in us…
— Willa Cather
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We do not draw conclusions with our eyes, but with our reasoning powers, and if the whole of the rest of living nature proclaims with…
— August Weismann
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All of our holy fathers knew this and all with one accord teach that perfection in holiness can be achieved only through humility.
— John Cassian
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Notice carefully every word here. It is not our prayer which draws Jesus into our hearts. Nor is it our prayer which moves Jesus to…
— Ole Hallesby
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From the day of Pentecost until the present time, it has been necessary to be of one accord in prayer before the Spirit of God…
— John Mott
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I trust there are none here present, who profess to be followers of Christ who do not also practice prayer in their families. We may…
— Charles Spurgeon
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This country can have no more democracy than it accords and guarantees to the humblest and weakest citizen.
— James Weldon Johnson
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Whoever is the first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy will be fresh for the fight... Therefore the clever combatant imposes…
— Sun Tzu
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Nevertheless, he must be cautious in believing and acting, and must not inspire fear of his own accord, and must proceed in a temperate manner…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is tempermental,…
— Sun Tzu
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First prepare the ground, then prayer happens on its own accord. Prayer is something that you cannot do. Meditation is something that you can do…
— Rajneesh
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Science in England is not a profession: its cultivators are scarcely recognised even as a class. Our language itself contains no single term by which…
— Charles Babbage
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"Ju" means being natural or in other words the way which is natural and in accords with the truth of the universe and the one…
— Kyuzo Mifune
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Real beauty lies in the spiritual accord that is called love which can exist between a man and a woman....
— Khalil Gibran
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Always, Sir, set a high value on spontaneous kindness. he whose inclination prompts him to cultivate your friendship of his own accord, will love you…
— Samuel Johnson
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Let tears flow of their own accord; their flowing is not inconsistent with inward peace and harmony.
— Seneca the Younger
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Everything vanishes round me and good works rise from me of their own accord.
— Paul Klee
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