Apprehension Quotes

168 quotes by 150 authors

The soul is the perceiver and revealer of truth. We know truth when we see it, let skeptic and scoffer say what they choose ...… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The regulation of commerce, it is true, is a new power; but that seems to be an addition which few oppose and from which no… — James Madison
By recognizing a favorable opinion of yourself, and taking pleasure in it, you in a measure give yourself and your peace of mind into the… — Charles Horton Cooley
The determination of the average man is not merely a matter of speculative curiosity; it may be of the most important service to the science… — Adolphe Quetelet
To act intelligently in human affairs is only possible if an attempt is made to understand the thoughts, motives, and apprehension of one's opponent so… — Albert Einstein
Growth is a greater mystery than death. All of us can understand failure, we all contain failure and death within us, but not even the… — Norman Mailer
If I could have entertained the slightest apprehension that the Constitution framed in the Convention where I had the honor to preside might possibly endanger… — George Washington
Lord, enlighten thou our enemies. Sharpen their wits, give acuteness to their perceptions, and consecutiveness and clearness to their reasoning powers: we are in danger… — John Stuart Mill
In the larger view the major forces of the depression now lie outside of the United States, and our recuperation has been retarded by the… — Herbert Hoover
We recognize that same-sex marriage makes some people deeply uncomfortable. However, inertia and apprehension are not legitimate bases for denying same-sex couples due process and… — Henry Franklin Floyd
The qualities of number appear to lead to the apprehension of truth. — Plato
I have no great quickness of apprehension or wit which is so remarkable in some clever men, for instance Huxley — Charles Darwin
Beauty is a relation, and the apprehension of it a comparison. — Gerard Manley Hopkins
I think myself obliged, whatever my private apprehensions may be of the success, to do my duty, and leave events to their Disposer. — Robert Boyle
The nations slithered over the brink into the boiling cauldron of war without any trace of apprehension or dismay... The nations backed their machines over… — David Lloyd George
The concern that some women show at the absence of their husbands, does not arise from their not seeing them and being with them, but… — Michel de Montaigne
If we admit a thing so extraordinary as the creation of this world, it should seem that we admit something strange, and odd, and new… — George Berkeley
But there still prevails, even in nations well acquainted with commerce, a strong jealousy with regard to the balance of trade, and a fear, that… — David Hume
The subtleties of mathematics defecate the grossness of our apprehension, and supply the elements of a sounder and severer logic. — William Godwin
If you concentrate on the present, you eliminate what happened yesterday and any apprehension of what may happen tomorrow. — Denis Waitley

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