Behooves Quotes

32 Behooves quotes by 28 unique authors

It behooves us then to humble ourselves before the offended Power to confess our national sins and to pray for clemency and forgiveness... — Abraham Lincoln
Life is just a short walk from the cradle to the grave - and it sure behooves us to be kind to one another along… — Alice Childress
[I]f in other sciences we should arrive at certainty without doubt and truth without error, it behooves us to place the foundations of knowledge in… — Roger Bacon
It behooves our citizens to be on their guard, to be firm in their principles, and full of confidence in themselves. We are able to… — Thomas Jefferson
It behooves us to avoid archaisms. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do. — William Safire
It behooves us unanimously and inviolably to observe the ecclesiastical traditions, whether codified or simply retained by the customary practice of the Church. — Peter Canisius
It behooves our citizens to be on their guard, to be firm in their principles, and full of confidence in themselves. We are able to… — Grace Lee Boggs
In the face of this approaching disaster, it behooves men and women not yet overcome by war madness to raise their voice of protest, to… — Emma Goldman
It behooves us to accomplish what God requires of us, even when we are in the greatest despair respecting the results. — John Calvin
At this point in history when all things which concern man and the structure and elements of history itself are suddenly revealed to us in… — Karl Mannheim
We usually do pay attention to our outer appearance, typically noticing whatever part of our bodies we are unhappy about. It behooves us, however, to… — Jean Shinoda Bolen
You will probably have but a short time to live. Before you launch into eternity, it behooves you to improve the time that may be… — Thomas McKean
There are great truths at the foundation of Freemasonry, truths which it is its mission to teach and which is constituting the very essence of,… — Albert Pike
It behooves us always to bear in mind, that while actions are always to be judged by the immutable standard of right and wrong, the… — Robert Southey
In a world that has so largely engaged in a mad and often brutally harsh race for material gain by means of ruthless competition, it… — John Dewey
Above all, it behooves us to repress, and if possible to extinguish once and for all, our inveterate tendency to judge others by the extent… — George F. Kennan
The habit some writers indulge in of perpetual quotation is one it behooves lovers of good literature to protest against, for it is an insidious… — Ethel Smyth
It is a governing principle of nature, that the agency which can produce most good, when perverted from its proper aim, is most productive of… — James F. Cooper
It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may,… — Thomas Jefferson
It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished… — Theodore Roosevelt
The odor of bowel wind is known to every human, but the fragrance of book glue has crossed only a fraction of mortal nostrils. And… — James K. Morrow
It behooves a father to be blameless if he expects his child to be. — Homer
The Gods we worship write their names on our faces; be sure of that. And a man will worship something ... That which dominates will… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
You mean Teletubbies? (Berith) The fact that you know what they’re called, Berith, truly scares me. (Jericho) As a demon of torture, it behooves me… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Every man has within him only one life and one nature ... It behooves a man to look within himself and turn to the best… — Ellis Peters

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