Cardinal Quotes

122 quotes by 107 authors

Iâ€™ve broken a cardinal rule of art, music, and career paths: actors are supposed to act, and musicians are supposed to music. Thatâ€™s how it… — Hugh Jackman
There is something which unites magic and applied science (technology) while separating them from the "wisdom" of earlier ages. For the wise men of old,… — C.S. Lewis
Contempt for failure is our cardinal virtue. — Steven Pressfield
Buddhismâ€™s cardinal ethical principle is to avoid causing harm. — Gil Fronsdal
When the depressive psychosis has become manifest, its cardinal feature seems to be a mental inhibition which renders a rapport between the patient and the… — Karl Abraham
One of the cardinal sins in our country is profanity -- the taking of the name of the Lord in vain. — Ezra Taft Benson
One of the cardinal sins in our country is profanity -- the taking of the name of the Lord in vain. Reverence for the name… — Ezra Taft Benson
I made up my mind long ago to follow one cardinal rule in all my writing â€” to be clear. — Isaac Asimov
Selfishness is much more than an ordinary problem because it activates all the cardinal sins! It is the detonator in the breaking of the Ten… — Neal A. Maxwell
The very first as a cardinal rule for a person to build trust is to do must only that what is humanly just as that… — Unknown Author
I was very surprised when I heard that I had been chosen to receive the James Cardinal Gibbons Award. — Aaron Neville
I think about my mother every day. But usually the thoughts are fleeting - she crosses my mind like a spring cardinal that flies past… — Meghan O'Rourke
The political system of the United States is essentially extra-European. To stand in firm and cautious independence of all entanglement in the European system has… — John Quincy Adams
Clean living is the cardinal principle in the lives of the world's greatest athletes, as the phenomenal performances of these outstanding characters will obviously show. — Major Taylor
A cardinal rule of writing is never interrupt yourself to explain something. If you must bring up an obscure topic, drop informative hints about it… — Florence King
In the John Paul II days, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger had the advantage of staying in his cupboard - the Congregation for the Doctrine of the… — Carl Bernstein
If you call attention to yourself at the expense of the song, that's the cardinal sin. — Benmont Tench
For the wise men of old the cardinal problem had been how to conform the soul to reality. For magic and applied science alike the… — C.S. Lewis
The Jackdaw sat in the Cardinal's chair! Bishop and Abbot and Prior were there, Many a monk and many a friar, Many a knight and… — Richard Harris Barham
The conquest of fear yields the courage of life. That is the cardinal initiation of every heroic adventure-- fearlessness and achievement. — Joseph Campbell

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