Chief Quotes

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The Scotch catechism says that man's chief end is 'to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.' But we shall then know that these are the… — C.S. Lewis
Experience has taught me that there is one chief reason why some people succeed and others fail. The difference is not one of knowing, but… — Roger Babson
The essence of Theosophy is the perfect harmonizing of the divine with the human in man, the adjustment of his god-like qualities and aspirations, and… — H. P. Blavatsky
The chief misery of the decline of the faculties, and a main cause of the irritability that often goes with it, is evidently the isolation,… — Charles Horton Cooley
The Bible is the chief moral cause of all that is good and the best corrector of all that is evil in human society; the… — Noah Webster
The chief danger of the Church today is that it is trying to get on the same side as the world, instead of turning the… — A B Simpson
If our religion is based on salvation, our chief emotions will be fear and trembling. If our religion is based on wonder, our chief emotion… — Carl Jung
The chief occupational hazard of leadership is pride. — John Stott
The chief beneficiary of life insurance policies for young, single people is the life insurance agent. — Wes Smith
Language is the chief means and index of a nation's progress. — Swami Vivekananda
Proceed, great chief, with virtue on thy sideThy every action let the goddess guide. — Phillis Wheatley
On the path of actions, great heart is the chief recommendation; on that works, a great head. — Arthur Schopenhauer
A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge. — B. H. Liddell Hart
I think it rather fine, this necessity for the tense bracing of the will before anything worth doing can be done. I rather like it… — Arnold Bennett
Can one alter oneÂ´s chief feature?" asked someone else. First it is necessary to know it. If you know it, much will depend on the… — P D Ouspensky
The State, it cannot be too often repeated, does nothing and can give nothing which it does not take from somebody. The Forgotten Man works… — William Graham Sumner
The chief helps in this liberation are Abhyasa and Vairagya. Vairagya is non - attachment to life, because it is the will to enjoy that… — Swami Vivekananda
I'm here with Howard Millar and Michael Cawley, our two deputy chief executives. But they're presently making love in the gentleman's toilets, such is their… — Michael O'Leary
I loved [fairy stories] so, and my mother weighed down by grief had given up telling me them. At Nohant I found Mmes. d'Ardony's and… — George Sand
To communicate is our chief business; society and friendship our chief delights; and reading, not to acquire knowledge, not to earn a living, but to… — Virginia Woolf

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