Conform Quotes

336 quotes by 288 authors

The cross stands as a mystery because it is foreign to everything we exalt- self over principle, power over meekness, the quick fix over the… — Ravi Zacharias
Longing, breathing, and panting after deliverance is a grace in itself, that has a mighty power to conform the soul into the likeness of the… — John Owen
Cast your whole vote, not a piece of paper merely, but your whole influence. A minority is powerless when it conforms to a majority; but… — Henry David Thoreau
Those skilled at making the enemy move do so by creating a situation to which he must conform; they entice him with something he is… — Sun Tzu
Beware of charisma . . . Representative Men; was Ralph Waldo Emerson's 1850 phrase for the great men in a democracy . . . Is… — Daniel J. Boorstin
The desire to order other people around and make them conform to one own's vision takes many forms. — Thomas Sowell
The German Fuhrer, as I have consistently maintained, is an evolutionist; he has consistently sought to make the practices of Germany conform to the theory… — Arthur Keith
[An engineer's] invention causes things to come into existence from ideas, makes world conform to thought; whereas science, by deriving ideas from observation, makes thought… — Carl Mitcham
The fundamental characteristic of the scientific method is honesty. In dealing with any question, science asks no favors. ... I believe that constant use of… — Ira Remsen
The Church does not dictate the policies of the nation. The Church proclaims the truth of God to which all these policies must conform. — Frank Pavone
Integrity is conforming reality to our words - in other words, keeping promises and fulfilling expectations. — Stephen Covey
Build, therefore, your own world. As fast as you conform your life to the pure idea in your mind, that will unfold it's great proportions. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
We cannot, by total reliance on law, escape the duty to judge right and wrong... There are good laws and there are occasionally bad laws,… — Alexander Bickel
In your reaction to an imagined attack on your country or an insult to its government, you draw closer to the herd for protection, you… — Randolph Bourne
Beware of clichÃ©s. Not just the ÂclichÃ©s that Martin Amis is at war with. There are clichÃ©s of response as well as expression. There are… — Geoff Dyer
Those who sniff decay in every shift of sense or alteration of usage do the language no service. Too often for such people the notion… — Bill Bryson
I don't really care what I look like that much, and I think women out there should just be happy with the way they look.… — Rebel Wilson
If you truly expect to realize your dreams, abandon the need for blanket approval. If conforming to everyone's expectations is the number one goal, you… — Hope Solo
Catholics can in no way convince themselves that so enormous and unjust an in equality in the distribution of this world's goods truly conforms to… — Pope Pius XI
Mad; adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence; not conforming to standards of thought, speech, and action derived by the conformants from study… — Ambrose Bierce

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