Derives Quotes

115 Derives quotes by 105 unique authors

One's true worth as a human being is not a matter of outward appearance or title, but derives rather from the breadth of one's spirit.… — Daisaku Ikeda
If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind! The mind of the sage, being in repose, becomes the mirror… — Zhuangzi
Land is a nation's basis for existence. The nation has its roots like those of a tree deep in the country's soil whence it derives… — Corneliu Zelea Codreanu
It is disgraceful to live at the cost of one's self-respect. Self-respect is the most vital factor in life. Without it, man is a cipher.… — B R Ambedkar
The exterior cannot do without the interior since it is from this, as from life, that it derives much of its inspiration and character. — Stephen Gardiner
Happiness does not come about only due to external circumstances; it mainly derives from inner attitudes. — Dalai Lama
The word ‘studio’ is derives from ‘study’. Our object is not to know the answers before we do the work. It’s to know them after… — Bruce Mau
I hope that there is a very confused 14 year old girl out there who hears me speak or hears me sing and derives some… — Alanis Morissette
Ere many generations pass, our machinery will be driven by a power obtainable at any point in the universe. This idea is not novel...We find… — Nikola Tesla
Insecurity exists in the absence of knowledge. All security derives from knowledge. — L. Ron Hubbard
If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind. — Zhuangzi
A strong desire derives a person straight through the hardest rock. — Aleksis Kivi
Any society that derives its power and authority from the will of man alone lives apart from God and will crumble in the end. — Joshua
Truth derives its strength not so much from itself as from the brilliant contrast it makes with what is only apparently true. This applies especially… — Emanuel Lasker
Organizations endure, however, in proportion to the breadth of the morality by which they are governed. Thus the endurance of organization depends upon the quality… — Chester Barnard
Its subtlest, most appealing accomplishment may be in how other characters respond to Gregorius' precipitous swerve onto the spiritual path. (...) That said, Night Train… — Michelle Huneven
If virtue cannot shine bright, but by the conflict of contrary appetites, shall we then say that she cannot subsist without the assistance of vice,… — Michel de Montaigne
If one asks the whence derives the authority of fundamental ends, since they cannot be stated and justified merely by reason, one can only answer:… — Albert Einstein
The blind conviction that we have to do something about other people's reproductive behavior, and that we may have to do it whether they like… — Germaine Greer
Two hundred years ago, our Founding Fathers gave us a democracy. It was based upon the simple, yet noble, idea that government derives its validity… — Paul Tsongas
I suspect that one of capitalism's crucial assets derives from the fact that the imagination of economists, including its critics, lags well behind its own… — Zygmunt Bauman
Danzon is my favorite Cuban music, played by a traditional string orchestra with flute and piano. It's very formally structured but romantic music, which derives… — Rachel Kushner
In other words, any act that rejects immediate gratification in favor of long-term grown, health, or integrity. Or, expressed another way, any act that derives… — Steven Pressfield
Part of the beauty and much of the moral seriousness of sport derives from the severe justice of strenuous play in a circumscribed universe of… — George Will
We never had it so good: Every person alive today derives great benefit from comforts and pleasures that were not available in the past. All… — Zelig Pliskin

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