Endowment Quotes

88 quotes by 77 authors

During my tenure at the Endowment, I often found that those who did us the most damage did so under the justification of helping us… — John Frohnmayer
We have substituted organizing for agonizing and equipment for endowment. — Leonard Ravenhill
If [a student's] collegeâ€™s endowment portfolio has fossil-fuel stock, then their educations are being subsidized by investments that guarantee they wonâ€™t have much of a… — Bill McKibben
Command is a mountaintop. The air breathed there is different, and the perspectives seen there are different, from those of the valley of obedience. The… — Bertrand de Jouvenel
Motherhood is not what was left over after our Father blessed His sons with priesthood ordination. It was the most ennobling endowment He could give… — Sheri L. Dew
Happiness is an endowment and not an acquisition. It depends more upon temperament and disposition than environment. — John James Ingalls
There cannot be a surer rule, nor a stronger exhortation to the observance of it, than when we are taught that all the endowments which… — John Calvin
The Church is her true self only when she exists for humanity. As a fresh start, she should give away all her endowments to the… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I believe that man's noblest endowment is his capacity to change. — Leonard Bernstein
As for solitude, I cannot understand how certain people seek to lay claim to intellectual stature, nobility of soul and strength of character, yet have… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining. What he becomes-within the limits of endowment… — Viktor E. Frankl
The naturally advantaged are not to gain merely because they are more gifted, but only to cover the costs of training and education and for… — John Rawls
Work is honorable. It is good therapy for most problems. It is the antidote for worry. It is the equalizer for deficiency of native endowment.… — J. Richard Clarke
'Every good endowment and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights' (Jms. 1:17). But there is something more. Inspired… — Pope Dionysius
What is the explanation for the blind eye that has been turned on the flood of medical reports on the causative role of carbohydrates in… — Robert Atkins
After the Volcker Fund collapsed, I got another grant from the Lilly Endowment to do a history of the U.S., which I worked on from… — Murray Rothbard
You have despoiled churches. You have threatened every corporation and endowment in the country. You have examined into everybodys affairs. You have criticised every profession… — Benjamin Disraeli
A person's genetic endowment, a product of the evolution of the species, is said to explain part of the workings of his mind and his… — B.F. Skinner
Your background or colour has nothing to do with your progress, but your endowments are the determining factors — Michael Bassey
What I'm very upset about is the attempt to dictate to museums what they show, and the statements made by politicians in Washington that have… — Hans Haacke

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