First Importance Quotes
18 quotes by 15 authors
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In a republican nation whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and not by force, the art of reasoning becomes of first…
— Thomas Jefferson
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How can we give to the Lord? What shall we give to him? Every kind word to our own, every help given them, is as…
— John Andreas Widtsoe
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Civilization...is a matter of imponderables, of delight in the thins of the mind, of love of beauty, of honor, grace, courtesy, delicate feeling. Where imponderables,…
— Edith Hamilton
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A good supply of resignation is of the first importance in providing for the journey of life.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
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It is of first importance that the military be subordinate to civilian government
— John Rawls
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Technique does not constitute art. Nor is it a vague, fuzzy romantic quality known as ‘beauty,’ remote from the realities of everyday life. It is…
— Grant Wood
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Each thing has its word, but the word has become a thing by itself. Why shouldn't I find it? Why can't a tree be called…
— Hugo Ball
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In setting out the walls of a city the choice of a healthy situation is of the first importance: it should be on high ground,…
— Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
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Who are our enemies? Who are our friends? This is a question of the first importance for the revolution.
— Mao Zedong
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Jesus Christ said more about money than about any other single thing because, when it comes to a man's real nature, money is of first…
— Richard Halverson
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It has always seemed to me that a love of natural objects, and the depth, as well as exuberance and refinement of mind, produced by…
— Frederick William Faber
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In a republican nation whose citizens are to be led by reason and persuasion and not by force, the art of reasoning becomes of first…
— Thomas Jefferson
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The art of reasoning becomes of first importance. In this line antiquity has left us the finest models for imitation; I should consider the speeches…
— Thomas Jefferson
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If there's anything in life that we should be passionate about, it's the gospel. And I don't mean passionate only about sharing it with others.…
— C. J. Mahaney
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The cultivation of a hobby and new forms of interest is a policy of first importance to a public man.
— Winston Churchill
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I am not sure that it is of the first importance that you should be happy. Many an unhappy man has been of deep service…
— Woodrow Wilson
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Similarly, the problem of the rights of the state in the disposition of inheritances left by individuals presents social aspects of the first importance.
— Rene Cassin
Who Wrote These First Importance Quotes
15 authors contributed a total of 18 First Importance Quotes as follows: