Foundation Quotes

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Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up. — Mary Astell
Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility. — Saint Augustine
Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other… — Saint Augustine
Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations… — Saint Augustine
We cannot build foundations of a state without rule of law. — Mahmoud Abbas
A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too will sink back… — Sai Baba
Informed by our sad experience of history, we require nothing short of a foundation for lasting democracy. — Ibrahim Babangida
I think it's really terrifying that a country based on the foundations and ideals of God, is now systematically removing God from everything. Everything! — Stephen Baldwin
When you have a spiritual foundation, you look at poverty differently then. — Dennis Banks
Fear is the foundation of most governments. — John Adams
We shall never resolve the enigma of the relation between the negative foundations of greatness and that greatness itself. — Jean Baudrillard
Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality. — Henry Ward Beecher
Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the foundation upon which sincere and meaningful repentance must be built. If we truly seek to put away… — Ezra Taft Benson
Every Latter-day Saint should love the inspired Constitution of the United States - a nation with a spiritual foundation and a prophetic history - which… — Ezra Taft Benson
Continents may break up, continents may emerge, but the human race is immortal in its origin and in its growth, and there is nothing to… — Annie Besant
Nothing but an imperious intellectual and moral necessity can drive into doubt a religious mind, for it is as though an earthquake shook the foundations… — Annie Besant
When the United States aligns with dictatorships and totalitarian regimes, it compromises the basic democratic principles of its foundation - namely, life, liberty and justice… — Benazir Bhutto
To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense. — Ambrose Bierce
Land: A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation… — Ambrose Bierce
My faith foundation works to bring about a greater respect and understanding between different faiths. We basically work with six popular religions in the world… — Tony Blair

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