Foundation Quotes

1787 Foundation quotes by 1279 unique authors

Not to have an adequate air force in the present state of the world is to compromise the foundations of national freedom and independence. — Winston Churchill
Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that… — Laozi
Our national defense will be consolidated and no imperialist will be allowed to invade our territory again. Our People's armed forces must be maintained and… — Mao Zedong
The foundations of the world are to be found, not in the cognitive experience of conscious thought, but in the aesthetic experience of everyday life. — Alfred North Whitehead
The beautiful rests on the foundations of the necessary. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
May it be my privilege to have the happiness of establishing the commonwealth on a firm and stable basis and thus enjoy the reward which… — Augustus
Since time is the one immaterial object which we cannot influence - neither speed up nor slow down, add to nor diminish - it is… — Maya Angelou
Deep is the sea, and deep is hell, but pride mineth deeper; it is coiled as a poisonous worm about the foundations of the soul. — Martin Farquhar Tupper
The most satisfactory thing in all this earthly life is to be able to serve our fellow-beings-first, those who are bound to us by ties… — Charles William Eliot
A face is too slight a foundation for happiness. — Mary Wortley Montagu
Courage combined with integrity is the foundation of character. — Brian Tracy
The future of peace and prosperity that we seek for all the world's peoples needs a foundation of tolerance, security, equality and justice. — Kofi Annan
As the Little House settled down on her new foundation, she smiled happily. Once again she could watch the sun and moon and stars. Once… — Virginia Lee Burton
By means of microscopic observation and astronomical projection the lotus flower can become the foundation for an entire theory of the universe and an agent… — Yukio Mishima
By the age of three, the child has already laid down the foundations of his personality as a human being, and only then does he… — Maria Montessori
The ultimate foundation of a free society is the binding tie of cohesive sentiment. — Felix Frankfurter
The only foundation for . . . a republic is to be laid in Religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue… — Benjamin Rush
Religion [is] the basis and foundation of Government — James Madison
Deep religious beliefs stemming from the Old and New Testaments of the Bible inspired many of the early settlers of our country, providing them with… — Ronald Reagan
Catastrophes come when some dominant institution, swollen like a soap-bubble and still standing without foundations, suddenly crumbles at the touch of what may seem a… — George Santayana
The national government...will maintain and defend the foundations on which the power of our nation rests. It will offer strong protection to Christianity as the… — Adolf Hitler
Wonder is the foundation of all philosophy, inquiry the progress, ignorance the end. — Michel de Montaigne
If the gentleman is not serious, he will not be respected, and his learning will not be on a firm foundation. He considers loyalty and… — Confucius
It's all or nothing with my makeup. If I get dressed up, I'll go to an extreme. I'll wear foundation, bright blue or bright red… — Angelina Jolie
If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own. — Charlotte Bronte

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