Founders Quotes

285 Founders quotes by 241 unique authors

Commemoration of Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189 Some there are who presume so far on their wits that they think themselves… — Thomas Aquinas
Feast of Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Order of Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253 Commemoration of John Henry Newman, Priest, Teacher, Tractarian, 1890 It is… — John Henry Newman
The founder of every creed from Jesus Christ to Karl Marx, would be appalled to return to earth and see what has been made of… — Sydney J. Harris
Genuine Work alone, what thou workest faithfully, that is eternal, as the Almighty Founder and World-Builder himself. — Thomas Carlyle
To travel like a bird, lightly to view | Deserts where stone gods founder in the sand, | Ocean embraced in a white sleep with… — Cecil Day-Lewis
I wish I could convey the perfection of a seal slipping into water or a spider monkey swinging from point to point or a lion… — Yann Martel
The worshipful father and first founder and embellisher of ornate eloquence in our English, I mean Master Geoffrey Chaucer. — William Caxton
I may have had many projects, but I never was free to carry out any of them. It did me little good to be holding… — Napoleon Bonaparte
The founders of that ancient empire were robbers and women stealers, and made laws favoring monogamy in consequence of the scarcity of women among them,… — Brigham Young
We must never lose sight of the fact that we must take part in the development, not only of ourselves but of all humanity... I… — Jewel
I know men; and I tell you that Jesus Christ is not a man. Superficial minds see a resemblance between Christ and the founders of… — Napoleon Bonaparte
Posterity will talk of Washington as the founder of a great empire, when my name shall be lost in the vortex of revolution. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Our culture has forgotten what the Founders knew: The American experiment is a moral, not just a political, exercise. — Charles Colson
...there ... remains a huge following [of Ayn Rand's philosophy] of those who ignore the indiscretions, infidelities, and moral inconsistencies of the founder and focus… — Michael Shermer
Socrates.- If all goes well, the time will come when one will take up the memorabilia of Socrates rather than the Bible as a guide… — Friedrich Nietzsche
It's not the work or the personality of the founder of a religion that's important, but what its followers do with what they learn. — Charles de Lint
I refer the largest number of my clients to Payce Payroll because the specialize in the restaurant and contractors industries. I am pleased with the… — Steve Melnyk
I don't like to put tags on my music. I leave that to others. Seems like some people see me as the founder of "space… — Hans-Peter LindstrÃ¸m
The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization. — Sigmund Freud
When the Constitution was written, the founders had no way of anticipating the new technologies that would evolve in the coming centuries. — Al Franken

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