Generations Quotes

3253 Generations quotes by 2229 unique authors

We wanted to raise a generation of heretics, but instead we raised a generation of ignoramuses — Berl Katznelson
Young people - with their dynamism, their energy and their inherent understanding of our interconnected world - have much to teach us. Increased educational attainment,… — Kofi Annan
The employment laws are completely unrealistic. You cannot overcome that in only 10 years. It will take at least another generation before young people are… — Helen Suzman
America is now liberty-conscious. In a single generation it has progressed from being toothbrush-conscious, to being air-minded, to being liberty-conscious. — Elwyn Brooks White
Every ambitious would-be empire, clarions it abroad that she is conquering the world to bring it peace, security and freedom, and it is sacrificing her… — Henry David Thoreau
It is interesting to observe with what singular unanimity the farthest sundered nations and generations consent to give completeness and roundness to an ancient fable,… — Henry David Thoreau
All social workers want is to get everyone involved in a programme. Because a programme provides full employment for three generations of social workers. And… — David Eddings
A work settles nothing, just as the labor of a whole generation settles nothing. Sons, and the morrow, always start afresh. — Cesare Pavese
The fathers who contrived and passed the Consititution were wise in their generation; as time passes, we come more and more to realize their powers… — Learned Hand
Overhead the sanctities of the stars shine forever-more... pouring satire on the pompous business of the day which they close, and making the generations of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
This is the true joy in life: Being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, being a force of nature instead… — George Bernard Shaw
No generation is interested in art in quite the same way as any other; each generation, like each individual, brings to the contemplation of art… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Their preservation depends upon a sentiment. As sentiment never yet annihilated a paying industry, we cannot hope to stay, wholly, the ax and saw of… — Frank Howard Clark
The most important question of the 21st century is not what or how much, it is 'How?' How do you propose to turn your good… — William J. Clinton
Pay no heed to the passing religious vogue. Go back to the grass roots. Open your hearts and search the Scriptures. Bear your cross, follow… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
I am looking for the fellowship of the burning heart--for men and women of all generations everywhere who love the Savior until adoration becomes the… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Navigators have had a huge impact in my life; I gave my life to Christ in college and the witness of The Navigators and their… — Curtis Martin
This idea of helping the next generation is a very intrinsic part of photojournalism. We need to continue to build this new group of photographers… — Ron Haviv
Where past generations had film cameras, scrapbooks, notebooks, and that part of the brain which stores memories, we now have a smartphone app for every… — Graydon Carter
Our youth must be steadfast and take advantage of the benefits of modern civilization. Do not fall prey to idleness for it shall be a… — Haile Selassie
Wars don't happen on battlefields; they go on happening in people's hearts for generations and generations, and the ecological damage is unfathomably complex and dire. — Michael Leunig
The mortal nature is seeking as far as is possible to be everlasting and immortal: and this is only to be attained by generation, because… — Plato
Within your own generation-the same songs, the same wars, the same attitudes toward those wars, the same rules and radio shows in the air-you can… — John Updike
Every error has its consequences and venges itself unto the seventh generation. — Arthur Koestler
We have been maintaining a standard of living by putting things on the debt of the next generation. — Richard Lamm

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