Govern Quotes

513 Govern quotes by 381 unique authors

An emperor knows how to govern when poets are free to make verses, people to act plays, historians to tell the truth, ministers to give… — Will Durant
The art of those who govern consists above all in the science of employing words. — Gustave Le Bon
Don't be pushed by your problems, be led by your dreams. Govern your life by priorities not your pressures. — Myles Munroe
We cannot foresee what the Lord has in mind for us. Our only course of action is to be prepared and worthy for whatever he… — M. Russell Ballard
The inhibitor of creativity isn't potential it's fear. We worry about saying the wrong thing or looking foolish so we govern our imagination. — Josh Linkner
Why is taste, the crudest of our senses, exempted from the ethical rules that govern our other senses? — Jonathan Safran Foer
It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else — Kwame Nkrumah
Many able Gardeners and Husbandmen are yet Ignorant of the Reason of their Calling; as most Artificers are of the Reason of their own Rules… — William Penn
A man's reaction to his appetites and impulses when they are roused gives the measure of that man's character. In these reactions are revealed the… — David O. McKay
For just experience tells, in every soil, That those that think must govern those that toil. — Oliver Goldsmith
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with reason… — Harry S. Truman
The descendants of European immigrants do not govern the United States of America today. The foreign and domestic policies of the country are made by… — Julius Streicher
The borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps, so that secure and recognized borders are established… — Barack Obama
Without criticism and reliable and intelligent reporting, the government cannot govern. — Walter Lippmann
There never did, there never will, and there never can exist a parliament, or any description of men, or any generation of men, in any… — Thomas Paine
A man must first govern himself ere he is fit to govern a family; and his family ere he be fit to bear the government… — Walter Raleigh
As the mind must govern the hands, so in every society the man of intelligence must direct the man of labor. — Samuel Johnson
I believe that each of us can make a difference. That what is wrong can be made right. That people possess the basic wisdom and… — Hubert H. Humphrey
I have inherited this burden of superstition and nonsense. I govern innumerable men but must acknowledge that I am governed by birds and thunderclaps — Thornton Wilder
To govern is to correct. If you set an example by being correct, who would dare remain incorrect? — Confucius
In the name of all competitors, I promise that we will take part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by all the rules which… — Pierre de Coubertin
We will make it so that a Democrat cannot govern as a Democrat. — Grover Norquist
All men are equal and free: society by nature, and destination, is therefore autonomous and ungovernable. If the sphere of activity of each citizen is… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Not only in geometry, but to a still more astonishing degree in physics, has it become more and more evident that as soon as we… — Hermann Weyl
Let reason govern desire. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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