Imposed Upon Quotes

72 quotes by 63 authors

We cannot build the new culture for learning to which we aspire in an environment which is depressed and dampened every day by the impact… — Unknown Author
The most bewildering thing about man is his idea of work and the amount of work he imposes upon himself, or civilization has imposed upon… — Lin Yutang
Do not use your energy except for a cause more noble than yourself. Such a cause cannot be found except in Almighty God Himself: to… — Ibn Hazm
The cross is not only imposed upon the saints as their burden, but bequeathed unto them as their legacy. It is given unto them as… — Richard Alleine
Choose your pleasures for yourself, and do not let them be imposed upon you. — Lord Chesterfield
Love is hot a higher power which descends upon mn nor a duty which is imposed upon him; it is his own power by which… — Erich Fromm
Mathematics is an activity governed by the same rules imposed upon the symphonies of Beethoven, the paintings of DaVinci, and the poetry of Homer. — Edward Kasner
Intelligent men do not decide any subject until they have carefully examined both or all sides of it. Fools, cowards, and those too lazy to… — James Hervey
The power of theocrasy or exercise of government rule over the masses by a hierarchy of priests or adepts rested on its dual system of… — Edith Starr Miller
There are cases where the slave does not know his servitude and where it is necessary to bring the seed of his liberation to him… — Simone de Beauvoir
The duty imposed upon him [the president] to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, follows out the strong injunctions of his oath of… — Joseph Story
We can not wait until we have enough trained people willing to work at a teacher's salary and under conditions imposed upon teachers in order… — Major Owens
Presidents generally do what they are good at in their first four years, then spend their second term responding to the agendas imposed upon them… — Dick Morris
Most men are followers, and implicitly rely upon the judgment of others. They mistake solemnity for wisdom, and regard a grave countenance as the title… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Society soon grows used to any state of things which is imposed upon it without explanation. — Edith Wharton
A superior man may be made to go to the well, but he cannot be made to go down into it. He may be imposed… — Confucius
Modern American literature was born in protest, born in rebellion, born out of the sense of loss and indirection which was imposed upon the new… — Alfred Kazin
In a sense, every form of expression is imposed upon one by social factors, one's own language above all. — Edward Sapir
Knowledge is also borrowed. It is not a flower that grows in your soul, it is something plastic that has been imposed upon you. — Rajneesh
Religion that is imposed upon its recipients turns out to engender either indifference or resentment. Most American religious leaders have recognized that persuasion is far… — William F. Schulz

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