Necessary Quotes
4217 Necessary quotes by 2554 unique authors
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The knowledge of courtesy and good manners is a very necessary study. It is like grace and beauty, that which begets liking and an inclination…
— Michel de Montaigne
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Ceremony is necessary as the outwork and defense of manners.
— Lord Chesterfield
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I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible? and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary.
— Victor Borge
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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
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In the beginning of his human life man was embryonic in the world of the matrix. There he received capacity and endowment for the reality…
— Abdu'l-Bahá
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Therefore, in this world he must prepare himself for the life beyond. That which he needs in the world of the Kingdom must be obtained…
— Abdu'l-Bahá
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That world beyond is a world of sanctity and radiance; therefore, it is necessary that in this world he should acquire these divine attributes. In…
— Abdu'l-Bahá
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General principles are not the less true or important because from their nature they elude immediate observation; they are like the air, which is not…
— William Hazlitt
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All that is necessary to raise imbecility into what the mob regards as profundity is to lift it off the floor and put it on…
— George Jean Nathan
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The wholly manly man lacks the wit necessary to give objective form to his soaring and secret dreams, and the wholly womanly woman is apt…
— H. L. Mencken
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If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.
— William Hazlitt
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It is alleged by men of loose principles , or defective views of the subject, that religion and morality are not necessary or important qualifications…
— Noah Webster
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We had our unhappy moments but they got channelled into the kind of sadness that was necessary for singing a song about going nowhere. So…
— Tina Weymouth
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We express our being by creating. Creativity is a necessary sequel to being.
— Rollo May
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The truth is that the fall of Napoleon is the hardest blow that our taxing system ever felt. It is now impossible to make people…
— William Cobbett
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No matter how enmeshed a commander becomes in the elaboration of his own thoughts, it is sometimes necessary to take the enemy into account.
— Winston Churchill
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Imagine a room awash in gasoline, and there are two implacable enemies in that room. One of them has nine thousand matches. The other has…
— Carl Sagan
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I would become a priest or a rabbi or a monk or whatever the hell was necessary to perform miracles such as taking money from…
— Lenny Bruce
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No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends as to give them no cause to miss him less.
— Jean de la Bruyere
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A harmless necessary cat.
— William Shakespeare
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In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity.
— Anne Baxter
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Unity in things Necessary, Liberty in things Unnecessary, and Charity in all.
— Richard Baxter
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We need to be kinder with one another, more gentle and forgiving. We need to be slower to anger and more prompt to help. We…
— Howard W. Hunter
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I remember that after that teaching given to me as a young man, as a boy, almost, by the President of the Church. I read…
— Heber J. Grant
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No, the Lord doesn't really need us to take care of the poor, but we need this experience; for it is only through our learning…
— Marion G. Romney
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