Origin Quotes

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Tall oaks grow from little acorns.Testing. This is the text of an item. Testing. Origin. Testing. Quoted. Testing. Source. The diligent farmer plants trees, of… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Events, circumstances, etc., have their origin in ourselves. They spring from seeds which we have sown. — Henry David Thoreau
In America, our origins matter less than our destination, and that is what democracy is all about. — Ronald Reagan
Man's origin was as spirit, not a physical body. These souls projected themselves into matter, probably for their own diversion. Through the use of his… — Edgar Cayce
The Big Bang, which today we hold to be the origin of the world, does not contradict the intervention of the divine creator but, rather,… — Pope Francis
A prayerful life is not a life in which we say many prayers, but a life in which nothing, absolutely nothing, is done, said, or… — Henri Nouwen
All those evil doctrines about God that work misery and madness have their origin in the brains of the wise and prudent, not in the… — George MacDonald
We are the ORIGIN of our art, its homeland. Viewed this way, ORIGINALITY is the process of remaining true to ourselves. — Julia Cameron
The ultimate goal is a comprehensive classification of what is very likely a single language family. The implications of such a classification for the origin… — Joseph H. Greenberg
Concepts which have proved useful for ordering things easily assume so great an authority over us, that we forget their terrestrial origin and accept them… — Albert Einstein
How is it... that the Son and Holy Spirit are not co-unoriginate with the Father, if they are co-eternal with Him? Because they are from… — Gregory of Nazianzus
It is impossible for the mind to remain undisturbed by thoughts, but anyone serious about the matter can certainly permit them entry or drive them… — John Cassian
"God is love". His is not a sentimental, emotional kind of love but the love of the Father who is the origin of all life,… — Pope Francis
Zionism is nothing more, but also nothing less, than the Jewish People's sense of origin and destination in the Land linked eternally with its name.… — Abba Eban
Anything that is western origin, first you verify it, then accept it. Anything that is Indian origin, first accept it, then verify it if necessary. — Swami Vivekananda
I consider lace to be one of the prettiest imitations ever made of the fantasy of nature; lace always evokes for me those incomparable designs… — Coco Chanel
Thereâ€™s a long and sacred history of the use of X to symbolize the name of Christ, and from its origin, it has meant no… — R C Sproul
It is only in God that we discover our origin, our identity, our meaning, our purpose, our significance, and our destiny. Every other path leads… — Rick Warren
The chief reason why the Christian believes in the divine origin of the Bible is that Jesus Christ Himself taught it. — John Stott
I'm an Indian-origin painter. I will remain so to my last breath. — M. F. Husain

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