Own Sake Quotes

211 Own Sake quotes by 172 unique authors

Nevertheless, the Tenth Commandment-'Thou shalt not covet'-recognizes that making money and owning things could become selfish activities. But it is not the creation of wealth… — Margaret Thatcher
We can begin to open our hearts to others when we have no hope of getting anything back. We just do it for its own… — Pema Chodron
The concept that one ought to restrict one's political involvement to one's own state was deeply antithetical to those who were pursuing the accumulation of… — Immanuel Wallerstein
Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for… — Christopher Hitchens
The world exists for its own sake, not for ours. Swallow *that* pill! — Edward Abbey
Satan hates God for His own sake, and everything that is dear to God he hates for the very reason that God loves it. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
And we shall most likely be defeated, and you will most likely be victors in the contest, if you learn so to order your lives… — Plato
Play exists for its own sake. Play is for the moment; it is not hurried, even when the pace is fast and timing seems important.… — Margaret Guenther
Love is a powerful tool, and maybe, just maybe, before the last little town is corrupted and the last of the unroaded and undeveloped wildness… — T. H. Watkins
Human beings are too important to be treated as mere symptoms of the past. They have a value which is independent of any temporal process──which… — Lytton Strachey
Politics with me isn't theater. It's performance art. Sometimes, for its own sake. — Roger Stone
Truth is power, but only when one has patience and requires of it no immediate effect. And one must have no specific aims. Somehow, lack… — Romano Guardini
If nothing is self-evident, nothing can be proved. Similarly if nothing is obligatory for its own sake, nothing is obligatory at all. — C.S. Lewis
Open-mindedness should not be fostered because, as Scripture teaches, Truth is great and will prevail, nor because, as Milton suggests, Truth will always win in… — Richard Rorty
Wealth for its own sake is an empty shell. Wealth that includes making other people's lives better will reward you even more than the beautiful… — Gene Simmons
We who are living in the west today are fortunate. Freedom has been bequeathed to us. We have not had to carve it out of… — Margaret Thatcher
There is scarcely anything so dull and meaningless as Bible doctrine taught for its own sake. Truth divorced from life is not truth in its… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
The writing of solid, instructive stuff fortified by facts and figures is easy enough. There is no trouble in writing a scientific treatise on the… — Stephen Leacock
I do no think human beings ever came through such a month as we have…We are weak, writing is difficult, but for my own sake… — Robert Falcon Scott
Well, I think critics are very useful. But I think that they, in a way, betray their position when they stop people looking for themselves.… — Antony Gormley
If the believers in liberty wish the principles of liberty taught, let them never intrust that instruction to any government; for the nature of government… — Voltairine de Cleyre
As liberty of thought is absolute, so is liberty of speech, which is 'inseparable' from the liberty of thought. Liberty of speech, moreover, is essential… — Gertrude Himmelfarb
During my life I have seen, known, and lost too much to be the prey of vain dread; and, as for the hope of immortality,… — Mika
I was watching Monster's Ball, which is a fabulous movie. It's just a little gem: beautifully shot, and shot in a way I never would… — Adrian Lyne
I had then and still retain an interest in science for its own sake and as a metaphor for our current lives. — Peter Hammill

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