Preservation Quotes

345 Preservation quotes by 279 unique authors

Char Miller's lively, insightful account of the life and world of American forester Gifford Pinchot fills a vitally important gap in environmental and conservation history.… — Carolyn Merchant
Two ideas are psychologically deep-rooted in man: self-protection and self-preservation. For self-protection man has created God, on whom he depends for his own protection, safety… — Walpola Rahula
The liberal uses the radical's language to achieve the conservative's aim: the preservation of the capitalist system, and the traditional ethnic/racial hierarchy within society. — Manning Marable
Zoos should concentrate more on the preservation side of things. — Gerald Durrell
A small house must depend on its grouping with other houses for its beauty, and for the preservation of light air and the maximum of… — Clarence Stein
What is without us has no connection with happiness, only so far as the preservation of our lives and health depends upon it. . .… — Benjamin Franklin
Indulge yourself in pleasures only in so far as they are necessary for the preservation of health. — Baruch Spinoza
The West of which I speak is but another name for the Wild, and what I have been preparing to say is, that in Wildness… — Henry David Thoreau
It is the preservation of the species, not of individuals, which appears to be the design of Deity throughout the whole of nature. — Mary Wollstonecraft
Will we be extremists for hate, or will we be extremists for love? Will we be extremists for the preservation of injustice, or will we… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I endeavored to give thanks to our Heavenly Father for all his mercies to me, for his preservation of me through all the dangers I… — Robert E. Lee
The only [child welfare] systems that succeed emphasize family preservation. — Richard Wexler
It was the separation of powers upon which the framers placed their hopes for the preservation of the people's liberties. Despite this heritage, the congress… — Robert Byrd
A public library is the most enduring of memorials, the trustiest monument for the preservation of an event or a name or an affection; for… — Mark Twain
He who governs himself according to what he calls his principles may be punished either by one party or the other for those very principles.… — J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur
After independence was gained, one of the first Acts passed by the Greek government was for the protection and preservation of national monuments. — Melina Mercouri
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. — Gustav Mahler
Government is a guarantor of liberty and is compatible with liberty only if its range is adequately restricted to the preservation of what is called… — Ludwig von Mises
Earth Day is the first holy day which transcends all national borders, yet preserves all geographical integrities, spans mountains and oceans and time belts, and… — Margaret Mead
That mainstream English is essential to our self-preservation is indisputable . . . but it is not necessary to abandon Spoken Soul to master Standard… — Unknown Author

Who Wrote These Preservation Quotes

279 authors contributed a total of 345 Preservation Quotes, led by these top contributors: