Preservation Quotes

345 Preservation quotes by 279 unique authors

Fear has made them sloppy. The world teeters at a precipe. All scared to take a step in case they put a foot into empty… — Joe Abercrombie
He who neglects what is done for what ought to be done, sooner effects his ruin than his preservation. — Niccolo Machiavelli
So viewing the issue, no choice was left but to call out the war power of the Government; and so to resist force, employed for… — Abraham Lincoln
To unmask the deceit of every instinct for preservation is to procure salvation for humanity in nothingness.. ..Nothingness must be defined as the absense of… — Maurice Blondel
I believe the preservation of the home in the future lies almost entirely in the hands of men. — Agnes Macphail
Well-being is possible to the degree to which one has overcome one's narcissism; to the degree to which one is open, responsive, sensitive, awake, empty....… — Erich Fromm
The sacrifice of personal existence is necessary to secure the preservation of the species. — Adolf Hitler
The state is a means to an end. Its end lies in the preservation and advancement of a community of physically and psychically homogenous creatures. — Adolf Hitler
A belief, however necessary it may be for the preservation of a species, has nothing to do with truth. The falseness of a judgment is… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Many have dreamed up republics and principalities that have never in truth been known to exist; the gulf between how one should live and how… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Self-preservation is the first principle of our nature. — Alexander Hamilton
Their preservation depends upon a sentiment. As sentiment never yet annihilated a paying industry, we cannot hope to stay, wholly, the ax and saw of… — Frank Howard Clark
Is it not wonderful, that the love of the parent should be so violent while it lasts and that it should last no longer than… — Joseph Addison
The preservation of friendship is seen as opportunism. You are required to be in one camp or the other. You are enjoined to cut your… — Jean Cocteau
The blood of a nation ought never to be shed except for its own preservation in the utmost extremity. — Francois Fenelon
The power that keeps cities of men together Is noble preservation of law. — Euripides
If you lie down in a village square hoping to capture a sea gull, you could stay there your whole life without succeeding. But a… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I have an instinct for survival, for self-preservation. — Julian Barnes
The feudal concept of self-preservation is poisoned at the core by the virulent assumption of master and man, of potentate and slave, of external and… — Louis Sullivan
Obama's personality traits, coupled with his extreme-leftist agenda, make him particularly dangerous to the American ideal and to the preservation of our founding principles, as… — David Limbaugh
Society is an organism which obeys the immutable law of progress; and change, judicious and cautious change, is necessary for the well being, and indeed… — Swami Vivekananda
Be still, Be joyous, Celebrate creation, preservation and destruction; For these are the seasons of your life: Of your knowing and being. — Frederick Lenz
Many people talk a lot about environmental preservation, but true greatness lies in putting these principles into practice and actually doing something about it. — Mata Amritanandamayi
Nothing is more important in the preservation of peace than to secure among the great mass of the people living under constitutional government a just… — Elihu Root
I have long been active in and supportive of conservation and historical preservation causes. — Jack L. Chalker

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