Preserving Quotes

229 Preserving quotes by 202 unique authors

When two people in a marriage are more concerned about getting the golden eggs, the benefits, than they are in preserving the relationship that makes… — Stephen Covey
Hitherto the plans of the educationalists have achieved very little of what they attempted, and indeed we may well thank the beneficent obstinacy of real… — C.S. Lewis
From the Scriptures we find basic truths that may serve as the foundation of our teaching of history. The first basic truth is that God… — D. A. Fisher
I protect my right to be a Catholic by preserving your right to believe as a Jew, a Protestant, or non-believer, or as anything else… — Mario
Dostoevsky wrote fiction about identity, moral value, death, will, sexual vs. spiritual love, greed, freedom, obsession, reason, faith, suicide. And he did it without ever… — David Foster Wallace
The average person is unaware that he or she is living out a negative destiny according to his or her past (childhood) programming, preserving his… — Robert W. Firestone
The man was not merely very human; he was humanity. And I reflected that it is only by preserving faith in human dreams that we… — James Branch Cabell
If an organised body is not in the situation and circumstances best adapted to its sustenance and propagation, then, in conceiving an indefinite variety among… — James Hutton
Speaking as a builder, if you start something, you must have a vision of the thing which arises from your instinct about preserving and enhancing… — Christopher Alexander
Like all predatory or parasitic institutions, the state's first instinct is that of self-preservati on. All its enterprises are directed first towards preserving its own… — Albert J. Nock
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
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
Whatever may be the success of my stories, I shall be resolute in preserving my incognito, having observed that a nom de plume secures all… — George Eliot
Radicalism itself ceases to be radical when absorbed mainly in preserving its control over a society or an economy. — Eric Hoffer
Mutual respect implies discretion and reserve even in love itself; it means preserving as much liberty as possible to those whose life we share. We… — Henri Frederic Amiel
How frail and ephemeral is the material substance of letters, which makes their very survival so hazardous. Print has a permanence of its own, though… — Elizabeth Drew
Nothing seems too high or low for the humorist; he is above honor, above faith, preserving sense in religion and sanity in life. — Sean O'Casey
The popular masses are like water, and the army is like a fish. How then can it be said that when there is water, a… — Mao Zedong
We can build new housing while preserving the quality and character of adjacent residential districts and ensuring infill development strengthens the surrounding neighborhood. — Gavin Newsom
I know in this time of great technological advancement, the idea of reading a book seems almost anachronistic, but I think it's worth preserving. — Garth Stein
He who through virtue and spiritual knowledge has brought his body into harmony with his soul has become a harp, a flute and a temple… — Maximus the Confessor
Some cultural phenomena bear a striking resemblance to the cells of cell biology, actively preserving themselves in their social environments, finding the nutrients they need… — Daniel Dennett
Preserving a river or a creek can bring a lot of revenue. — Jim Fowler
Memory is the most malicious cutter of all, preserving, recasting, panning in slow motion across the awful bits so that we retain every detail. — Colson Whitehead
Tape is wonderful at preserving evidence - fingerprints, hairs, fibers. Tape preserves this, especially on the sticky side, even if the body's been out there… — Michael Baden

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