Preserving Quotes

229 Preserving quotes by 202 unique authors

I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it. — Niccolo Machiavelli
It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts. — Naguib Mahfouz
The art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mode of happiness, but in allowing happiness to change its form… — Charles Morgan
For better or worse, I've always tried to march to my own drum and tell it like it is, while preserving some integrity and style.… — Michael Musto
Basically, I think 21st century conservation is moving toward preserving ecosystems by dealing with the needs of people. — Edward Norton
I am just absolutely convinced that the best formula for giving us peace and preserving the American way of life is freedom, limited government, and… — Ron Paul
We need to use the United Nations Security Council and believe that preserving law and order in today's complex and turbulent world is one of… — Vladimir Putin
This country, and the West Coast, especially, is bad at preserving any cultural legacy. — Esa-Pekka Salonen
To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace. — George Washington
Genius is that in which the soul of a race bums at its brightest, revealing and preserving its vision; works of art are great and… — George Edward Woodberry
Politics are about preserving relationships at the end of the day, and it has nothing to do with the greater good for humanity. It's just… — will.i.am
The great body of our citizens shoot less as times goes on. We should encourage rifle practice among schoolboys, and indeed among all classes, as… — Theodore Roosevelt
She wanted to exist only as a conscious flower, prolonging and preserving herself — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Despite all my public misconduct, in the past year, I had learned the Elemental spells, the DoppelschlÃ¤ferin, and the preparation and flying of a magic… — Catherine Gilbert Murdock
[C]ourage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other. — Samuel Johnson
The joy of writing. The power of preserving. Revenge of a mortal hand. — Wislawa Szymborska
Protest that endures, I think, is moved by a hope far more modest than that of public success: namely, the hope of preserving qualities in… — Wendell Berry
If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must believe. If I wish… — Soren Kierkegaard
For I regard memory not as a phenomenon preserving one thing and losing another merely by chance, but as a power that deliberately places events… — Stefan Zweig
Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs; Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; Being vexed, a sea nourished with loving… — William Shakespeare

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