Preserving Quotes

229 Preserving quotes by 202 unique authors

Good art wounds as well as delights. It must, because our defenses against the truth are wound so tightly around us. But as art chips… — Rollo May
A habit of finding pleasure in thought rather than action is a safeguard against unwisdom and excessive love of power, a means of preserving serenity… — Bertrand Russell
Not if we blow it up," Gale says brusquely. His intent, his full intent, becomes clear. Gale has no interest in preserving the lives of… — Suzanne Collins
No, I donâ€™t have to tell a soul about this, I promised myself. When you are a kid, you donâ€™t know yet that a secret,… — Karen Russell
Love is a smoke rais'd with the fume of sighs; being purg'd, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; being vex'd, a sea nourish'd with lovers'… — William Shakespeare
The noonday devil of the Christian life is the temptation to lose the inner self while preserving the shell of edifying behavior. Suddenly I discover… — Brennan Manning
The Americans as a nation are killing themselves with their vices and high living. As much as a man ought to eat in half an… — Brigham Young
The world may need fixing, but it's worth preserving. — Rick Riordan
Every Christian should be both conservative and radical; conservative in preserving the faith and radical in applying it. — John Stott
In fact I no longer value this kind of memento. I no longer want reminders of what was, what got broken, what got lost, what… — Joan Didion
These atheist cultures were certainly diligent in preserving the relics of their saints. — Elizabeth Kostova
The great challenge of the twenty-first century is to raise people everywhere to a decent standard of living while preserving as much of the rest… — E. O. Wilson
People never remeber happiness with the care that they lavish on preserving every detail of their suffering. — Edward St Aubyn
Self-preservation isn't worth it if you can't live with the self you're preserving — David Levithan
it was like this. the brain could no longer bear the worries and pains that were imposed on it. it said: "i'm giving up; but… — Franz Kafka
Violence by the defenders will be used by the putschists to justify overwhelming repression which they want to use anyhow. It will be used to… — Gene Sharp
Will this massive outcry [about pollution] continue long enough to have effective results? Will federal and state laws be enacted with effective enforcement clauses? Will… — Malcolm Forbes
The fact is, if a young man is naturally indolent, the spur of necessity will drive him but a very little way, while the having… — James Payn
A visionary company doesn't simply balance between idealism and profitability: it seeks to be highly idealistic and highly profitable. A visionary company doesn't simply balance… — James C. Collins
Let us be good stewards of the Earth we inherited. All of us have to share the Earth's fragile ecosystems and precious resources, and each… — Kofi Annan

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