Proper Quotes

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We must have order, allocating to each thing its proper place and giving to each thing is due according to its nature. — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love. We can never really love anybody with whom we… — William Sloane Coffin
Who teach the mind its proper face to scan, And hold the faithful mirror up to man. — Robert Lloyd
Just as some plants bear fruit only if they don't shoot up too high, so in practical arts the leaves and flowers of theory must… — Carl von Clausewitz
It is a governing principle of nature, that the agency which can produce most good, when perverted from its proper aim, is most productive of… — James F. Cooper
Order is the disposition of things in which each gives to the other its room, its own proper place. That's the external aspect. The other… — David Steindl-Rast
What it is saying is that someone who was a world champion and who takes care of himself with a 17-year rest and applies the… — Mark Spitz
If you feel an aversion to a person--that is, an unexplainable feeling of dislike or distaste for him--it is the most dangerous time for a… — Lawrence G. Lovasik
For the Suprematist, the proper means is the one that provides the fullest expression of pure feeling and ignores the habitually accepted object. The object… — Kazimir Malevich
My picture, Fifth Avenue, Winter is the result of a three hours' stand during a fierce snow-storm on February 22nd 1893, awaiting the proper moment.… — Alfred Stieglitz
Ideals are very often formed in the effort to escape from the hard task of dealing with facts, which is the function of science and… — William Graham Sumner
The environmental assessment should give us the answers to all the issues that have been raised: potential lead migration, endangered species, noise abatement and proper… — Steven Hall
Especially being around young people, ... It helps put things in the proper perspective as you return back to the chaos of politics. — Pat McCrory
Reality manifests itself as constant and objective - independent of us, but as changeable in space and time. Consequently, its reflection in us contains both… — Piet Mondrian
The conservation of our natural resources and their proper use constitute the fundamental problem which underlies almost every other problem of our national life. — Theodore Roosevelt
The proper effect of the Eucharist is the transformation of man into God. — Thomas Aquinas
It is my greatest joy to share with students this knowledge that I have acquired in the past 50 years of practice and study. Dharma… — Dharma Mittra
Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of each individualâ€¦ Continue steadfast and, with a proper sense of your dependence on God, nobly… — John Hancock
As for myself, I do not believe that such a person as Jesus Christ ever existed; but as the people are inclined to superstition, it… — Napoleon Bonaparte
It is by education that we become prepared for our duties and responsibilities in life. If one is badly educated he must naturally fail in… — Marcus Garvey

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