Proper Quotes

1575 Proper quotes by 1191 unique authors

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 individual… 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
I don't want to see this country ever go across the bridge. I know the capacity that is there to make tyranny total in America,… — Frank Church
So popular is the naval service the only embarrassment is that men volunteer so rapidly we have to work overtime to give them hardy, adequate… — Josephus Daniels
The need for collecting large campaign funds would vanish if Congress provided an appropriation for the proper and legitimate expenses of each of the great… — Theodore Roosevelt
Do not feed children on a maudlin sentimentalism or dogmatic religion; give them nature. Let their souls drink in all that is pure and sweet.… — Luther Burbank
Breathes there a man with soul so dead that it does not glow at the thought of what the men of his blood have done… — William Osler

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