Readiness Quotes

156 Readiness quotes by 130 unique authors

Nothing you can lose by dying is half as precious as the readiness to die, which is man's charter of nobility. — George Santayana
Water is also one of the four elements, the most beautiful of God's creations. It is both wet and cold, heavy, and with a tendency… — John of Damascus
Prayer if it is real is an acknowledgment of our finitude, our need, our openness to be changed, our readiness to be surprised, yes, astonished… — Douglas V. Steere
The people are urged to be patriotic ... by sacrificing their own children. Patriotism requires allegience to the flag, which means obedience and readiness to… — Emma Goldman
Make no mistake, our military readiness is already suffering, ... According to a recent RAND study, the Army has been stretched so thin that active-duty… — Russ Feingold
We must quickly mobilize our civilization with the urgency and resolve that has previously been seen only when nations mobilized for war. These prior struggles… — Al Gore
When our conscience bothers us, whether we admit it or not, we often try to justify it by correcting others, or by finding fault with… — Fulton J. Sheen
Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct. Kindness, gentleness, long suffering, forbearance, patience, sympathy, a willingness to enter into childish… — J C Ryle
The happiness of married life depends upon making small sacrifices with readiness and cheerfulness. — John Selden
Who has not remarked the readiness with which the closest of friends and honestest of men suspect and accuse each other of cheating when they… — William Makepeace Thackeray
Readiness for death is that of character, rather than of occupation. It is right living which prepares for safe or even joyous dying. - Jacques — Jacques-Benigne Bossuet
If you see the humanity in the world, grains of sand that bring everything to a halt â€” it's corruption, clashes of egos, human factors… — Matthieu Ricard
Readiness of speech is often inability to hold the tongue. — Jean-Baptiste Rousseau
I regard it as the foremost task of education to insure the survival of these qualities: an enterprising curiosity, an undefeatable spirit, tenacity in pursuit,… — Kurt Hahn
The true ethical test is not only the readiness to save the victims, but also - even more, perhaps - the ruthless dedication to annihilating… — Slavoj Å½iÅ¾ek
Waiting for God is not laziness. Waiting for God is not the abandonment of effort. Waiting for God means, first, activity under command; second, readiness… — G. Campbell Morgan
If we are to put the era of nuclear terror behind us, we must struggle against the real 'enemy.' That enemy is not nuclear weapons… — Daisaku Ikeda
There is a kind of dictatorship that can come about through a creeping paralysis of thought, readiness to accept paternalistic measures by government, and along… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
At day's first light have in readiness, against disinclination to leave your bed, the thought that "I am rising for the work of man." — Marcus Aurelius
I want each one of my children to be a hundred times greater than I could ever be. Everyone of you must be a giant-… — Swami Vivekananda

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