Reverence Quotes

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Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence. — Aristotle
The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment… — Aristotle
I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination… — John Adams
I reverence the Constitution of the United States as a sacred document. To me its words are akin to the revelations of God, for God… — Ezra Taft Benson
The idea of reverence for God is transmitted from parent to child, it is educated into an abnormal development, and thus almost indefinitely strengthened, but… — Annie Besant
Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him. — Samuel Butler
If we want to give poor people soap we must set out deliberately to give them luxuries. If we will not make them rich enough… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
When men do not love their hearth, nor reverence their thresholds, it is a sign that they have dishonoured both ... Our God is a… — John Ruskin
How does one chip off the marble that doesn't belong? ... That comes about through five things: humility, reverence, inspiration, deep purpose, and joy. No… — Walter Russell
Inspiration comes only to those who seek it with humility toward their own achievements and reverence toward the achievements of God. — Walter Russell
It is the black work of an ungodly man or an atheist, that God is not in all his thoughts. What comfort can be had… — Stephen Charnock
The man who has become a thinking being feels a compulsion to give every will-to-live the same reverence for life that he gives to his… — Albert Schweitzer
If we rely on the Holy Spirit, we shall find that our prayers become more and more inarticulate; and when they are inarticulate, reverence grows… — Oswald Chambers
We should go into His presence as a child goes to his father. We do it with reverence and godly fear, of course, but we… — David Lloyd-Jones
I pity the Hindu who does not see the beauty in Jesus Christ's character. I pity the Christian who does not reverence the Hindu Christ. — Swami Vivekananda
...the tale that's told for no other reason but companionship, which is another (and my favorite) definition of literature, the tale that's told for companionship… — Jack Kerouac
We have to speak out now on behalf of our community and on behalf of the land and say they're the same thing and say… — Terry Tempest Williams
The largest land animal is the elephant, and it is the nearest to man in intelligence: it understands the language of its country and obeys… — Pliny the Elder
Develop a respect and reverence for the principle of variation: the idea that the message ain't in the mean, the mode or the median -… — Tom Peters
If you ask him: "What is silence?" he will answer, "It is the Great Mystery! The holy silence is His voice!" If you ask: "What… — Charles Alexander Eastman

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