Reverence Quotes

472 quotes by 338 authors

On entering a temple we assume all signs of reverence. How much more reverent then should we be before the heavenly bodies, the stars, the… — Seneca the Younger
Let reverence for the laws, be breathed by every American mother, to the lisping babe, that prattles on her lap - let it be taught… — Abraham Lincoln
What does Reverence for Life say abut the relations between [humanity] and the animal world? Whenever I injury any kind of life I must be… — Albert Schweitzer
Every old man complains of the growing depravity of the world, of the petulance and insolence of the rising generation. He recounts the decency and… — Lyndon B. Johnson
We have the deepest respect and reverence for Islam and all who share the faith of Islam. — Jimmy Carter
It is impossible for anyone who studies the life and character of the great Prophet of Arabia, who knows how he taught and how he… — Annie Besant
Even as the church must fear Christ Jesus, so must the wives also fear their husbands. And this inward fear must be shewed by an… — John Dod
Proper respect to others is the most prudent rule of directing the measure of reverence due to ourselves. — Norm MacDonald
Until we consider animal life to be worthy of the consideration and reverence we bestow upon old books and pictures and historic monuments, there will… — Gerald Durrell
There is a passion of reverence, almost of pity, mingling with the love of an honest man for a pure girl, which makes it the… — Lucas Malet
In every seed to breathe a flower, In every drop of dew To reverence a cloister star Within the distant blue; To wait the promise… — John B. Tabb
Science is teaching man to know and reverence truth, and to believe that only so far as he knows and loves it can he live… — Moses Harvey
The person who is truly effective has the humility and reverence to recognize his own perceptual limitations and to appreciate the rich resources available through… — Stephen Covey
Every being has its own interior, its self, its mystery, its numinous aspect. To deprive any being of this sacred quality is to disrupt the… — Thomas Berry
To affirm life is to deepen, to make more inward, and to exalt the will-to-life. At the same time the man who has become a… — Albert Schweitzer
Now I do not myself share that superstitious reverence for the beliefs of common sense which many contemporary philosophers profess. But I think that we… — C. D. Broad
What I really believe is the only hopeful relation between our life and the whole of life is one of reverence and respect and of… — W S Merwin
Affirmation of life is the spiritual act by which man ceases to live unreflectively and begins to devote himself to his life with reverence in… — Albert Schweitzer
I beg you to show the greatest possible reverence and honor for the most holy Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom… — Francis of Assisi
Every act of reverence, every genuflection that you make before the Blessed Sacrament is important because it is an act of faith in Christ, and… — Pope John Paul II

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