Substance Quotes

936 Substance quotes by 721 unique authors

Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance. — Francis Bacon
Forget words like 'hard sell' and 'soft sell.' That will only confuse you. Just be sure your advertising is saying something with substance, something that… — William Bernbach
A myth is far truer than a history, for a history only gives a story of the shadows, whereas a myth gives a story of… — Annie Besant
Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. — Aesop
Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a… — Jorge Luis Borges
I'm in awe of the universe, but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a passion for the… — David Bowie
As the Tories know, the problem with setting yourself up as a shining example for others to follow is that when you get caught out,… — Jo Brand
We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life… — Les Brown
All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice. — Edmund Burke
Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth. — Abraham Cahan
Love is the substance of all life. Everything is connected in love, absolutely everything. — Julia Cameron
The only substance properly so called is the soul. — Henri Frederic Amiel
God should not be called an individual substance, since the principal of individuation is matter. — Thomas Aquinas
Creative power is that receptive attitude of expectancy which makes a mold into which the plastic yet undifferentiated substance can flow and take the desired… — Thomas Troward
Never look at the visible supply; always look at the limitless riches in the formless substance and know that they are coming to you as… — Wallace D. Wattles
We are completely unaware of our true nature because we identify ourselves with our body, our emotions and our thoughts, thus losing sight of our… — Jean Klein
So says the most ancient book of the Earth; thus it is written on its leaves of marble, lime, sand, slate, and clay: ... that… — Johann Gottfried Herder
Marijuana is one of the safest, therapeutically active substances known to man. — Frances M. Young
A thought-form held in thinking substance is a reality; it is a real thing, whether it has yet become visible to mortal eye or not. — Wallace D. Wattles
Give me the steady, uniform, unshaken security of constitutional freedom. Give me the right to be tried by a jury of my own neighbors, and… — Alexander Hamilton
Equal justice under law is not merely a caption on the facade of the Supreme Court building, it is perhaps the most inspiring ideal of… — Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Let us today seek to find that place within each of us where dreams are made, where our highest aspirations take shape. Let us confirm… — Dennis Kucinich
Ah, to build, to build! That is the noblest art of all the arts. Painting and sculpture are but images, Are merely shadows cast by… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
People of substance may sin without being exposed for their stolen pleasure; but servants and the poorer sort of women have seldom an opportunity of… — Bernard de Mandeville
The proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause people's substance to be drained away. When their substance is drained… — Sun Tzu

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