Sustained Quotes

385 quotes by 337 authors

There are many examples of old, incorrect theories that stubbornly persisted, sustained only by the prestige of foolish but well-connected scientists. . . . Many… — Michio Kaku
The process of maturing is an art to be learned, an effort to be sustained. By the age of fifty you have made yourself what… — Marya Mannes
We do not ask what hope of gain makes a little bird warble, since we know that it takes delight in singing because it is… — Johannes Kepler
Each Act of Parliament intended to address harassment and discrimination has faced objections on the basis of 'you'll never be able to prove...' and 'there's… — Tim Field
But the most important lesson I have learned in my twenty years or research on morality is that nearly all people are morally motivated. Selfishness… — Jonathan Haidt
Remember, 'Rome was not built in a day.' Instant success is never possible. Competence results only from sustained, consistent, self-disciplined effort over an extended period… — Bud Wilkinson
We hear a lot of talk these days about teaching values in higher education. Frankly, I am not sure this can be accomplished through a… — Ernest L. Boyer
We all of us need assistance. Those who sustain others themselves want to be sustained. — Maurice Le Sage d'Hauteroche d'Hulst
Very few people are capable of sustained effort, and that's the reason why we have comparatively few outstanding successes. — Roger McDonald
Your progress depends upon your degree of sustained intensity in a given direction. — Roger McDonald
Thus the great drama of universal life is perpetually sustained; and though the individual actors undergo continual change, the same parts are ever filled by… — William Buckland
To resolve such conflicts peacefully in our interdependent - or what I would like to call our intra-interdependent - world requires not just well-chosen words… — Prince Hassan bin Talal
When the mind is kept away from its preoccupations, it becomes quiet. If you do not disturb this quiet and stay in it, you find… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
By harmony all phenomena are formed and sustained. There is a scientific statement to the effect that this earth is a vast harmonic wave system… — Corinne Heline
...man is a musical being. His origin is in the spoken Word. By sound was he sustained and by music he evolved. One day he… — Corinne Heline
As the body cannot be sustained without corporeal food, nor continue in natural life, so without this life-giving food the soul cannot persist in the… — Denis the Carthusian
Justice in the hands of the powerful is merely a governing system like any other. Why call it justice? Let us rather call it injustice,… — Georges Bernanos
Our objective is clear: we will degrade, and ultimately destroy, ISIL through a comprehensive and sustained counter-terrorism strategy. — Barack Obama
She was a remarkable person and the love of my life. We were married for almost 70 years. She encouraged and sustained me and our… — Gough Whitlam
I believe that decisions about the timing and manner of death belong to the individual as a human right. I believe it is wrong to… — A.C. Grayling

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