Thorough Quotes

189 quotes by 171 authors

The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching. — Aristotle
Stories serve the purpose of consolidating whatever gains people or their leaders have made or imagine they have made in their existing journey thorough the… — Chinua Achebe
Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment… — Ambrose Bierce
As far as heroes thorough the years, I'd say definitely Alabama and Randy Owen, Conway Twitty was a big influence of mine, George Strait, Lionel… — Luke Bryan
There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation - veneer isn't worth anything. — George Washington Carver
For a successful revolution it is not enough that there is discontent. What is required is a profound and thorough conviction of the justice, necessity… — B R Ambedkar
I thought I was promiscuous, but it turns out I was just thorough. — Russell Brand
The politicians and the religious leaders and the weapons scientists have been at it for a long time and they've made a thorough mess of… — Carl Sagan
Natural ability and educational advantages do not figure as factors in this matter of prayer; but a capacity for faith, the power of a thorough… — Edward McKendree Bounds
After thorough reflection, I realized that my desire to achieve my goals in this sport outweighed my self-doubt. This perseverance has helped me to be… — Jonathan Horton
No exercise brings into play all the muscles of the body in a more thorough manner, and none is more interesting than wrestling. He will… — Hugh Leonard
Thus strength is afforded by good and thorough customs, thus is learnt the subjection of the individual, and strenuousness of character becomes a birth gift… — Friedrich Nietzsche
There needs to be a thorough examination, by Muslims everywhere, of why it is that the faith they love breeds so many violent mutant strains. — Salman Rushdie
Beware, I pray thee, of presuming that thou art saved. If thy heart be renewed, if thou shalt hate the things that thou didst once… — Charles Spurgeon
The searching-out and thorough investigation of truth ought to be the primary study of man. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
But in order to be strong, you have to love yourself, and in order to love yourself, you need thorough self-knowledge, you need to know… — Susanna Tamaro
A smattering of everything is worth little. It is a fallacy to suppose that an encyclopaedic knowledge is desirable. The mind is made strong, not… — Louis Agassiz
There is no permanence in doubt; it incites the mind to closer inquiry and experiment, from which, if rightly managed, certainty proceeds, and in this… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Historians are left forever chasing shadows, painfully aware of their inability ever to reconstruct a dead world in its completeness however thorough or revealing their… — Simon Schama
Dear Sir: Yours of the 24th. asking 'the best mode of obtaining a thorough knowledge of the law' is received. The mode is very simple,… — Abraham Lincoln

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