Tradition Quotes

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The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps. — Unknown Author
The only traditions of the Royal Navy are rum, sodomy and the lash. — Winston Churchill
Gardening is a luxury occupation: an ornament, not a necessity, of life.... Fortunate gardener, who may preoccupy himself solely with beauty in these difficult and… — Vita Sackville-West
To sit patiently with a yearning that has not yet been fulfilled, and to trust that, that fulfillment will come, is quite possibly one of… — Elizabeth Gilbert
No single tradition monopolizes the truth. We must glean the best values of all traditions and work together to remove the tensions between traditions in… — Nhat Hanh
The Islamic teachings have left great traditions for equitable and gentle dealings and behavior, and inspire people with nobility and tolerance. These are human teachings… — H.G. Wells
Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc. — Mason Cooley
The hallmark of an authentic evangelicalism is not the uncritical repetition of old traditions but the willingness to submit every tradition, however ancient, to fresh… — John Stott
To be moral, correct, and virtuous is to be obedient to an old established law and custom. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Custom is petrification, nothing but dynamite can dislodge it for a century. — Mark Twain
But to my mind, though I am native here, And to the manner born, it is a custom, More honored in the breach than the… — William Shakespeare
The old order changeth, yielding place to new, and god fulfills himself in many ways, lest one good custom should corrupt the world. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
There is always change, bad customs pass and give way to better ones. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Old custom is hard to break and scarce any man will be led otherwise than seemeth good unto himself. — Thomas a Kempis
We are more sensible of what is done against custom than against nature. — Plutarch
We become aware, however, that all customs, even the hardest, grow pleasanter and milder with time, and that the severest way of life may become… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Custom is almost a second nature. — Plutarch
Custom is a second nature, and no less powerful. — Michel de Montaigne
Custom looks to things that are past, and fashion to things that are present, but both of them are somewhat purblind as to things that… — Charles Caleb Colton
There is nothing sacred about convention; there is nothing sacred about primitive passions or whims; but the fact that a convention exists indicates that a… — George Santayana

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