Tradition Quotes

1555 Tradition quotes by 1164 unique authors

What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and in the human imagination, when love, worship, and all that… — Thomas Carlyle
We learn simply by the exposure of living, and what we learn most natively is the tradition in which we live. — David P. Gardner
I think there's something about the homemade birthday cake, because my wife, on my daughter's first birthday, started the tradition where she takes a full… — Willie Geist
From the very beginning, we bucked tradition. When the experts said that something was "always done" in a certain way, we'd do it our way,… — Paul Newman
Then the highest state of love is prayerfulness. In prayerfulness there is communion. In sex there is the I/it relationship, in love the I/thou relationship.… — Rajneesh
Tradition is a challenge to innovation.. — Unknown Author
Nine English traditions out of ten date from the latter half of the 19th century. — Carrie P Snow
The thinking man must oppose all cruel customs no matter how deeply rooted in tradition or surrounded by a halo. We need a boundless ethics… — Albert Schweitzer
We have entered a new phase of culture - we may call it the Age of the Cinema - in which the most amazing perfection… — Christopher Dawson
The only influence that can really upset the injustice and iniquity of men is the power that breathes in the Christian tradition, renewing our participation… — Thomas Merton
The calm and tolerant atmosphere that prevailed during the elections depicts the type of South Africa we can build. It set the tone for the… — Nelson Mandela
When we give what we can, and give it with joy, we don't just renew the American tradition of giving, we also renew ourselves. — William J. Clinton
The cause of the break with the tradition of antiquity was the rapid and unexpected advance of Islam. The result of this advance was the… — Henri Pirenne
No one expects a Broadway musical comedy to be in the vanguard of what is bohemian, raunchy, folkloric, academic or aggressively experimental. That is not… — Margo Jefferson
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other...consequently the information… — Edward S. Curtis
Everywhere, authority and tradition have to justify themselves in the face of questions. — Gustav Heinemann
To me documentary photography means making a picture so that the viewer doesn’t think about the man who made the picture. At its esthetic core… — Aaron Siskind
Those of us raised in the Christian tradition need to choose to either see God in Jesus or to continue to let the Bible define… — Frank Schaeffer
Mine is not a traditional music, but it comes from a tradition. — Tom Chapin
Our hope is to support projects that promote the personal and educational development of young people through creative programs that embrace innovation while celebrating rich traditions and cultural… — Elisa Sednaoui
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. — Gustav Mahler
Legalism insists on conformity to manmade religious rules and requirements, which are often unspoken but are nevertheless very real... There are far too many instances… — Jerry Bridges
The central objective in decolonising the African mind is to overthrow the authority which alien traditions exercise over the African. This demands the dismantling of… — Chinweizu Ibekwe
Humor relies on the traditions of a society. It takes what we know and it twists it. ... Because women are on the ground floor,… — Liza Donnelly
I like the tradition of ordinary men in extraordinary circumstances and how they react to events which force them to be heroic in a way… — Rob Lowe

Who Wrote These Tradition Quotes

1,164 authors contributed a total of 1,555 Tradition Quotes, led by these top contributors: