Veneration Quotes

52 quotes by 44 authors

One of the Godlike things of this world is the veneration done to human worth by the hearts of men. — Thomas Carlyle
So great is my veneration for the Bible that the earlier my children begin to read it the more confident will be my hope that… — John Quincy Adams
We must sometimes get away from the Authorized Version, if for no other reason, simply because it is so beautiful and so solemn. Beauty exalts,… — C.S. Lewis
Every tradition grows continually more venerable, and the more remote its origins, the more this is lost sight of. The veneration paid the tradition accumulates… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Sing me not a song; let me hear your recital of veneration and respect; this I will listen to over and over when I share… — Ava Gardner
Such is my veneration for every religion that reveals the attributes of the Deity, or a future state of rewards and punishments, that I had… — Benjamin Rush
Mix a little mystery with everything, for mystery arouses veneration. — Baltasar Gracian
Each superfluous line, each wrongly placed line, any color placed without veneration or care, can spoil everything, that is, the spiritual. — Theo van Doesburg
The veneration, wherewith Men are imbued for what they call Nature, has been a discouraging impediment to the Empire of Man over the inferior Creatures… — Robert Boyle
Let weak and frail man come here suppliantly to adore the Sacrament of Christ, not to discuss high things, or wish to penetrate difficulties, but… — Paul of the Cross
Fair-goes are not only for oneself, but for underdogs. Even in international sporting matches Australians have been known to switch from their own side to… — Donald Horne
I have always a sacred veneration for anyone I observe to be a little out of repair in his person, as supposing him either a… — Jonathan Swift
The inscrutable wisdom through which we exist is not less worthy of veneration in respect to what it denies us than in respect to what… — Immanuel Kant
Is it not the glory of the people of America, that whilst they have paid a decent regard to the opinions of former times and… — James Madison
It may be considered as an objection inherent in the principle, that as every appeal to the people would carry an implication of some defect… — James Madison
I was summoned by my Country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love. — George Washington
While the womanly god demands our veneration, the godlike woman kindles our love; but while we allow ourselves to melt in the celestial loveliness, the… — Friedrich Schiller
Antiquity! thou wondrous charm, what art thou? that being nothing art everything? When thou wert, thou wert not antiquity - then thou wert nothing, but… — Charles Lamb
No man tells his opinion so freely as when he imagines it received with implicit veneration. — Samuel Johnson
One may desire a spurious respect and precedence among one's fellow monks, and the veneration of outsiders. "Both monks and laity should think it was… — Gautama Buddha

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