Voluntary Quotes

270 quotes by 208 authors

It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite in tune with… — Hannah Arendt
Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies. — Jane Austen
We see that every external motion, act, gesture, whether voluntary or mechanical, organic or mental, is produced and preceded by internal feeling or emotion, will… — H. P. Blavatsky
Forcing people to be generous isn't humanitarian, effective, compassionate or moral. Only acts that are truly voluntary for all concerned can be truly compassionate. — Harry Browne
Voluntary association produces the free market - where each person can choose among a multitude of possibilities. — Harry Browne
Nearly all Americans have ancestors who braved the oceans-liberty-loving risk takers in search of an ideal-the largest voluntary migrations in recorded history. Across the Pacific,… — George H. W. Bush
Nearly all Americans have ancestors who braved the oceans - liberty-loving risk takers in search of an ideal - the largest voluntary migrations in recorded… — George W. Bush
For in disease the most voluntary or most special movements, faculties, etc., suffer first and most, that is in an order the exact opposite of… — John Hughlings Jackson
A characteristic of those who are still progressing in blessed mourning is temperance and silence of the lips; and of those who have made progress… — John Climacus
We seek a constitutional amendment to permit voluntary school prayer. God should never have been expelled from America's classrooms in the first place. — Ronald Reagan
Voluntary simplicity means going fewer places in one day rather than more, seeing less so I can see more, doing less so I can do… — Jon Kabat-Zinn
Common education standards are essential for producing the educated work force America needs to remain globally competitive. This voluntary state lead effort will help ensure… — Craig R. Barrett
The exercise of voluntary attention in the schoolroom must therefore be counted one of the most important points of training that take place there; and… — William James
I have been Europe's last hope. She proved incapable of refashioning herself by means of voluntary reform. She showed herself impervious to charm and persuasion.… — Adolf Hitler
Woe to the suicides! I believe that there can be none more miserable than they. Oh, there are some who remain proud and fierce even… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness. — Seneca the Younger
The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times...the best moments usually occur when a person's body or mind is stretched… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The seat of the soul and the control of voluntary movement - in fact, of nervous functions in general, - are to be sought in… — Aristotle
Sport is the habitual and voluntary cultivation of intensive physical effort. — Pierre de Coubertin
There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alternative is only whether the crisis should… — Ludwig von Mises

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