Alive Quote by Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

A tradition is kept alive only by something being added to it.

— Henry James

Tradition is a very powerful force.

— John P. Kotter

Tradition gives us a sense of solidarity and roots, a knowing there are some things one can count on.

— Gloria Gaither

There is only one thing better than tradition and that is the original and eternal life out of which all tradition takes its rise.

— James Russell Lowell

Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe, aren't even aware of.

— Ellen Goodman

There is importance in tradition.

— Doechii

Tradition can, to be sure, participate in a creation, but it can no longer be creative itself.

— Kenzo Tange

Experience supplies painful proof that traditions once called into being are first called useful, then they become necessary. At last they are too often…

— J. C. Ryle

Traditions cannot themselves, simply with their own powers, do what needs to be done. These earlier experiences and accomplishments were dealing with other issues,…

— Thomas Berry

Life is a gift. We say that so loosely and randomly, but since it's a gift once you're alive, you already have the power…

— Koffee

It takes power to stand up and to choose what experiences we allow to take root or to even come into our lives.

— Anonymous

In America nothing dies easier than tradition.

— Russell Baker