"It is not he who begins well who……" — Saint Basil
"It is not he who begins well who is perfect. It is he who ends well who is approved in God's sight."
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86 Quotes by Saint Basil
Saint Basil has 86 quotes on this site.
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A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who…
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Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive…
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Does not the gratitude of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors?
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The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as…
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Good masters teach good doctrine, but that taught by evil masters is wholly evil.
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There is nothing unpremeditated, nothing neglected by God. His unsleeping eye beholds all things.
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Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all…
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Now, if you notice how the swan, putting its neck down into the deep water, brings up food for itself…
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We glorify the Holy Ghost together with the Father and the Son, from the conviction that He is not separated…
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As we were baptized, so we profess our belief. As we profess our belief, so also we offer praise. As…
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First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of…
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In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external…
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As I'm sure you may know, I'm planning to become a spaceflight participant and have been recently approved to begin…
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If all the world hated you, and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved you, and absolved you from…
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If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his…
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In testimony of their Respect For The Patriot of incorruptible Integrity, The Soldier of approved Valour The Statesman of consummate…
— Alexander Hamilton
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There is an illusion of central position, justifying one's own purposes as right and everybody else¹s as wrong, and providing…
— Henri Frederic Amiel
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I do not have regrets. I believe I helped preserve the peace for this country. Why should I regret that?…
— Hyman Rickover
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Shortly after the birth control pill was approved for public distribution, one woman wrote to John Rock, its inventor, "You…
— Malcolm Gladwell
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That friendship may be at once fond and lasting, there must not only be equal virtue on each part, but…
— Samuel Johnson
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There is nothing that can bring you closer to fearlessness about everything else in the world than being a parent…
— Arianna Huffington
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Righteous ends, thus approved, absolve of guilt the most violent means.
— Henri Frederic Amiel
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Failure is not the opposite to success, it's a stepping stone to success. If our primary goal is to be…
— Arianna Huffington
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Would you like Fox's right to free press put up to a vote and say: "Well, if five states have…
— Ted Olson
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