Quotes
Quotes about Cause
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many. -Spinoza.
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.
Ugliness is in a way superior to beauty because it lasts.
The connection between conscious and unconscious poses particular problems in the dancer because the body is the soul of action.
Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.
America was targeted for attack because we are the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world, and no one will keep that light from shining.
A truth that disheartens because it is true is of more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods.
People exaggerate the value of things they haven't got: everybody worships truth and unselfishness because they have no experience with them.
It beareth the name of Vanity Fair, because the town where it is kept is "lighter than vanity."
Peace must be framed on so equitable a basis, that the nations would not wish to disturb it . . . so that the confidence of the German people shall be put in the equity of their cause and not in the might of their armies.
The victorious cause pleased the gods, but the victory pleased Cato. [Lat., Victrix cause Diis placuit, sed victa Catoni.]
I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose!
There are no permanent changes because change itself is permanent. It behooves the industrialist to research and the investor to be vigilant.
Domestic and social violence usually starts off with a few angry words and a few hurt feelings that don't get resolved, then escalates into feelings of betrayal, rage and revenge. Inner feelings of rage soon spill over into all aspects of society. Social stress multiplies daily with every new report of political upheaval, child abuse, drug abuse, workplace violence, children bringing guns to school, homelessness, ethnic wars or some other crisis. The root cause of a lot of these social stresses is the inner violence created by dysfunctional communication between the heart and the mind. As social stress increases, we're faced with a choice: Retreat into fear and isolation, become angry and bitter, try to ignore it all, or take responsibility for our own stress reactions. Bobby Jagdev For peace, we must prepare for war. Slade Whitfield -Doc Childre.
Hath the pearl less whiteness Because of its birth? Hath the violet less brightness For growing near earth?
Virtuous people are simply those who have not been tempted sufficiently, because they live in a vegetative state, or because their purposes are so concentrated in one direction that they have not had the leisure to glance around them.
Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.
Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the restraints of conscience.
If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders.
Pressure is a word that is misused in our vocabulary. When you start thinking of pressure, it's because you've started to think of failure.
People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they work in it because they excel.
I would not vote for the mayor. It's not just because he didn't invite me to dinner, but because on my way into town from the airport there were such enormous potholes.
A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common
Oft he that doth abide Is cause of his own paine, But he that flieth in good tide Perhaps may fight again.
