Conformity Quotes - Page 13

• Truth is compared in Scripture to a streaming fountain; if her waters flow not in perpetual progression, they sicken into a muddy pool of conformity and tradition.

  John Milton

  Truth, Science, Water

  John Milton (1859). “The prose works of John Milton”, p.183

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• With the spread of conformity and image-driven superficiality, the allure of an individuated woman in full possession of herself and her powers will prove irresistible. We were born for plenitude and inner fulfillment.

  Betsy Prioleau

  Strong Women, Independent, Driven

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• ...virtue is not merely a state in conformity with the right principle, but one that implies the right principle; and the right principle in moral conduct is prudence.

  Aristotle

  Principles, Ethics, Moral

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• How can we give to the Lord? What shall we give to him? Every kind word to our own, every help given them, is as a gift to God, whose chief concern is the welfare of his children. Every gentle deed to our neighbor, every kindness to the poor and suffering, is a gift to the Lord, before whom all mankind are equal. Every conformity to the Lord's plan of salvation-and this is of first importance-is a direct gift to God, for thereby we fit ourselves more nearly for our divinely planned destiny.

  John Andreas Widtsoe

  Children, Kindness, Destiny

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• Better that only a few Catholics should be left, staunch and sincere in their religion, than that they should, remaining many, desire as it were, to be in collusion with the Church's enemies and in conformity with the open foes of our faith.

  Peter Canisius

  Faith, Catholic, Enemy

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• Conformity can be costly in a world of uncertainty which requires innovative institutional creation because no one can know the right path to survival. Over time, the richer the cultural context in terms of providing multiple experimentation and creative competition, the more likely the successful survival of the society

  Douglass North

  Successful, Creative, Competition

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• As human beings we have unlimited potential and imagination. The worst thing you can do is be a conformist and buy into conformity. It's the worst possible thing. It's better to be outrageous. It's better to hang out with the sages, the people open to possibilities, even the psychotics. You never know where you'll find the geniuses of our society.

  Deepak Chopra

  Success, Unlimited Potential, Imagination

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• The sacred rites, although not instituted specifically for proving the truth of the dogmas of the Catholic Faith incontrovertibly, are effectively the living voice of Catholic Truth, the oft-sounded expression of it. For that very reason the true Church of Christ, even as she shows great zeal to guard inviolate those forms of divine worship - since they are hallowed and are not to be changed - sometimes grants or permits something novel in the performance of them in certain instances. This she does especially when they are in conformity with their venerable antiquity.

  Pope Leo XIII

  Voice, Expression, Catholic

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• I propose . . . . The conformity of the proposed Constitution to the true principles of republican government.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Republican Government, Principles, Constitution

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (2003). “The Federalist Papers”, p.15, Penguin

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• A "Normal" person is the sort of person that might be designed by a committee. You know, "Each person puts in a pretty color and it comes out gray."

  Allan Sherman

  Color, Being Different, Might

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• People are so constituted that everybody would rather undertake what they see others do, whether they have an aptitude for it or not.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  People, Aptitude, Originality

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• The main purpose of my work is to provoke people into using their imagination. Most people spend their lives in dreary, grey-beige conformity, mortally afraid of using colours. By experimenting with lighting, colours, textiles and furniture and utilizing the latest technologies, I try to show new ways to encourage people to use their phantasy and make their surroundings more exciting.

  Verner Panton

  Inspirational, Encouraging, Work

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• Jobs that require a suit upset me. They displease me much, as our world is rife with such superficial conformity.

  Nick Offerman

  Jobs, Our World, Upset

  Nick Offerman (2013). “Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living”, p.133, Penguin

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• They taught me different was wrong.

  Ani DiFranco

  Different, Taught, Conformity And Individuality

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• Knowledge is the conformity of the object and the intellect.

  Averroes

  Intellect, Objects

  Tahafut at-tahafut (ca. 1180)

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• Questions of natural right are triable by their conformity with the moral sense and reason of man.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Men, Inalienable Rights, Moral

  Thomas Jefferson (1854). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson”, p.618

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• Most people can't understand how others can blow their noses differently than they do.

  Ivan Turgenev

  Blow, People, Understanding

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• All moral obligation resolves itself into the obligation of conformity to the will of God.

  Charles Hodge

  Moral, Resolve, Obligation

  Charles Hodge (1874). “Soteriology, eschatology”, p.260

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• Remember: Bureaucracy elevates conformity ... Make that elevates 'fatal stupidity' to the status of religion.

  Frank Herbert

  Stupidity, Remember, Bureaucracy

  Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.96, Penguin

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• The American people...have a stake in non-conformity. For they know that the American genius is non-conformist.

  Henry Steele Commager

  People, Genius, Stakes

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• Believe nothing,
  No matter where you read it,
  Or who has said it,
  Not even if I have said it,
  Unless it agrees with your own reason
  And your own common sense.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Success, Atheist

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• Patterning your life around other's opinions is nothing more than slavery.

  Lawana Blackwell

  Freedom, Liberty, Slavery

  Lawana Blackwell (2008). “Dowry of Miss Lydia Clark, The”, p.262, Bethany House

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• The opposite of courage is not so much fear as it is conformity.

  Wayne Dyer

  Fear, Opposites

  Wayne W. Dyer (2006). “Everyday Wisdom for Success”, p.128, Hay House, Inc

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• It is true that the politician, in his professional character, does not always, or even very often, conform to the most approved pattern of private conduct.

  Frederick Scott Oliver

  Character, Political, Doe

  Frederick Scott Oliver (1934). “Politics and politicians”

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• All true obedience comes from the heart. It was heart work with Christ. And if we consent, He will so identify Himself with our thoughts and aims, so blend our hearts and minds into conformity to His will, that when obeying Him we shall be but carrying out our own impulses. The will, refined and sanctified, will find its highest delight in doing His service. When we know God as it is our privilege to know Him, our life will be a life of continual obedience. Through an appreciation of the character of Christ, through communion with God, sin will become hateful to us.

  Ellen G. White

  Appreciation, Heart, Character

  Ellen G. White (2015). “The Complete Conflict of the Ages”, p.2240, Simon and Schuster

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