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• To her [Florence Nightingale] chiefly I owed the awakening to the fact that sanitation is the supreme goal of medicine its foundation and its crown.

  Elizabeth Blackwell

  Science, Medicine, Goal

  Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell (2016). “Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women: Autobiographical Sketches”, p.151, Library of Alexandria

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• The battle over the validity of evolution has been publicly posed as a scientific one. However, you will find little sign of it in scientific journals, where such quarrels as exist are over details, not the basic concept... Evolution has proved so useful as a paradigm for the origin and structure of life that it constitutes the foundation of the sciences of biology and medicine.

  Victor J. Stenger

  Medicine, Religion, Atheism

  Victor J. Stenger (2003). “Has Science Found God?: The Latest Results in the Search for Purpose in the Universe”, Pyr Books

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• Make as many friends as you can, but don't build your life on them alone. It's an unstable foundation.

  Sean Covey

  Friendship, Best Friend, Losing Friends

  Sean Covey (1999). “Daily Reflections For Highly Effective Teens”, p.21, Simon and Schuster

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• There can be no public or private virtue unless the foundation of action is the practice of truth.

  George Holyoake

  Truth, War, Practice

  George Jacob Holyoake (1850). “The History of the Last Trial by Jury for Atheism in England: A Fragment of Autobiography, Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney General and the British Clergy”, p.37

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• The foundation of worship in the heart is not emotional ("I feel full of worship" or "The atmosphere is so worshipful"). Actually, it is theological. Worship is not something we "work up," it is something that "comes down" to us, from the character of God.

  Sinclair B. Ferguson

  Heart, Character, Emotional

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• Behold Jesus Christ crucified, Who is the only foundation of our hope; He is our Mediator and Advocate; the victim and sacrifice for our sins. He is goodness and patience itself; His mercy is moved by the tears of sinners, and He never refuses pardon and grace to those who ask it with a truly contrite and humbled heart.

  Carlo Borromeo

  Jesus, Heart, Sacrifice

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• Let me remind you that you have a two-fold task to perform. With the force of arms and at the cost of your blood you will have to win liberty. Then, when India is free, you will have to organize the permanent army of Free India, whose task it will be to preserve our liberty for all time. We must build up our national defense on such an unshakable foundation that never again in our history shall we lose our freedom.

  Subhas Chandra Bose

  Army, Winning, Blood

  Subhas Chandra Bose (2007). “Chalo Delhi: writings and speeches, 1943-1945”

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• Genius is a will-o'-the-wisp if it lacks a solid foundation of perseverence and fanatical tenacity. This is the most important thing in all of human life.

  Adolf Hitler

  Important, Genius, Tenacity

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• Now to understand the significance of chastity within us, we have to know that chastity is the foundation of all dharmas. Unless and until you have sense of chastity you cannot have dharma.

  Nirmala Srivastava

  Love, Wisdom, Yoga

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• We build character in order for us to withstand the rigors of combat and resist the temptations to compromise our principles in peacetime. We must build character in peacetime because there is no time in war. Character is the most important quality you can find in any person, but especially in a soldier. It is the foundation that will get anybody through anything he may encounter. Reputation is what people think you are; character is what you are- that is the staying power.

  Glen E. Morrell

  War, Character, Army

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• Always to see the general in the particular is the very foundation of genius.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Education, Teacher, Learning

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• The foundation of morality should not be made dependent on myth nor tied to any authority lest doubt about the myth or about the legitimacy of the authority imperil the foundation of sound judgment and action.

  Albert Einstein

  God, Religious, Atheist

  Albert Einstein (2013). “Albert Einstein, The Human Side: Glimpses from His Archives”, p.95, Princeton University Press

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• True humility-the basis of the Christian system-is the low but deep and firm foundation of all virtues.

  Edmund Burke

  Christian, Humility, Virtue

  Edmund Burke (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Edmund Burke (Illustrated)”, p.3683, Delphi Classics

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• Easter time reminds us that we have every right to believe that this hope is based on time-tested truths and a solid foundation.

  Sarah Palin

  Hope, Easter, Believe

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• Generosity is another quality which, like patience, letting go, non-judging, and trust, provides a solid foundation for mindfulness practice.

  Jon Kabat-Zinn

  Letting Go, Practice, Generosity

  Jon Kabat-Zinn (2005). “Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life”, Hyperion

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• The light will disturb us when we're comfortable, and comfort us when we're disturbed. We turn to spirit for help when our foundations are shaking only to find out that it is spirit who is shaking them!

  Dan Millman

  Yoga, Light, Comfort

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• Our national defense will be consolidated and no imperialist will be allowed to invade our territory again. Our People's armed forces must be maintained and developed with the brave and steeled People's Liberation Army as their foundation. We will have not only a powerful army but also a powerful air force and a powerful navy.

  Mao Zedong

  Powerful, Army, Air

  Mao Zedong (2017). “Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (The Little Red Book) & Other Works”, p.57, Lulu.com

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• The foundations of the world are to be found, not in the cognitive experience of conscious thought, but in the aesthetic experience of everyday life.

  Alfred North Whitehead

  Beauty, Everyday, World

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• The beautiful rests on the foundations of the necessary.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Beauty, Beautiful

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). “Culture, Behavior, Beauty: Books, Art Eloquence. Power, Wealth, Illusions”

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• No building is better than its structural foundation, and no man (woman) is better than his (her) mental foundation. When I prepared my original Success Pyramid years ago, I put industriousness and enthusiasm as the two cornerstones with LOYALTY right in the middle of the pyramid - Loyalty to yourself and to all those dependent upon you.

  John Wooden

  Loyalty, Athlete, Men

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• Want to become a champion? Then build your successes on a solid foundation of failure!

  Jan Garavaglia

  Athlete, Champion, Want

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• May it be my privilege to have the happiness of establishing the commonwealth on a firm and secure basis and thus enjoy the reward which I desire, but only if I may be called the author of the best possible government; and bear with me the hope when I die that the foundations which I have laid for its future government, will stand firm and stable.

  Augustus

  Latin, Government, Desire

  "Divus Augustus". Book by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus translated by Robert Graves, 1957.

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• Character is made up of core moral principles called the Six Pillars of Character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, caring, fairness and citizenship. Each of these virtues are independently important but together they provide the foundation for a worthy life.

  Michael Josephson

  Character, Responsibility, Caring

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• The character ethic, which I believe to be the foundation of success, teaches that there are basic principles of effective living, and that people can only experience true success and enduring happiness as they learn and integrate these principles into their basic character.

  Stephen Covey

  Believe, Character, People

  Stephen R. Covey (1994). “Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE Every Day”, p.3, Simon and Schuster

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• The logic now in use serves rather to fix and give stability to the errors which have their foundation in commonly received notions than to help the search for truth. So it does more harm than good.

  Francis Bacon

  Truth, Science, Errors

  Francis Bacon (2012). “The Great Instauration”, p.29, Simon and Schuster

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