Foundation Quotes - Page 30

• The saving of the Jews in Europe did not figure at the head of the list of priorities of the ruling class. It was the foundation of the State which was primordial in their eyes.

  Tom Segev

  Eye, Europe, Class

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• The scientific world is to be less threatening than was feared. It is to made safe for human beings. And the way to make it safe is to reflect on the foundation of knowledge.

  Simon Blackburn

  World, Safe, Way

  Simon Blackburn (1999). “Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy”, p.15, Oxford University Press

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• One can compare art education to the solid foundation for a house - once it's built properly, it will hold any shape or form you will place on it.

  Igor Babailov

  Art, House, Shapes

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• An efficient telecommunications network is the foundation upon which an information society is built.

  Talal Abu-Ghazaleh

  Information, Efficient, Built

  Speech at Arab ICT Regulators Forum, Movenpick Dead Sea, Jordan, March 21, 2004.

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• We have our roots in country, and that's our foundation, but we pull from a lot.

  Dave Haywood

  Country, Roots

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• The body isn’t the foundation of your health. The body is the physical manifestation of the sum of your life experiences.

  Lissa Rankin

  Body, Life Experience, Manifestation

  Lissa Rankin (2013). “Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof You Can Heal Yourself”, p.173, Hay House, Inc

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• The easy way is efficacious and speedy, the hard way arduous and long. But, as the clock ticks, the easy way becomes harder and the hard way becomes easier. And as the calendar records the years, it becomes increasingly evident that the easy way rests hazardously upon shifting sands, whereas the hard way builds solidly a foundation of confidence that cannot be swept away.

  Colonel Sanders

  Years, Long, Records

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• At the foundation of moral thinking lie beliefs in statements the truth of which no further reason can be given.

  Alasdair MacIntyre

  Lying, Thinking, Belief

  Alasdair MacIntyre (2013). “After Virtue”, p.78, A&C Black

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• Persuade yourselves, that the faith of the gospel is beyond the power of nature; that there is a necessity of a power from on high to bring you to believe. This will raze the old foundation, and cause you to look up for it.

  Thomas Boston

  Believe, Looks, Causes

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• The negative penalties of the Old Testament case laws were not harsh but just, not a threat to society but rather the necessary judicial foundation of civic freedom… the Old Testament was harsh on criminals because it was soft on victims.

  Gary North

  Law, Criminals, Negative

  Gary North (1990). “Victim's rights: the biblical view of civil justice”, Inst for Christian Economics

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• The purpose of God's blessing is to enable you to be a great channel of blessing to others. If you have nothing, there is nothing you can do for anyone else; if you have a little, you can only help a little; but if you have plenty, there is a whole lot you can do. When you are blessed, you have a mighty foundation from which to impact others. You are blessed to be a blessing.

  Brian Houston

  Blessed, Blessing, Impact

  Brian Houston (2013). “How To Maxmise Your Life”, p.20, Hillsong Music Australia

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• I love The Purple Book. It continually helps reinforce the only foundation worth building upon— a biblical one.

  Peter Furler

  Book, Biblical, Purple

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• Throughout the world today there is a gowing awareness of the failings of the Western model of development and a corresponding desire to look for more human-scale, ecological ways of living. If Ladakh now succeeds in creating for itself a future which retains the foundations of its traditional past, it will be an inspiring example of how all the various elements of an ecological future fit together.

  Helena

  Past, Creating, Together

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• All pursuits are pointless and fruitless unless and until love and compassion are found and then are the foundation and destination of all you do

  Rasheed Ogunlaru

  Compassion, Destination, Pursuit

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• By providing outstanding economic leadership, this country can wage its attack successfully - and can thereby build the foundations of a peaceful world.

  James Forrestal

  Love, Leadership, Country

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• Those men who laid the foundation of this American government and signed he Declaration of Independence were the best spirits the God of heaven could find on the face of the earth. They were choice spirits . . . noble spirits before God.

  Wilford Woodruff

  Men, Choices, Heaven

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• I do most of my work with kids. They are the very foundation of our future. We are so incredibly disrespectful to them in America in every way because they can't vote.

  Henry Winkler

  Work, Kids, America

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• Abuse of words is the foundation of ideology.

  Joseph Joubert

  Evil, Abuse, Ideology

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• This art of participating in happiness is one of the foundations if you want to be happy.

  Rajneesh

  Art, Want, Celebration

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• We are born to soar. We are children of God. ... The Fatherhood of God offers a deep spiritual cure for the inferiority complex and lays the firm foundation for a solid spiritual self-esteem.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Spiritual, Children, Self Esteem

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• The foundation for our self-image is grounded in the first three years of life. It comes from our major caretaker's mirroring.

  John Bradshaw

  Self Esteem, Years, Three

  John Bradshaw (2010). “Bradshaw On: The Family: A New Way of Creating Solid Self-Esteem”, p.49, Health Communications, Inc.

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• His peaceful resistance shook the foundations of an empire, exposed the emptiness of a repressive ideology, and proved that moral leadership is more powerful than any weapon.

  Barack Obama

  Inspiring, Powerful, Moral Leadership

  Statement on the death of Vaclav Havel, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. December 18, 2011.

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• ...the core values that underpin sustainable development - interdependence, empathy, equity, personal responsibility and intergenerational justice - are the only foundation upon which any viable vision of a better world can possibly be constructed

  Jonathon Porritt

  Responsibility, Justice, Empathy

  Jonathon Porritt (2012). “Capitalism as If the World Matters”, p.347, Routledge

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• To change our national economic story from one of financial speculation to one of future growth, we need a third industrial revolution: a green revolution. It will transform our economy as surely as the shift from iron to steel, from steam to oil. It will lead us toward a low-carbon future, with cleaner energy and greener growth. With an economy that is built to last - on more sustainable, more stable foundations

  Chris Huhne

  Iron, Oil, Growth

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• Fundamentally transforming the foundations of the economy is the biggest contribution we can make towards building a sustainable future. The current economic crisis may be painful, but it will be nothing compared with the crises we will face if we continue to grow in a way that threatens the life-support systems on which we rely

  Jonathon Porritt

  Support Systems, May, Way

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