Indispensable Quotes - Page 11

• Indignation and compassion form a powerful combination. They are indispensable to vision, and therefore to leadership.

  John Stott

  Powerful, Compassion, Vision

  John R. W. Stott (1999). “Our Social and Sexual Revolution: Major Issues for a New Century”, Baker Publishing Group

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• Nothing about becoming indispensable is easy. If it's easy, it's already been done and it's no longer valuable.

  Seth Godin

  Done, Becoming, Easy

  Seth Godin (2010). “Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?”, p.158, Penguin

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• Food that is necessary for man’s existence is as sacred as life itself. Everything that is indispensable for its preservation is the common property of society as a whole. It is only the surplus that is private property and can be safely left to individual commercial enterprise.

  Maximilien Robespierre

  Men, Sacred, Common

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• For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.

  St. Jerome

  Dignity, Empty, Stomach

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• The most indispensable qualification of a cook is punctuality. The same must be said of guests.

  Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

  Guests, Punctuality, Said

  Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, Leonard Francis Simpson (1859). “The handbook of dining, based chiefly upon the Physiologie du goût of Brillat-Savarin”, p.7

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• Man was so engineered by God that the presence of the Creator within the creature is indispensable to His humanity.

  W. Ian Thomas

  Men, Humanity, Spirit

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• In the formation of such a government, it is not only the right, but the indispensable duty of every citizen to examine the principles of it, to compare them with the principles of other governments, with a constant eye to our particular situation and circumstances, and thus endeavor to foresee the future operations of our own system, and its effects upon human happiness. Convinced of this truth, I have no apology to offer for the following remarks, but an earnest desire to be useful to my country.

  Noah Webster

  Country, Eye, Apology

  Noah Webster (1787). “An Examination Into the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution Proposed by the Late Convention Held at Philadelphia: With Answers to the Principal Objections that Have Been Raised Against the System”, p.6

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• To a man of liberal education, the study of history is not only useful, and important, but altogether indispensable, and with regard to the history contained in the Bible ...it is not so much praiseworthy to be acquainted with as it is shameful to be ignorant of it.

  John Quincy Adams

  Education, Men, Ignorant

  John Quincy Adams (1848). “Letters of John Quincy Adams, to His Son, on the Bible and Its Teachings”, p.34

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• Hypotheses are the scaffolds which are erected in front of a building and removedd when the building is completed. They are indispensable to the worker; but the worker must not mistake the scaffolding for the building.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Mistake, Science, Building

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• The Bible is the best of books, and I wish it were in the hands of every one. It is indispensable to the safety and permanence of our institutions. A free government can not exist without religion and morals, and there cannot be morals without religion. Especially should the Bible be placed in the hands of the young. It is the best school book in the world. I would that all our people were brought up under the influence of that holy book.

  Zachary Taylor

  Education, Book, School

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• Negotiations with Iran, especially, will not be easy under any circumstances, but I suspect that they might be somewhat less difficult if the nuclear-weapon states could show that their requests are part of a broader effort to lead the world, including themselves, toward nuclear disarmament. Preventing further proliferation is essential, but it is not a recipe for success to preach to the rest of the world to stay away from the very weapons that nuclear states claim are indispensable to their own security.

  Hans Blix

  Military, Iran, Nuclear Disarmament

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• My central arms control objective has been to reduce substantially and ultimately to eliminate nuclear weapons and rid the world of the nuclear threat. The prevention of the spread of nuclear explosives is to additional countries is an indispensable part of our efforts to meet this objective. I intend to continue my pursuit of this goal with untiring determination and a profound sense of personal commitment.

  Ronald Reagan

  Country, Determination, Commitment

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• Certainly the prolonged education indispensable to the progress of society is not natural to mankind.

  Winston Churchill

  Education, Learning, Progress Of Society

  Winston Churchill (2010). “My Early Life: 1874-1904”, p.55, Simon and Schuster

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• After [Dan Fried] was initially hired into the Foreign Service in 1977, five subsequent presidents of both parties thought it would be a good idea to keep him on. That his deep understanding, his knowledge of all the players and so many of the secrets it would make him an indispensable asset, particularly when it comes to dealing with Russia.

  Rachel Maddow

  Party, Player, Deep Understanding

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• Fun, fighting, and feeding! These are the three indispensable elements of the boy's world.

  Baden Powell de Aquino

  Wisdom, Fun, Fighting

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• In his address of 19 September 1796, given as he prepared to leave office, President George Washington spoke about the importance of morality to the country's well-being: Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports. . . . And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. . . . Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a Nation with its virtue?

  George Washington

  Country, Office, Support

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• Get punctual, bring energy and creativity to your work, and stay with a project until it's completed (and then double-check the results). These habits will make you indispensable.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Creativity, Energy, Habit

  Bill O'Reilly (2002). “The O'Reilly Factor: The Good, the Bad, and the Completely Ridiculous in American Life”, p.77, Three Rivers Press

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• The presidential news conference is indispensable because it is the only forum in our society where you can be questioned on a regular basis and held accountable.

  Helen Thomas

  Presidential, News, Our Society

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• Far more indispensable then food for the physical body is spiritual nourishment for the soul. One can do without food for a considerable time, but a man of the spirit cannot exist for a single second without spiritual nourishment.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Spiritual, Men, Soul

  Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Rabindranath Tagore (1968). “Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi, Nehru, Tagore: Being a Treasury of Over Ten Thousand Invaluable and Inspiring Thoughts, Views, and Obervations on about Eight Hundred Subjects of Popular Interest, Collected from the Speeches and Writings of These Three Great Leaders of Modern India”

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• ...when seeking material light, remember the spiritual light which is indispensable for the soul, and without which it remains in the darkness of the passions, in the darkness of spiritual death. 'I am come as a light into the world,' says the Lord, 'that whosoever believeth on Me, should not abide in darkness' (Jn. 12:46).

  John of Kronstadt

  Christian, Spiritual, Passion

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• Every state begins in compulsion; but the habits of obedience become the content of conscience, and soon every citizen thrills with loyalty to the flag. The citizen is right; for however the state begins, it soon becomes an indispensable prop to order.

  Will Durant

  Loyalty, Order, Society

  Will Durant (2011). “Our Oriental Heritage: The Story of Civilization”, p.81, Simon and Schuster

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• What is indispensable to inspiration? ...sound sleep and the provocation of a good book or a companion.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Book, Inspiration, Sleep

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1960). “The Journals”

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• To the pure geometer the radius of curvature is an incidental characteristic - like the grin of the Cheshire cat. To the physicist it is an indispensable characteristic. It would be going too far to say that to the physicist the cat is merely incidental to the grin. Physics is concerned with interrelatedness such as the interrelatedness of cats and grins. In this case the "cat without a grin" and the "grin without a cat" are equally set aside as purely mathematical phantasies.

  Arthur Eddington

  Cat, Math, Would Be

  Arthur Eddington (1933). “The Expanding Universe: Astronomy's 'Great Debate', 1900-1931”, p.103, Cambridge University Press

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• Among the multitudes will be found many who cannot discriminate between what is merely wanted and what is needed, what is necessary for bare subsistence and what is indispensable for the sake of the freedom and clarity of one's higher powers.

  Kenny Smith

  Needs, Sake, Clarity

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• I don't suppose that hard work, discipline, and a perfectionist attitude toward my work did me any harm. They are a big part of my makeup today, as any of my co-workers will tell you. And when life seemed unbearable, I learned to live in my imagination, and to step inside other people's skins- indispensable abilities for an actress.

  Lucille Ball

  Attitude, Hard Work, Makeup

  "Love, Lucy" by Lucille Ball, (pp. 9-10), 1996.

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