Strong Foundation Quotes

• You can't build a great building on a weak foundation.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Foundation, Building, Weak

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• You can't build a great building on a weak foundation. You must have a solid foundation if you're going to have a strong superstructure.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Strong, Foundation, Building

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• The important thing is that you've got a strong foundation before you start to try to save the world or help other people.

  Richard Branson

  Strong, Helping Others, People

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  A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.

  David Brinkley

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Great persons are great because of good, strong foundations on which they were able to build a character.

  Alfred Armand Montapert

  Strong, Character, Able

  Alfred Armand Montapert (1978). “The way to happiness: the eternal quest of mankind”, Prentice Hall

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• A house built on granite and strong foundations, not even the onslaught of pouring rain, gushing torrents and strong winds will be able to pull down.

  Haile Selassie

  Strong, Rain, Wind

  "My Life and Ethiopia's Progress : The Autobiography of Emperor Haile Sellassie" by Haile Selassie, translated by Edward Ullendorff, (Preface), 1976.

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• May you have a strong foundation when the winds of change shift...and may you be forever young.

  Bob Dylan

  Strong, Motivation, Wind

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  The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.

  Zig Ziglar

  Love, Success, Faith

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Dec 03, 2014

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• The foundation for future prosperity is built on the bedrock of good jobs and great schools. We are building a strong foundation one job at a time and one educated Texan at a time.

  Rick Perry

  Strong, Jobs, School

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• Any structure must have a strong foundation. The cornerstones anchor the foundation. For some reason the cornerstones that I chose to begin with I never changed.

  John Wooden

  Strong, Anchors, Foundation

  Source: www.expressionsofexcellence.com

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• You can do almost anything with soup stock, it's like a strong foundation. When you have the right foundation, everything tastes good.

  Martin Yan

  Strong, Soup, Taste

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• Truth is complete in itself. Truth has a strong foundation in itself. It is bold, it has no fears. It has no limit of space or time. It is a fearless, free bird in the sky. It does not care for status. It is wealth in itself. Truth stands even when there is no public support.

  Sivananda

  Strong, Sky, Space

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• A strong foundation at home sets you up for a strong foundation at work.

  Robin Sharma

  Success, Strong, Home

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• Pride in what and who you are is a strong foundation, but don't be defined by your oppression; use your anger, don't let it use you.

  Dave McKean

  Strong, Pride, Foundation

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• Think of hope the minute you feel miserable with your life. Take up the habit of finding joy in the smallest of things in life. The misery you feel now will be a strong foundation for your future and you will become someone with an invaluable life. Also, hold the hand of the person next to you. Don’t think that you’re the only one living in this world. Don’t grow your sorrow on your own and ask for help from the person next to you.

  Jaejoong

  Strong, Thinking, Things In Life

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• Our society cannot afford a two-tiered system in which the affluent have access to superior education, while everyone else is subjected to a dull and incoherent classroom experience. Academic excellence, educational equity, and fairness demand a strong foundation of knowledge for all learners.

  E. D. Hirsch, Jr.

  Inspirational, Education, Strong

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• Idealism is like a castle in the air if it is not based on a solid foundation of social and political realism.

  Claude McKay

  Reality, Air, Political

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• That mortal is a fool who, prospering, thinks his life has any strong foundation; since our fortune's course of action is the reeling way a madman takes, and no one person is ever happy all the time.

  Euripides

  Strong, Thinking, Foundation

  Euripides (2013). “Euripides III: Heracles, The Trojan Women, Iphigenia among the Taurians, Ion”, p.126, University of Chicago Press

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• I am so looking forward to it. I made sure I had a strong foundation before I became pregnant and I think that's the most important thing. There were a lot of things that I wanted to do personally so that when the time came, I really knew who I was and could be the best mother.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Mother, Strong, Pregnancy

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• A strong foundation exists for immediate military action against Saddam Hussein and for a multilateral effort to rebuild Iraq after he is gone.

  George P. Shultz

  Strong, Military, Iraq

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• The world is entering another dark age. After 1985, the Maya will be so thick that it will be difficult to advance spiritually without a strong foundation.

  Frederick Lenz

  Strong, Buddhism, Dark

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• A house built on granite and strong foundations, not even the onslaught of pouring rain, gushing torrents and strong winds will be able to pull down. Some people have written the story of my life representing as truth what in fact derives from ignorance, error or envy; but they cannot shake the truth from its place, even if they attempt to make others believe it.

  Haile Selassie

  Strong, Rain, Believe

  "My Life and Ethiopia's Progress : The Autobiography of Emperor Haile Sellassie" by Haile Selassie, translated by Edward Ullendorff, 1976.

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• Knowing Latin and having two years of Attic Greek gave me the strong foundation upon which I've built a career. I think the classical training, more than anything, has provided me with longevity.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Strong, Latin, Thinking

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• It's no wonder that America's engagement in the region has strong, sustained, bipartisan support. So I'll be handing my successor a strong foundation - including closer ties with Singapore - on which to continue building, and I'm optimistic that will happen.

  Barack Obama

  Strong, Optimistic, America

  Source: www.straitstimes.com

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• My uncle, who's an art teacher, took me under his wing and gave me a really strong foundation in art. I spent summers with him, and he taught me how to draw, how to see, how to mix colors, how to use different mediums and perspective, and so forth.

  Kadir Nelson

  Summer, Teacher, Art

  "In-depth Written Interview". TeachingBooks Interview, www.teachingbooks.net. September 7, 2010.

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