Tribute Quotes - Page 13

• All that we know about those we have loved and lost is that they would wish us to remember them with a more intensified realization of their reality. What is essential does not die but clarifies. The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.

  Thornton Wilder

  Gratitude, Grief, Reality

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• Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim tribute to patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness - these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens. . . . reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.

  George Washington

  Religious, Business, Men

  "George Washington’s Farewell Address". "The Life of George Washington. Special Edition for Schools", ed. Robert Faulkner and Paul Carrese, Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, oll.libertyfund.org. 2000.

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• But I want to pay tribute to Anna Lee Woodruff, an extraordinary, selfless woman and beautiful grandmother who in her quiet determined way was a role model for her two daughters, and who left a lasting impression on so many who knew her.

  Judy Woodruff

  Beautiful, Mother, Daughter

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• I pay tribute to the endless heroism of youth.

  Nelson Mandela

  Heroism, Pay, Youth

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.425, Pan Macmillan

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• In a general sense, all contributions imposed by the government upon individuals for the service of the state, are called taxes, by whatever name they may be known, whether by the name of tribute, tythe, tallage, impost, duty, gabel, custom, subsidy, aid, supply, excise, or other name.

  Joseph Story

  Government, Names, Taxation

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• Tonight, I would like to pay tribute to the greatest entertainer of all time, Mr. Elvis Presley. Elvis was Las Vegas. And if it wasn't for him, so many performers like myself would not have the chance to do what we do in this town. He really was the king.

  Celine Dion

  Kings, Vegas, Towns

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• Honor is a simple word; it means to give special respect and to pay tribute. It means to respond to teachings that have been patiently and thoughtfully given. Each of our families would be more happy if we as children would honor our fathers and our mothers.

  Hugh W. Pinnock

  Mother, Children, Father

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• The best tribute we can pay Madiba is to ensure that our political debate focuses on issues of how best we can ensure that each South African child, whatever the circumstances of their birth, inherits freedom they can use.

  Helen Zille

  Children, Issues, Political

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• To virginity is awarded the tribute of the highest beauty

  Thomas Aquinas

  Sacraments, Highest, Virginity

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• Reality is a magic lady, sometimes very mysterious. To me she is very passionate. She is real not only when she is awake, walking down the streets, but also at night when she is dreaming or when she is having nightmares. When I am writing, I am always paying tribute to her - to that lady called Reality.

  Eduardo Galeano

  Dream, Real, Writing

  Source: apracticalpolicy.org

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• It is a tribute to Indian democracy that a person from a poor family, an ordinary family, is today addressing the nation from the Red Fort.

  Narendra Modi

  Powerful, Democracy, Ordinary

  "India Independence Day 2014: Top Quotes From Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s First Speech At Red Fort" by Suman Varandani, www.ibtimes.com. August 15, 2014.

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• If possible, be Russian. And live in another country. Play chess. Be an active trader between languages. Carry precious metals from one to the other. Remind us of Stravinsky. Know the names of plants and flying creatures. Hunt gauzy wings with snares of gauze. Make science pay tribute. Have a butterfly known by your name.

  Vladimir Nabokov

  Life, Country, Butterfly

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• On issues carrying as much emotional freight as race - and there aren't many - a U.S. senator needs to speak with care and consistency. Otherwise, he could find people speaking at his own retirement tribute.

  Gordon Smith

  Retirement, Emotional, Race

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• Science is a very human form of knowledge. We are always at the brink of the known; we always feel forward for what is to be hoped. Every judgment in science stands on the edge of error and is personal. Science is a tribute to what we can know although we are fallible.

  Jacob Bronowski

  Errors, Ascent, Judgment

  Jacob Bronowski (1976). “The ascent of man”

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