Foundation Quotes - Page 20

By what a delicate and far-stretched contribution every island is made! What an enterprise of nature thus to lay the foundations of and to build up the future continent, of golden and silver sands and the ruins of forests, with ant-like industry.

I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while.

Randomness is the true foundation of mathematics.

I have always considered marriage as the most interesting event of one's life, the foundation of happiness or misery.

To feed applied science by starving basic science is like economising on the foundations of a building so that it may be built higher. It is only a matter of time before the whole edifice crumbles.

Long-term success is the result of relationships built on a foundation of trust. People get more value from those they trust.

A home is crucial, the foundation of a stable family.

Vary the pace. ... it is one of the foundations of all good acting.

How fleeting the sorrows of youth, how slight the foundations on which the young build towers of despair.

For me to grow, I have to know about the foundation that came before.

Through persistent, effective, and diligent work, a person can accumulate knowledge in the form of facts, data, information, and experience. Intelligence, however, can only be gained through obedience. Thus, knowledge is a prerequisite to and foundation for true spiritual intelligence.

I have my own foundation, which I just started, called Believe Anything Is Possible, which is going to be an organization to help the underprivileged.

Camp Taylor is a foundation that I'm connected with right now, and anything I can do to help them and help those kids is something I want to do.

Education is the foundation upon which we build our future.

Far too many businesses have been all too eager to lobby for maintaining and increasing subsidies and mandates paid by taxpayers and consumers. This growing partnership between business and government is a destructive force, undermining not just our economy and our political system, but the very foundations of culture.

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has been in existence for most of this century.

Courage combined with integrity is the foundation of character.

I know that historically our foundation has had great relations with all the administrations.[Bill] Clinton administration did a lot of outreach. The greatest rise in U.S. foreign aid was under the [George] Bush administration, that's where we got the AIDS initiative, which is called PEPFAR.

With Singapore's partnership, the United States in engaging more deeply across South-east Asia and Asean, which is central to the region's peace and prosperity. Singapore is an anchor for the US presence in the region, which is a foundation of stability and peace.

Let us take advantage of the opportunities presented by climate action and lay the foundations for a more prosperous and secure future for all

A belief in God helps provide a foundation to arbitrate our decisions. Without this foundation, we are condemned to live essentially formless lives.

I regard the death penalty as a savage and immoral institution that undermines the moral and legal foundations of society.

To apologize is to lay the foundation for a future offense.

...thinking which does not start from and continue in close relation to its foundations in the physical universe must lead to falsity.

If you don't have solid beliefs, you cannot build a stable life. Beliefs are like the foundation of a building, and they are the foundation to build your life upon.