Foundation Quotes - Page 4

The breeder can indeed lay the foundations of a good and serviceable dog but the trainer must see to it that he brings to their highest possible development, the physical and mental foundations already laid and thus his is the more grateful task.

There is a foundation for our lives, a place in which our life rests. That place is nothing but the present moment, as we see, hear, experience what is. If we do not return to that place, we live our lives out of our heads. We blame others; we complain; we feel sorry for ourselves. All of these symptoms show that we're stuck in our thoughts. We're out of touch with the open space that is always right here.

There are those who see a problem and there are those who will not give up until they find a solution - finding a solution is what the Full Stop Foundation is about

As the happiness of the people is the sole end of government, so the consent of the people is the only foundation of it.

Not only is your story your truth, your story is going to be the platform and the foundation for everything that's getting ready to happen in your life.

I firmly believe that when you have a foundation of respect, love of what you're doing, and a shared vision, so much is possible.

Productive power is the foundation of a country's economic strength.

Once you depart from the Ten Commandments as being the foundation of right and wrong, you are in a free fall.

The fitness builds the foundation for me as an actor to have clarity. Fitness has always been the base of where I start off as a performer.

Corruption has its own motivations, and one has to thoroughly study that phenomenon and eliminate the foundations that allow corruption to exist.

True Christianity today is not different from primitive Christianity ... She remains what she has been since her foundation: always the same.

That the foundation of our national policy should be laid in private morality. If individuals be not influenced by moral principles, it is in vain to look for public virtue; it is, therefore, the duty of legislators to enforce, both by precept and example, the utility, as well as the necessity, of a strict adherence to the rules of distributive justice.

No, the state is anything but the result of a contract! No one with even just an ounce of common sense would agree to such a contract. I have a lot of contracts in my files, but nowhere is there one like this. The state is the result of aggressive force and subjugation. It has evolved without contractual foundation, just like a gang of protection racketeers. And concerning the struggle of all against all: that is a myth.

Our marriage is grounded in the word of God. That's really it. God is the core of our marriage, and the foundation and the blueprint for it is how we live, and being open and honest and communicating, but ultimately doing what pleases God, and not in a selfish manner.

You go shake your foundations, Will. I think it's about time I saved myself.

Inclusive, good-quality education is a foundation for dynamic and equitable societies.

Moral principle is the foundation of law.

Remember this: When you are doing nothing, those speculators who feel they must trade day in and day out, are laying the foundation for your next venture. You will reap benefits from their mistakes.

Success is not built on what we accomplish for ourselves. Its foundation lies in what we do for others.

The first foundation for the creation of authority is always provided by popularity.

Simplicity of life, even the barest, is not a misery, but the very foundation of refinement.

We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength.

Our only reliable source of strength is the goodness of our hearts. Our only foundation for coming to terms with the suffering of the times is our innate need to be decent human beings.

Trust is the foundation of real teamwork (there is nothing touchy-feely about this).

The education of youth should be watched with the most scrupulous attention. [I]t is much easier to introduce and establish an effectual system ... than to correct by penal statutes the ill effects of a bad system. ... The education of youth ... lays the foundations on which both law and gospel rest for success.