Proper Quotes - page 7

To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work. (Mary Oliver)
The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time. View quote
Jack London
The superior man governs men, according to their nature, with what is proper to them, and as soon as they change what is wrong, he stops. View quote
Confucius
The administration of government lies in getting proper men. Such men are to be got by means of the ruler's own character. That character is to be cultivated by his treading in the ways of duty. And the treading those ways of duty is to be cultivated by the cherishing of benevolence. View quote
Confucius
How great is the path proper to the Sage! Like overflowing water, it sends forth and nourishes all things, and rises up to the height of heaven. All-complete is its greatness! It embraces the three hundred rules of ceremony, and the three thousand rules of demeanor. It waits for the proper man, and then it is trodden. Hence it is said, "Only by perfect virtue can the perfect path, in all its courses, be made a fact." View quote
Confucius
Just as our bodies need proper food to live and develop, our souls need love to blossom. The strength and nourishment that love can give our souls is even more potent than the nourishing power of a mother's milk for a baby. View quote
Mata Amritanandamayi
Give the youth a proper environment. Motivate them. Extend them the support they need. Each one of them has infinite source of energy. They will deliver.[not in citation given]. View quote
Dhirubhai Ambani
Arrangement includes the putting of things in their proper places and the elegance of effect which is due to adjustments appropriate to the character of the work. Its forms of expression are these: ground plan, elevation, and perspective. ...All three come of reflexion and invention. View quote
Vitruvius
The proper form of economy must be observed in building houses for each and every class. View quote
Vitruvius
Had the jury convicted on proper instructions it would be the end of the matter. But juries are not bound by what seems inescapable logic to judges. View quote
Robert H. Jackson
A natural talent is required; for, when Nature opposes, everything else is in vain; but when Nature leads the way to what is most excellent, instruction in the art takes place, which the student must try to appropriate to himself by reflection, becoming an early pupil in a place well adapted for instruction. He must also bring to the task a love of labor and perseverance, so that the instruction taking root may bring forth proper and abundant fruits. (Hippocrates)
A well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defense of a free state; that standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided as dangerous to liberty; and that in all cases the military should be under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power. View quote
George Mason
He in whose heart the law was, and who alone of all mankind was content to do it, His sacrifice alone can be the sacrifice all-sufficient in the Father's sight as the proper sacrifice of humanity; He who through the Eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, He alone can give the Spirit which enables us to present our bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God. He is the only High-Priest of the universe. View quote
Frederick William Robertson
There is nothing like a parade to elicit the proper respect for the military from the populace. View quote
Irving Kristol
Americans treat history like a cookbook. Whenever they are uncertain what to do next, they turn to history and look up the proper recipe, invariably designated "the lesson of history." View quote
Russell Baker
O let us love our occupations, Bless the squire and his relations, Live upon our daily rations, And always know our proper stations. View quote
Charles Dickens
Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him. View quote
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The poetry I love is written with someone's voice and I believe its proper culmination is to be read with someone's voice. And the human voice in that sense is not electronically reproduced or amplified. View quote
Robert Pinsky
A man once asked Diogenes what was the proper time for supper, and he made answer, "If you are a rich man, whenever you please; and if you are a poor man, whenever you can." View quote
Diogenes Laërtius
Even though there's a massive amount of people of colour now living in Scotland...this country is 30 or 40 years behind any other English city in terms of racial attitudes and integration. There's no proper acknowledgement of the slave trade and how many Scottish cities were founded on money from that. Our children are just not taught that history. View quote
Jackie Kay
Ah how shameless - the way these mortals blame the gods. From us alone they say come all their miseries yes but they themselves with their own reckless ways compound their pains beyond their proper share. (Homer)
The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are right. View quote
Mark Twain
Few authors understand themselves, and a proper reader must not only understand his author but also be able to see beyond him. View quote
Johann Georg Hamann
Social Democracy preached against capitalism for half a century. After the November revolution the Reds had the opportunity to direct capitalism into the proper paths: but nothing happened! View quote
Julius Streicher
It's perfectly understandable and proper for one to be anti-Semite, but to exterminate women and children is so extraordinary, it's hard to believe. No defendant here wanted that. View quote
Julius Streicher