Quotes of Required - somelinesforyou

“ Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. ”

- Henry David Thoreau

“ The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative, and the second is disastrous. ”

- Margaret Fontey

“ Strong words are required for weak principles. ”

- Doug Horton

“ Life is easier to take than you think; all that is necessary is to accept the impossible, do without the indispensable and bear the intolerable. ”

- Kathleen Norris

“ Know thyself. Nothing in excess. The Self is required to balance the Self. ”

- Blum Ralph

“ The first and last thing required of genius is, love of the truth. ”

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“ The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition. ”

- Carl Edward Sagan

“ The men with the muck-rake are often indispensable to the well-being of society, but only if they know when to stop raking the muck. ”

- Theodore Roosevelt

“ Learning is not compulsory… neither is survival. ”

- W. Edwards Deming

“ Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by someone. ”

- Martina Navratilova

“ Of all the forces that make for a better world, none is so indispensable, none so powerful, as hope. Without hope men are only half alive. With hope they dream and think and work. ”

- Charles Sawyer

“ What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out, which is the exact opposite. ”

- Bertrand Russell

“ I won Wimbledon because I wanted to be like her in Australia. I just want to be like her. But if she loses, then I'm like, 'Oh, man, now I have to do it. ”

- Venus Williams

“ Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ Families faced with personal bankruptcy because of the storm should be given relief from any unnecessary burdens imposed by the new bankruptcy law. ”

- Nancy Pelosi

“ Historical knowledge is indispensable for those who want to build a better world. ”

- Ludwig von Mises

“ Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul. ”

- Henry David Thoreau

“ A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them, and he patiently suffers much for them; but he becomes impatient if he is required to give them up. ”

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“ A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them. ”

- Antoine de Saint Exupéry

“ So long as we love we serve; so long as we are loved by others, I would almost say that we are indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend. ”

- Robert Louis Stevenson

“ Always do more than is required of you. ”

- George S. Patton

“ Do anything, even the impossible; it may only take a little longer when a miracle is required. ”

- Unknown

“ Ethics is in origin the art of recommending to others the sacrifices required for cooperation with oneself. ”

- Bertrand Russell

“ Even today a crude sort of persecution is all that is required to create an honorable name for any sect, no matter how indifferent in itself. ”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

“ Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country. ”

- Theodore Roosevelt

“ For of those to whom much is given, much is required. ”

- John F. Kennedy

“ Hollywood held this double lure for me, tremendous sums of money for work that required no more effort than a game of pinochle. ”

- Ben Hecht

“ I wanted to be the perfect artist. I'd do three hours of media interviews a day, going to every radio station I could squeeze in. I'd sign autographs after the show until everybody left. ”

- Clint Black

“ If our thoughts and hopes are elsewhere, it is impossible to set our faces steadily toward the work required of us. ”

- Unknown

“ It is a trick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed, or not possible, to avoid making those that are required. ”

- Ivan Goncharov
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