Glossary of Inspirational Quotes that Rekindle the Soul
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| Quote:A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan.[Martin Luther King Jr.] Quote:In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.[Ambrose Bierce] Quote:A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.[Samuel Johnson] Quote:Over the next hundred years or so football saw a great many major innovations and refinements that are too boring to even think about. Along the way professional football came into being so that the largest and most violent college players would have a way to earn money other than simply demanding it from innocent civilians.[Dave Barry] Quote:As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.[George Washington] Quote:To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.[Oliver Wendell Holmes] Quote:I believe that the next half century will determine if we will advance the cause of Christian civilization or revert to the horrors of brutal paganism.[Theodore Roosevelt] Quote:Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.[Daniel Webster] Quote:Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other arts will follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization.[Daniel Webster] Quote:Individual commitment to a group effort -- that is what makes a team work a company work, a society work, a civilization work.[Vince Lombardi] Quote:Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.[Benjamin Franklin] Quote:America is the first country to have gone from barbarism to decadence without the usual intervening period of civilization.[Oscar Wilde] Quote:Underlying the whole scheme of civilization is the confidence men have in each other, confidence in their integrity, confidence in their honesty, confidence in their future. [Havelock Ellis] Quote:Life here is so elemental. So real. Without the interference of civilization you can really experience things like,...silence. Silence and darkness in its purity. Right now, right outside my window all I can see is a black void. Endless darkness. It's totally exhilarating, and I feel very lucky to be here. Very, very lucky. [Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider] Quote:Life here is so elemental. So real. Without the interference of civilization you can really experience things like,...silence. Silence and darkness in its purity. Right now, right outside my window all I can see is a black void. Endless darkness. It's totally exhilarating, and I feel very lucky to be here. Very, very lucky. [Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider] Quote:The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself. [Robert Ingersoll] Quote:Simplicity is the peak of civilization. [Lao-tzu] Quote:The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization. [Ralph Waldo Emerson] Quote:It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it. [Oscar Wilde] Quote:We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society. [Judith Martin] Quote:To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man. [Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.] Quote:To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level. [Bertrand Russell] Quote:What a time! What a civilization! [Cicero] Definitions of: civilDefinition: Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state.Definition: Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community. Definition: Performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to government; -- said of an individual. Definition: Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable. Definition: Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state. Definition: Relating to rights and remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings. |
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