Sacred Quotes

God the Father, the supreme Architect, had already built this cosmic home we behold, the most sacred temple of His godhead, by the laws of His mysterious wisdom.

Mozart has written opera, symphony, sacred and chamber music - not to mention his piano and violin concerti.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

I tended to emphasize the secular, the casual, the colloquial, the vernacular against the sacred.

Marriage is one of the most sacred human institutions. I asked our Senators, as many South Dakotans have done, to protect marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.

Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate.

There are certain promises you make that are more sacred than anything that happens in a court of law, I don't care how many Bibles you put your hand on.

My father wasn't a very good lawyer. He thought the law was sacred and something that was meant to help people. He didn't charge people like he should have... which is why I was allowed to play bars and strip joints when I was 14.

The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas - uncertainty, progress, change - into crimes.

Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.'

The bandstand is a sacred place.

Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.

Women are sacred.

The only principles of public conduct that are worthy of a gentleman or a man are to sacrifice estate, ease, health, and applause, and even life, to the sacred calls of his country.

Some extremists take elements of the sacred scriptures out of context.

Similarly, anyone who wishes to understand the mind of the sacred writers must first cleanse his own life, and approach the saints by copying their deeds.

Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred.

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.

If any thing is sacred, the human body is sacred.

Sexuality is a private matter; some believe that broadcasting it destroys the very things that make it sacred.

The little people must be sacred to the big ones, and it is from the rights of the weak that the duty of the strong is comprised.

Theatre is a sacred space for actors. You are responsible; you are in the driving-seat.

I pattern my actions and life after what I want. No two people are alike. You might admire attributes in others, but use these only as a guide in improving yourself in your own unique way. I don't go for carbon copies. Individualism is sacred!

I have to tell everyone everything that's going on. It is different once you're married, because that's sacred.

Until the control of the issue of currency and credit is restored to government and recognized as its most conspicuous and sacred responsibility, all talks of the sovereignty of Parliament and of democracy is idle and futile.

The Declaration of Independence is a sacred part of American history.

But, strictly speaking, this mythology was no essential part of ancient religion, for it had no sacred sanction and no binding force on the worshippers.

Everyone now has a sacred cow in the tax code. For my money, the most sacred thing of all is our country and its growth, but the sacred cows have turned into a pack of wolves.

Freedom is not a gift nor does it simply exist for us to have, but rather it is a sacred duty, and its blessed yield of hope is born from none other than the blood of the innocent.