Toward Quotes

Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He only who acts conscientiously toward himself, will act so toward others.

It so happened that my goals kind of matched my career progression toward becoming an astronaut.

A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.

Universal education is not only a moral imperative but an economic necessity, to pave the way toward making many more nations self-sufficient and self-sustaining.

One of our theories is that one can offset this excessive compulsion toward the spectacular with a return to simplicity.

The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother's always a Democrat.

Having a place out of the city is a shortcut toward the mental reset I need.

I do not usually revise much, though I often cut, particularly the end or toward the end of a poem.

The abortion controversy is important for what it says about our stance toward procreation and children altogether.

When approved, the SAFE Port Act will make progress toward protecting the physical infrastructure of our seaports as well as our national economy which is so clearly dependent on the commercial shipping business.

The action we take and the decisions we make in this decade will have consequences far into this century. If America shows weakness and uncertainty, the world will drift toward tragedy. That will not happen on my watch.

If this work can contribute in any way toward proving this, and at the same time arouse the conscience of the American people to a demand for justice to every citizen, and punishment by law for the lawless, I shall feel I have done my race a service.

This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet.

But beyond all that, the question that is continually begged is why isn't America leading the way toward total abolition of nuclear weapons.

The U.S. should support the historic Gaza withdrawal as a first step toward a final settlement: a permanent Palestinian state in Gaza and nearly all of the West Bank.

Goals seem impossible only when you are not heading toward them.

It is time to change our policy of appeasement toward the Palestinians, to strengthen our ties with the nation of Israel.

All observers not laboring under hallucinations of the senses are agreed, or can be made to agree, about facts of sensible experience, through evidence toward which the intellect is merely passive, and over which the individual will and character have no control.

Advertising moves people toward goods; merchandising moves goods toward people.

There's a great public disinclination toward politicians.

This program that the Republican majority has taken us toward as a country is leading us to fiscal bankruptcy.

The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.

The attitude of independence toward a constructed language which all national speakers must adopt is really a great advantage, because it tends to make man see himself as the master of language instead of its obedient servant.

If I did not have for him the warm affection a son feels toward a less austere and preoccupied father, I at least had an immense respect for him, and a great admiration.

There are certain people within the new government who have a slightly disturbing tendency toward authoritarianism, but there are so many checks and balances that in that way their noises are just noises.

The abortion license has not brought freedom and security to women. Rather, it has ushered in a new era of irresponsibility toward women and children, one that now begins before birth.

It was not till toward the end of the thirteenth century that the prose romances began to appear.

Such problems are not solved in one day but there is a great step toward peace and security in the region.

The Muslims refuse our culture and try to impose their culture on us. I reject them, and this is not only my duty toward my culture-it is toward my values, my principles, my civilization.

If we do not change our negative habits toward climate change, we can count on worldwide disruptions in food production, resulting in mass migration, refugee crises and increased conflict over scarce natural resources like water and farm land. This is a recipe for major security problems.