Upon Quotes

I believe in monogamy if that's what a couple decides upon together, but it all depends on the personal history and culture of the two involved.

It is the coward who fawns upon those above him. It is the coward who is insolent whenever he dares be so.

The person upon whom the schoolboys' attention centred was, of course, the Headmaster.

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand.

God hath given to man a short time here upon earth, and yet upon this short time eternity depends.

Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings.

I fancy that no good ideas upon that campaign will be mentioned at any time that did not receive their share of consideration by General Lee.

Any one reflecting upon the thought he has of the delight, which any present or absent thing is apt to produce in him, has the idea we call love.

I see upon their noble brows the seal of the Lord, for they were born kings of the earth far more truly than those who possess it only from having bought it.

The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look upon his own person.

Every man is crucified upon the cross of himself.

Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another.

How little the public realizes what a girl must go through before she finally appears before the spotlight that is thrown upon the stage.

Thus the sum of things is ever being reviewed, and mortals dependent one upon another. Some nations increase, others diminish, and in a short space the generations of living creatures are changed and like runners pass on the torch of life.

God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.

The dwarfed trees of the Chinese and Japanese have been noticed by every author who has written upon these countries, and all have attempted to give some description of the method by which the effect is produced.

My obligation, if I become president, is to give another direction to Europe than the one that is being forced upon us today.

Man is a creature who walks in two worlds and traces upon the walls of his cave the wonders and the nightmare experiences of his spiritual pilgrimage.

The communism of Marx seeks a strong state centralization, and where this exists, there the parasitic Jewish nation - which speculates upon the labor of people - will always find the means for its existence.

If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings.

The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.

To depend upon a profession is a less odious form of slavery than to depend upon a father.

The English had hit upon a splendid joke. They intended to catch me or to bring me down.

Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.

I usually go with the first instinct, and then build upon that.

The limitation upon this mode of promoting peace lies in the fact that it consists in an appeal to the civilized side of man, while war is the product of forces proceeding from man's original savage nature.

An unschooled man who knows how to meditate upon the Lord has learned far more than the man with the highest education who does not know how to meditate.

In this way, the charge that the bank makes for the use of its notes - the interest - is a continual and universal tax upon all the members of the community.

It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas.