Worthy Quotes

Not until he stood at the altar did he achieve a sense of being hale and furnished. It was strange, he thought, that a man would find his surest current in the spot where he felt least worthy.

The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.

You must be worthy of the best, but not more worthy than the rest.

It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills.

It is my express wish that in awarding the prizes no consideration be given to the nationality of the candidates, but that the most worthy shall receive the prize, whether he be Scandinavian or not.

I've been exploring different options for when I'm done skiing. I have the Turtle Ridge Foundation, which is helping a bunch of worthy causes around the Northeast. I've also started SkiSpace, which is an online social network that basically deals with all things based around any snow sport.

To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death.

Dick Durbin's a worthy opponent on any debate. He's very intelligent, quick. Knows his facts and puts them forward well.

God is His own Design and End, and that there is no other Worthy of Him.

Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal.

With respect to Holy Communion, it is up to the communicant to decide whether they are in a state of grace and worthy to receive the Eucharist. Each one of us makes that decision.

The feeling of not belonging, of not being entirely worthy, of being sometimes hostage to your own sensibilities. Those things speak to me very personally.

Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for greatness and for height.

This has not been a legislative process worthy of the Senate. Members of the Judiciary Committee, as I just said, were implored to save their amendments for the floor. Then, when we got here, we were told no amendments could be accepted.

With regard to the ballot, it is worthy of remark that no meeting has been held in favour of Reform at which the ballot has not been strongly insisted upon.

There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create.

The doubt of an earnest, thoughtful, patient and laborious mind is worthy of respect. In such doubt may be found indeed more faith than in half the creeds.

I agree that we must expand opportunities for retirement saving, but we must not undermine this worthy effort with a flawed privatization scheme that takes the 'security' out of Social Security.

One can know nothing of giving aught that is worthy to give unless one also knows how to take.

A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it.

To live is shared by all, but not to be worthy of living.

The mathematical facts worthy of being studied are those which, by their analogy with other facts, are capable of leading us to the knowledge of a physical law.

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.

In fact, to gull a fool seems to me an exploit worthy of a witty man.

Civilization, to be worthy of the name, must afford other methods of settling human differences than those of blood letting.

The only love worthy of a name is unconditional.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.

If I be worthy, I live for my God to teach the heathen, even though they may despise me.

It's an honor to support such a worthy program.TURF aims to protect the integrity of tailgating and to keep game day family-friendly.

Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered.