(254 quotes found)
“It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment's grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one's life.”
Chanakya
“The art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mood of happiness, but in allowing happiness to change its form without being disappointed by the change, for happiness, like a child, must be allowed to grow up”
Charles Morgan
“This is Preservation Month. I appreciate preservation. It's what you do when you run for president. You gotta preserve.”
George W. Bush
“I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predecessors as well.”
“Conservation is the foresighted utilization, preservation and/or renewal of forests, waters, lands and minerals, for the greatest good of the greatest number for the longest time.”
Gifford Pinchot
“I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.”
Niccolo Machiavelli
“Two rules:1. Preserve the principal2. When in doubt see Rule #1”
Warren Buffett
“If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever”
St. Thomas Aquinas
“On the diffusion of education among the people rest the preservation and perpetuation of our free institutions”
Daniel Webster