(56 quotes found)
“It is only an error in judgment to make a mistake, but it shows infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered”
Christian Nevell Bovee
“The true test of a leader is whether his followers will adhere to his cause from their own volition, enduring the most arduous hardships without being forced to do so, and remaining steadfast in the moments of greatest peril.”
Xenophon
“Neither love nor hate, nor any order of intense adherence to personal involvement in human experience, may be so apt to serve the soul as this freedom and this necessity to be kind.”
William Saroyan
“The proclamation and repetition of first principles is a constant feature of life in our democracy. Active adherence to these principles, however, has always been considered un-American. We recipients of the boon of liberty have always been ready, when faced with discomfort, to discard any and all first principles of liberty, and, further, to indict those who do not freely join with us in happily arrogating those principles.”
David Mamet
“There are standards to which students should adhere while in school so learning is not compromised and health and safety are not jeopardized.”
Dale Brown
“Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define their terms, and then adhere to their definitions.”
Tryon Edwards
“And enjoin prayer on your followers, and steadily adhere to it; We do not ask you for subsistence; We do give you subsistence, and the (good) end is for guarding (against evil). (Ta Ha 20.132)”
quran
“While adhering to his convictions, with which one could agree or disagree, he was not dogmatic; he was looking for negotiations and cooperation. And this was the most important thing to me; he had the trust of the American people.”
Mikhail Gorbachev
“This conduct prematurely reduced competition between the companies. Merging parties must strictly adhere to the requirements of the HSR Act and maintain their companies as separate and independent competitors during the HSR waiting period.”
Charles A. James
“This is an ordinary tool as used throughout the country but always in adherence to the Constitution and always -- and this is so important -- always with the oversight of a federal judge who has to determine that ... probable cause exists in the first place,”
Chuck Rosenberg
