Upon Quotes

Everyone who understands the nature of God rightly necessarily knows that God is to be believed and hoped in, that he is to be loved and called upon, and to be heard in all things.

The musician writes for the orchestra what his inner voice sings to him; the painter rarely relies without disadvantage solely upon the images which his inner eye presents to him; nature gives him his forms, study governs his combinations of them.

Prosperity cannot be restored by raids upon the public Treasury.

I hold it the duty of the executive to insist upon frugality in the expenditure, and a sparing economy is itself a great national source.

But if our hopes are betrayed, if we are forced to resist the invasion of our soil, and to defend our threatened homes, this duty, however hard it may be, will find us armed and resolved upon the greatest sacrifices.

Once you attempt legislation upon religious grounds, you open the way for every kind of intolerance and religious persecution.

No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works.

Marvelous is the power which can be exercised, almost unconsciously, over a company, or an individual, or even upon a crowd by one person gifted with good temper, good digestion, good intellects, and good looks.

I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning.

I'm even embarrassed at times when my friends come upon my pictures.

Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off.

We repeat today that we are with the establishment of a Palestinian state on any liberated part of Palestinian land that is agreed upon by the Palestinian people, without recognizing Israel or conceding any inch of historical Palestine.

I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression of life as growth.

I have always looked upon alchemy in natural philosophy to be like enthusiasm in divinity, and to have troubled the world much to the same purpose.

To have no heroes is to have no aspiration, to live on the momentum of the past, to be thrown back upon routine, sensuality, and the narrow self.

But I do nothing upon myself, and yet I am my own executioner.

But I have the satisfaction, at the same time, to reflect that the impression to be made depends upon the consistency of the charge and the motives of the prosecutors.

"Indian policy" has now been brought down upon the American people, and the American people are the new Indians of the 21st Century.

The destiny of world civilization depends upon providing a decent standard of living for all mankind.

I look upon pride as a sin.

Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without.

'Tis very great pity that they who are so apt to over-rate themselves in smaller matters, shou'd, where it most concerns them to know, and stand upon their Value, be so insensible of their own worth.

Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, the emptiness of ages in his face, and on his back the burden of the world.

But there were women in the world, and from them each of our heroes had taken to himself a wife. The good ladies were no strangers to the prowess of their husbands. and, strange as it may seem, they presumed a little upon it.

Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.

There is no glory in star or blossom till looked upon by a loving eye; There is no fragrance in April breezes till breathed with joy as they wander by.

If you are kept in ignorance of the true way and permit yourself to rely upon and be guided by the opinion of imperfect man, you can never gain the riches that will bring you peace and lasting happiness.

As it fell upon a day in the merry month of May, sitting in a pleasant shade which a grove of myrtles made.

I have become intrigued with the combining of seemingly unrelated ideas or images, or the drawing upon the many, sometimes dissimilar, meanings a word might have.

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.