Justinian Code Quotes & Sayings

Quit Iraq Study Group to avoid politicizing it. — Rudy Giuliani

The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done. — Arnold Palmer

My studies with Botvinnik brought me immense benefit, particularly the homework assignments which forced me to refer to chess books and to work independently. — Anatoly Karpov

One way to recollect the mind easily in the time of prayer, and preserve it more in tranquillity, is not to let it wander too far at other times. You should keep it strictly in the presence of God; and being accustomed to think of Him often, you will find it easy to keep your mind calm in the time of prayer, or at least to recall it from its wanderings. — Brother Lawrence

Hitler was never more than average as an artist. His great talent was for the games of politics. — Volker Ullrich

The same state of the passions which fits the multitude, who have not a sufficient stock of reason and knowledge to guide them, for opposition to tyranny and oppression, very naturally leads them to a contempt and disregard of all authority. — Alexander Hamilton

A better principle than this, that "the majority shall rule," is this other, that justice shall rule. "Justice," says the code of Justinian, "is the constant and perpetual desire to render every man his due. — Christian Nestell Bovee

If you want to achieve greatness stop asking for permission. — Anonymous

One product that you can never go wrong with is sunglasses because they are easy to misplace. I always get a couple of pairs every year. — Jessica Szohr

That's the other thing: Even if you're on medication, you still have to treat your body properly and take care of yourself. The idea that [ADHD] goes away or you grow out of it isn't true. — Ty Pennington

When it comes to forks in the road, your heart always knows the answer, not your mind. — Marie Forleo

The social leaders who refuse to allow politics into society are as foreseeing as the soldiers who refuse to allow politics to permeate the army. Society is like the sexual appetite; one does not know at what forms of perversion it may not arrive, once we have allowed our choice to be dictated by aesthetic considerations. — Marcel Proust

To me, being Australian is about looking after your mates, taking care of the less fortunate, supporting the underdog and enhancing the spirit that makes all Australians unique. — Steve Waugh

Just as meekness is in all our virtues, so is pride in all our sins. Whatever its momentary and alluring guise, pride is the enemy, "the first of the sins." One reason to be particularly on guard against pride is that "the devilish strategy of Pride is that it attacks us, not in our weakest points, but in our strongest. It is preeminently the sin of the noble mind." Not only of the noble mind, but also of the semi-righteous. — Neal A. Maxwell