Sustentation Quotes & Sayings

There is a fundamental moral difference between a man who sees his self-interest in production and a man who sees it in robbery. The evil of a robber does not lie in the fact that he pursues his own interests, but in what he regards as to his own interest; not in the fact that he pursues his values, but in what he chose to value; not in the fact that he wants to live, but in the fact that he wants to live on a subhuman level ... — Ayn Rand

The motivation comes from the embarrassment of having lost and the way it sits with you. — Ben Morgan

In education, once more, the chief things are equality and freedom. — Leo Tolstoy

The fight has been going on since...dominion in this world has found itself capable of sustentation by the exercise of fear as to the world to come. — Anthony Trollope

The whole concept of providence is that God knows everything about what we do. — R.C. Sproul

Enemy-occupied territory
that is what this world is. Christianity is the story of how the rightful king has landed, you might say landed in disguise, and is calling us to take part in a great campaign of sabotage. — C.S. Lewis

I've not been afraid to take risks, be resolute and passionate about purpose, and inspire people to do things that maybe they thought weren't possible. — Mindy Grossman

He caught her elbow before she'd taken more than a few steps. "Are you walking home?"
"Yes."
"It's," he glanced at his watch, "nine o'clock."
She shrugged out of his hold and continued on her way. "The Boogeyman doesn't come out until ten, so I'm good. — Robin Bielman

Social Media are tools, Real Time is a mindset. — David Meerman Scott

Right now, we are doing it blindly. — Donald Berwick

As for the healing, that comes from the writing, from living and writing. That's my catharsis. That's why I never regret sharing because it's part of my healing! — Karrine Steffans

To me, everything is wonderful. Life is wonderful. — Magic Johnson

And yet he felt repelled by the teaching machines. For the entire Public School was geared to a task which went contrary to his grain: the school was there not to inform or educate, but to mold, and along severely limited lines. It was the link to their inherited culture, and it peddled that culture, in its entirety, to the young. It bent its pupils to it; perpetuation of the culture was the goal, and any special quirks in the children which might lead them in another direction had to be ironed out. — Philip K. Dick

At most, the greatest persons are but great wens, and excrescences; men of wit and delightful conversation, but as morals for ornament, except they be so incorporated into the body of the world that they contribute something to the sustentation of the whole. — John Donne

Strict orthodoxy can cost too much if it has to be bought at the price of love. All the orthodoxy in the world will never take the place of love. — William Barclay

Boredom, that traitorous devil that posseses us to do things sometimes useless, and often stupid. — Apol Lejano-Massebieau

As I walked up the imposing steps of the Royal Academy, I came fact to face with Alwen Hughes. She looked just as stunning as she had done in my first year at art school. — Rolf Harris