Foundation Quotes

To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy.

There are no shortcuts to building a team each season. You build the foundation brick by brick.

The Scriptures of God are my only foundation and substance in all matters of weight and importance.

May the optimism of tomorrow be your foundation for today.

Holy Scripture is the highest authority for every believer, the standard of faith and the foundation for reform.

Original, in French: La bonne cuisine est la base du véritable bonheur. English: Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.

Any great change must expect opposition, because it shakes the very foundation of privilege.

To me programming is more than an important practical art. It is also a gigantic undertaking in the foundations of knowledge.

I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity.

I would die to preserve the law upon a solid foundation; but take away liberty, and the foundation is destroyed.

The cornerstone of democracy rests on the foundation of an educated electorate.

The foundations of any subject may be taught to anybody at any age in some form.

The foundation of all mental illness is the unwillingness to experience legitimate suffering.

Logic is the foundation of the certainty of all the knowledge we acquire.

Seed is not just the source of life. It is the very foundation of our being.

If you put your faith in yourself and your abilities, intellect and dreams, then your foundation is only as strong as you are.

If you follow the will of God, you know that in spite of all the terrible things that happen to you, you will never lose a final refuge. You know that the foundation of the world is love, so that even when no human being can or will help you, you may go on, trusting in the One that loves you.

Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.

Truthfulness is a cornerstone in character, and if it be not firmly laid in youth, there will ever after be a weak spot in the foundation.

I am exceedingly distressed at the proceedings of the Convention-being ... almost sure, they will ... lay the foundation of a Civil War.

Energy conservation is the foundation of energy independence.

The foundation of authority is based upon the consent of the people.

A government institution called the Finnish Film Foundation funds filmmaking there, and I wrote several screenplays but never got any money. They were sent back to me, and they said that they were too commercial for them.

It was [the concept of] nationalism that Indonesia was established on. Not the Javanese, not the Sumatran, not the Bornean, Sulawesi, Bali or others, but the Indonesian, that together became the foundation of one nationale staat (nation-state).

Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why should this country bet billions on global warming predictions that have even less foundation?

The aim of constitutional government is to preserve the Republic; that of revolutionary government is to lay its foundation.

I've gotten my personal life all the way intact and made sure that it's straight. Without that, you have no foundation. Your building is going to crumble.

For the myth is the foundation of life; it is the timeless schema, the pious formula into which life flows when it reproduces its traits out of the unconscious.

Our deeds are not the basis of our salvation, they are the evidence of our salvation. They are not foundation, they are demonstration.

Hitler's dictatorship rested on the constitutional foundation of a single law, the Enabling Law.

Humbleness, forgiveness, clarity and love are the dynamics of freedom. They are the foundations of authentic power.

No republic ever yet stood on a stable foundation without satisfying the common people.

The manner in which things exist and take place, constitutes what is called the nature of things; and a careful observation of the nature of things is the sole foundation of all truth.

Geometry is the foundation of all painting.

It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.

Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position

I thought a forest was made up entirely of trees, but now I know that the foundation lies below ground, in the fungi.

We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that it is God who is shaking them.

Religion and good morals are the only solid foundation of public liberty and happiness.

Failure is the foundation of success: success is the lurking place of failure.

Mutual respect is the foundation of genuine harmony.

The pure culture is the foundation for all research on infectious disease.

I recently formed a foundation to raise awareness for prostate cancer. I feel it's very necessary that men be more aware about prostate cancer and their health in general.

The foundation of true holiness and true Christian worship is the doctrine of the gospel, what we are to believe. So when Christian doctrine is neglected, forsaken, or corrupted, true holiness and worship will also be neglected, forsaken, and corrupted.

Our comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance.

Having a Republican candidate speak at the NAACP convention is like trying to build a house starting at the roof. If you don't have a foundation, the roof isn't going to stand.

No other investment yields as great a return as the investment in education. An educated workforce is the foundation of every community and the future of every economy.

The bass is the link between harmony and rhythm. It is the foundation of a band. It is what all the other instruments stand upon, but it is rarely recognized as that.

Love has an immense ability to help heal the devastating wounds that life sometimes deals us. Love also enhances our sense of connection to the larger world. Loving responsiveness is the foundation of a truly compassionate, civilized society.

We are laying the foundations of a government, which we hope may outlast the Pyramids.