W Quotes
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“Without knowledge there can be no sure progress. Vice and barbarism are the inseparable companions of ignorance. Nor is it too much to say that, except in rare instances, the highest virtue is attained only through intelligence.”
Source: The Law of Human Progress: An Oration Before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Union College, Schenectady. July 25th, 1848
“Without knowledge, life is no more than the shadow of death”
“Without Knowledge, Skill cannot be focused. Without Skill, Strength cannot be brought to bear and without Strength, Knowledge may not be applied.”
“Without labor nothing prospers.”
“Without labor there is neither wealth, nor comfort, nor progress.”
“Without labor there is no rest, nor without fighting can the victory be won.”
Source: The Imitation of Christ
“Without land, how can you have development of roads, highways, townships, etc?”
“Without language we would have no reason, without reason no religion, and without these three essential aspects of our nature, neither mind nor bond of society.”
“Without language you can't feel that you have a legitimate, respected presence. You are without a voice, without power.”
Source: In Other Words
“Without language, it is safe to say that man would not have become fully human.”
“Without language, one cannot talk to people and understand them; one cannot share their hopes and aspirations, grasp their history, appreciate their poetry, or savor their songs.”
Source: In the Words of Nelson Mandela
“Without language, thought is a vague, uncharted nebula.”
Source: Course in General Linguistics
“Without laughter life on our planet would be intolerable. So important is laughter to us that humanity highly rewards members of one of the most unusual professions on earth, those who make a living by inducing laughter in others. This is very strange if you stop to think of it: that otherwise sane and responsible citizens should devote their professional energies to causing others to make sharp, explosive barking-like exhalations.”
Source: Funny people
“Without laughter to counter the injustices and absurdities of the world, life could so easily crush one's spirit.”
Source: Murder at the Royal Botanic Gardens
“Without law or compulsion, men would dwell in harmony.”
Source: Tao Te Ching
“Without leadership ability,a person's impact is only a fraction of what it could be with good leadership.”
Source: The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You
“Without leadership, there is no vision, without management, there is no action, and without effective communication, there are no results.”
“Without leadership there would not be the extraordinary efforts necessary to solve existing problems and realize unimagined opportunities.”
Source: Leadership Challenge 4th E
“Without leadership, command is a hollow experience, a vacuum often filled with mistrust and arrogance.”
“Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities.”
“Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.”
“Without learning there's no liberation.”
“Without leisure there can be neither art nor science nor fine conversation, nor any ceremonious performance of the offices of love and friendship.”
Source: My works and days: a personal chronicle
“Without Leskov there would be no Bulgakov, no Chekhov, but also no Garca Mrquez and Julio Cortzar. . . . Leskov is the essential storyteller: he does not portray life, he creates it in all its wonder and terror and magic.”
“Without liberals we wouldn't have unions. We wouldn't have environmental protections. We wouldn't have seat belts or birth control or the ACLU! Any of these things!”
“Without liberty I have nothing left to use except my body.”
“Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.”
“Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.”
“Without life there can be no action — no objects of pursuit — no restless desires — no tormenting passions. Hence it is that we fondly cling to it — that we dread its termination as the close, not of enjoyment, but of hope.”
“Without life, there is no living.”
“Without literature my life would be miserable.”
“Without literature, life is hell.”
“Without living, how can you know? Without knowing, how can you speak?”
“Without living the most chaotic internal storms, you can't get the calmness of the wisdom! Wisdom is the child of the storm.”
“Without living Truth, God is nowhere.”
Source: Gandhi: Selected Writings
“Without local guides, your enemy employs the land as a weapon against you.”
“Without [Loki's] ability to deceive, the foresight of Oden had no power to protect Asgard. Without the ability to lie, the power of Thor stood diminished.”
Source: The Wisdom of Loki: The Art of Lying in the Natural World
“Without [Loki's] ability to deceive, the foresight of Oden had no power to protect Asgard. Without the ability to lie, the power of Thor stood greatly diminished.”
Source: The Wisdom of Loki: The Art of Lying in the Natural World
“Without looking out of my window I could know the ways of heaven”
“Without looking, she knew the shadows in her eyes were rolled back, if not gone. Light always conquers darkness.”
Source: To Save A King
“Without looking through the window, you can see Heaven's Way.”
“Without looking up to God, sinking leads to drowning. But when my eyes are locked on his, sinking tells a different story.
Drop the hands and let the knees be weak. Loosen the grip and let the arms open wide. Bow the head and let the eyes close tight. We cannot do this life. We cannot parent these children. We cannot lead this company. We cannot change this world. We cannot make this art.
Not alone. Not on our own. Not without sinking first.
In the act of sinking into God, of looking up at him from the depths of our own inadequacy, we begin to know who he is. In turn, we know who we are as well.”
Source: A Million Little Ways: Uncover the Art You Were Made to Live
“Without losers, where would the winners be?”
“Without losing to the rain,’ Ayako quoted the Miyazawa Kenji poem. ‘Without losing to the wind.”
Source: Four Seasons in Japan
“Without loss we cannot grow. But without faith, we can not bear to lose... By enduring, we make a statement that even the most poignant loss can be made meaningful. Refusing to succumb to despair is the greatest act of faith.”
Source: Making Loss Matter
“Without love a man is just a body, an empty temple without the deity. With love the deity arrives, the temple is no more empty. That's why love gives such fullness, such deep contentment, such tremendously overflowing joy. Remain in love and let love be the door to the divine.”
Source: You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet: Initiation Talks Between Master and Disciple
“Without love, all progress is harm.”
Source: Earthquakin' Egalitarian: I Die Everyday So Your Children Can Live
“Without love and kindness life is cold, selfish and uninteresting and leads to distaste for everything. With kindness, the difficult becomes easy, the obscure clear; life assumes a charm and it's miseries are softened. If we knew the power of kindness. we should transform the world into a paradise.”
“Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.”
“Without love, art and nature, there is no beauty in life.”