“It may indeed prove to be far the most difficult and not the least important task for human reason rationally to comprehend its own limitations. It is essential for the growth of reason that as individuals we should bow to forces and obey principles which we cannot hope fully to understand, yet on which the advance and even the preservation of civilization depend.” ShouldHumansMayImportantReasonIndividualForceDifficultGrowthPrinciplesDependsCivilizationProveEssentialsTasksLimitationBowsPreservationHuman Reason Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“So many figures are quoted to prove so many things. Sometimes it depends on what paper you read or what broadcast you listen in on.” SometimesFiguresDependsProvePaper Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Experience serves to prove that the worth and strength of a state depend far less upon the form of its institutions than upon the character of its men; for the nation is only the aggregate of individual conditions, and civilization itself is but a question of personal, improvement.” MenStatesCharacterFormIndividualNationsConditionsDependsCivilizationProveInstitutionsImprovementPersonal Improvement Book:Self-help; with Illustrations of Character, Conduct, and Perseverance Source: Self-help; with Illustrations of Character, Conduct, and Perseverance
“How much on outward show does all depend, If virtues from within no lustre lend! Strip off th'externals M and Y, the rest Proves Majesty itself is but a Jest.” IfsDoeShowsVirtueDependsProveRoyaltyMajestyJest Author:Horace Walpole
“If theological ideas prove to have a value for concrete life, they will be true, for pragmatism, in the sense of being good for so much. How much more they are true, will depend entirely on their relations to the other truths that also have to be acknowledged.” IfsIdeasValuesDependsProveRelationBe GoodBeing TrueConcreteTheologicalPragmatism Book:Pragmatism Source: Pragmatism
“We are now to rank among the nations of the world; but whether our Independence shall prove a blessing or a curse must depend upon our own wisdom or folly, virtue or wickedness.... Justice and virtue are the vital principles of republican government.” WorldGovernmentNationsJusticePrinciplesVirtueDependsRepublicanBlessingProveIndependenceCurseFollyWickednessRepublican Government Author:George Mason
“Whether this will prove a blessing or a curse, will depend upon the use our people will make of the blessings which a gracious God hath bestowed on us. If they are wise, they will be great and happy. If they are of a contrary character, they will be miserable. Righteousness alone can exalt them as a nation. Reader! Whoever thou art, remember this: and in thy sphere practice virtue thyself, an encourage it in others.” PeopleIfsArtCharacterUseRememberNationsPracticeVirtueWiseDependsReaderBlessingProveContraryMiserableCurseRighteousnessSpheresThyselfGracious Author:Patrick Henry
“Success depends on intuition, on seeing what afterwards proves true but cannot be established at the moment.” MomentsSeeingDependsProveIntuition Author:Joseph A. Schumpeter
“But waiting for 'eventually' to prove the alarmists wrong is not the wisest course of action. Unfullfillable ambitions to stifle growth will devastate a world trying to deal with the complexities of economics, stability, and the environment. Quality of life depends on access to energy. Noble intentions about 'C02-free' sources of energy are not sufficient, if their agenda of eliminating coal as a source, and turning their back on nuclear, are allowed to be part of our near-term policies.” IfsWorldTryingActionCoursesEnergyWaitingGrowthTermDealsQualityEnvironmentPolicySourceDependsProveAmbitionEconomicsIntentionNobleAccessNuclearSufficientComplexityAgendasStabilityCoalQuality Of LifeWisestEliminatingAlarmists Author:John H. Sununu