“I always urged my contemporaries to look for interest and inspiration to the development and study of drawing, but they would not listen. They thought the road to salvation lay by the way of colour.” WayLooksInspirationInterestStudyDevelopmentSalvationLaysDrawingColour Author:Edgar Degas
“The study of history empowers nations and individuals with an ability to avoid errors of the past and lay foundations for victories in the future.” PastIndividualNationsAbilityStudyVictoryFoundationLaysErrorsEmpowering Author:Aberjhani
“It is cheering to note that [Martin] Luther (1524) did not see why schools should not be fun as well: "Now since the young must leap and jump, or have something to do, because they have a natural desire for it which should not be restrained (for it is not well to check them in everything) why should we not provide for them such schools, and lay before them such studies?” ShouldWellsSchoolYoungDesireFunNaturalEducationStudyLaysNotesChecksLeapCheerLuther Author:Martin Luther
“Wonder... and not any expectation of advantage from its discoveries, is the first principle which prompts mankind to the study of Philosophy, of that science which pretends to lay open the concealed connections that unite the various appearances of nature.” FirstsPhilosophyWonderPrinciplesKnowledgeStudyMankindExpectationsDiscoveryAdvantageConnectionsLaysVariousAppearanceConcealedPrompts Author:Adam Smith
“In my study I can lay my hand on the Bible in the pitch dark. All truly inspired ideas come from God. The powers from which all truly great composers like Mozart, Schubert, Bach and Beethoven drew their inspirations is the same power that enabled Jesus to do his miracles.” I CanIdeasHandsInspirationJesusDarkStudyMiracleLaysInspiredComposerSchubert Author:Johannes Brahms
“I recently found myself going through a period of uncertainty about my future as a performer, my status as a personality, the believability of my Christian witness and the knowledge of God's will in my life. I felt a force bigger than myself saying, 'Lay back. Take it easy. Study hard. Read your bible. Think, write and keep your mouth shut for awhile.'” ThinkingWritingHardChristianFoundForceFeltEasyStudyPersonalityPeriodsMouthsBiggerLaysGods WillWitnessUncertaintyPerformersMy FutureKnowledge Of GodTake It EasyBelievability Author:Johnny Cash
“Study the heart and the mind of man, and begin with your own. Meditation and reflection must lay the foundation of that knowledge, but experience and practice must, and alone can, complete it.” MenMindHeartPracticeStudyMeditationReflectionFoundationLays Book:The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author Source: The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author
“The answer comes to me through studying the lives of the Rosa Parks and the Vaclav Havels and the Nelson Mandelas and the Dorothy Days of this world. These are people who have come to understand that no punishment that anybody could lay on us could possibly be worse than the punishment we lay on ourselves by conspiring in our own diminishment, by living a divided life, by failing to make that fundamental decision to act and speak on the outside in ways consonant with what we know to be true on the inside.” PeopleKnowsWorldWaySpeakDecisionAnswersStudyFailingThis WorldFundamentalsLaysPunishmentBeing TrueParksDividedNelsonRosaConspiringConsonants Author:Parker J. Palmer