Jane Austen Quotes

You shall not, for the sake of one individual, change the meaning of principle and integrity.

Jane Austen

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• The new meaning of soul is creativity and mysticism. These will become the foundation of the new psychological type and with him or her will come the new civilization.

  

  Otto Rank
  • Soul
  • Creativity
  • Meaning

• We're concerned how gambling and betting affects the NHL game and changes the perception of and challenges the integrity of the NHL game.

  

  Gary Bettman
  • Game
  • Integrity
  • Changes

• Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.

  

  Laura Schlessinger
  • Character
  • Worry
  • Integrity

• If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I already know it what does the formula teach me?

  

  Saint Augustine
  • Teach
  • Meaning
  • Formula

• Eliminating fighting would mean eliminating the jobs of the 'fighters,' meaning these guys would not have NHL careers.

  

  Gary Bettman
  • Mean
  • Fighting
  • Meaning

• I know the true meaning of getting by by the skin of my teeth; I do. It doesn't matter whether you've got money or you haven't, whether you're famous or not. This is the case for all women, actually; you have to carry on. You always have to carry on. And you can, because you have to.

  

  Kate Winslet
  • Women
  • Money
  • True

• There again, that is a fundamental principle: no two situations are alike.

  

  Lakhdar Brahimi
  • Two
  • Principle
  • Alike

• I'm convinced you can combine this with reporting integrity and accuracy.

  

  Jack Brickhouse
  • You
  • Integrity
  • Accuracy

• When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • Book
  • Eyes
  • Meaning

• I have learned a great deal in my life, and DeMolay helped me to learn that character and integrity should be cornerstones in your life. As a Senior DeMolay, as a father, the best advice I could ever give would be to take the high road in life, and you will be able to build trusting relationships.

  

  Larry Wilcox
  • Life
  • Great
  • Character

• We now occupy the proud attitude of a sovereign and independent Republic, which will impose upon us the obligation of evincing to the world that we are worthy to be free. This will only be accomplished by wise legislation, the maintenance of our integrity, and the faithful and just redemption of our plighted faith wherever it has been pledged.

  

  Sam Houston
  • World
  • Free
  • Faith

• I have to admit, I'm not patriotic. It has partly to do with principle, but it is also a phobia/neurosis.

  

  Rabih Alameddine
  • Patriotic
  • Principle
  • Admit

• Being human always points, and is directed, to something or someone, other than oneself - be it a meaning to fulfill or another human being to encounter.

  

  Viktor E. Frankl
  • Always
  • Human
  • Meaning

• I dream in numbers, and I like to look up the meaning of numbers, and numbers stick out to me.

  

  Zoe McLellan
  • Up
  • Dream
  • Me

• The cloning procedure is similar to IVF. The only difference is that the DNA of sperm and egg would be replaced by DNA from an adult cell. What law or principle - secular, humanist, or religious - says that one combination of genetic material in a flask is OK, but another is not?

  

  Nathan Myhrvold
  • Law
  • Religious
  • Difference

• Most of the names in my books have secondary meaning. Sometimes they foreshadow; sometimes they tell you about the character's origin or back story.

  

  Gail Carriger
  • Character
  • Story
  • Meaning

• Integrity is the core of our character. Without integrity, we have a weak foundation upon which to build other Christlike characteristics.

  

  L. Lionel Kendrick
  • Character
  • Integrity

• The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Value
  • Will
  • Principle

• I wrote when I did not know life; now that I do know the meaning of life, I have no more to write. Life cannot be written; life can only be lived.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Life
  • Know
  • Write

• What it's like to be a parent: It's one of the hardest things you'll ever do but in exchange it teaches you the meaning of unconditional love.

  

  Nicholas Sparks
  • Love
  • Parent
  • Meaning

• I'm the former lightweight champion. I want to fight one of the top guys. I don't want to fight a guy who isn't ranked.

  

  Rafael dos Anjos
  • Guy
  • Want
  • Fight

• A word in the head is worth two in the book.

  

  Anu Garg
  • Book

• Many painters had a clear idea of what fractals are. Take a French classic painter named Poussin. Now, he painted beautiful landscapes, completely artificial ones, imaginary landscapes. And how did he choose them? Well, he had the balance of trees, of lawns, of houses in the distance. He had a balance of small objects, big objects, big trees in front and his balance of objects at every scale is what gives to Poussin a special feeling.

  

  Benoit Mandelbrot
  • House
  • Beautiful
  • Giving

• You shall not, for the sake of one individual, change the meaning of principle and integrity.

  

  Jane Austen
  • Integrity
  • Meaning
  • Principle