Quotes about Essential
So the challenge I face with children is the redemption of adulthood. We must make it evident that maturity is the fulfillment of childhood and adolescence, not a diminishing; that it is an affirmation of life, not a denial; that it is entering fully into our essential selves.
— Madeleine L'Engle
The really essential factors of success in any undertaking are money and opportunity, and as a rule, the man who can make the first can make the second.
— Dorothy Sayers
Prayer is not monologue but dialogue; God's voice in response to mine is its most essential part.
— Andrew Murray
Under no circumstances can the food be omitted.
— Sandra Byrd
The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate, I should still believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations.
— John Adams
The most essential thing for happiness is the gift of friendship.
— William Osler
Solitude is an essential element for the spiritual health of a child. If we only stimulate our children - keep them busy with endless stories with no space to be alone - that's not good.
— Henri Nouwen
In all pleasure hope is a considerable part.
— Samuel Johnson
Your true passion should feel like breathing; it's that natural.
— Oprah Winfrey
If you are going to do something, do something that matters.
— Jason Fried
The reason Scripture doesn't give clear guidelines for assigning responsibility is that it is not essential for us to know precise causes. This is good news: you don't have to know the exact cause of suffering in order to find hope and comfort.
— Edward Welch
The wisdom of the precaution is evident from the cry which has been raised against it; as that very cry betrays a disposition to question the great and essential truth which it is manifestly the object of that provision to declare.
— Alexander Hamilton