Quotes about Necessity
Necessity does the work of courage.
— George Eliot
There slowly grew up in me an unshakable conviction that we have no right to inflict suffering and death on another living creature, unless there is some unavoidable necessity for it.
— Albert Schweitzer
To justify Christianity because it provides a foundation of morality, instead of showing the necessity of Christian morality from the truth of Christianity, is a very dangerous inversion," cautioned T. S. Eliot.
— Philip Yancey
To justify Christianity because it provides a foundation of morality, instead of showing the necessity of Christian morality from the truth of Christianity, is a very dangerous inversion
— Philip Yancey
The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea.
— John Adams
Wherefore, sinner, here is laid a necessity upon thee, one of the two must be thy lot; either thou must accept God's grace, and be content to be saved freely thereby, notwithstanding all thy undeserving and unworthiness, or else thou must be damned for thy rebellion and for thy rejecting of this grace
— John Bunyan
St. Francis of Assisi said, "Start doing what is necessary; then do what is possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
— John Maxwell
Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies. Those whom God has so joined together, let no man put asunder.
— John F. Kennedy
Necessity is the mother of taking chances.
— Mark Twain
I think the things we want most in life, the things we think will set us free, are not the thing we need.
— Donald Miller
My faith teaches me that the path to join souls in love must of necessity involve a crucifixion, and I think there's a metaphor in there for marriage.
— Donald Miller
Dwight Eisenhower said that from the beginning, his mother and father operated on an assumption that set the course of his life - that the world could be fixed of its problems if every child understood the necessity of their existence. Eisenhower's parents assumed, and taught their children, that if their children weren't alive, their family couldn't function.
— Donald Miller