Foundation Quotes

Consider a tree for a moment. As beautiful as trees are to look at, we don't see what goes on underground - as they grow roots. Trees must develop deep roots in order to grow strong and produce their beauty. But we don't see the roots. We just see and enjoy the beauty. In much the same way, what goes on inside of us is like the roots of a tree.

Once the feet are put right, all the rest of him will follow.

How can we expect a harvest of thought who have not had a seedtime of character?

If nature does not ratify law, then all the virtues may lose their sway.

A high civilization is a pyramid: it can stand only on a broad base; its primary prerequisite is a strong and soundly consolidated mediocrity.

The high must make the low its base.

You must base the Wisdom on Love.

All love comes from the family.

Efficiency is the foundation for survival. Effectiveness is the foundation for success.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

To arrive at abstraction, it is always necessary to begin with a concrete reality.

It is impossible to found a civilization on fear and hatred and cruelty. It would never endure.' 'Why not?' 'It would have no vitality. It would disintegrate. It would commit suicide.

Let us not play at kittly-benders. There is a solid bottom everywhere.

A tree reaches below the surface to gather strength for stargazing.

The cart before the horse is neither beautiful nor useful. Before we can adorn our houses with beautiful objects the walls must bestripped, and our lives must be stripped, and beautiful housekeeping and beautiful living laid for a foundation.

You wish to be great, begin from the least. You are thinking to construct some mighty fabric in height; first think of the foundation of humility. And how great soever a mass of building one may wish and design to place above it, the greater the building is to be, the deeper does he dig his foundation.

Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make.

The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.

Philosophy is the true mother of science.

The foundation of culture, as of character, is at last the moral sentiment.

The foundation of the world lies in the nation. The foundation of the nation lies in the family. The foundation of the family lies in the individual.

Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.

To form a new Government, requires infinite care, and unbounded attention; for if the foundation is badly laid the superstructure must be bad.

Do not unto another that you would hot have him do unto you. Thou needest this law alone. It is the foundation of all the rest.

Heavy is the root of light.

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.

A tree with strong roots can withstand the most violent storm, but the tree can't grow roots just as the storm appears on the horizon.

Beauty rests on necessities.

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.

I definitely feel that we cannot do the fantastic things based on the real, unless we first know the real.

If nothing is self-evident, nothing can be proved. Similarly if nothing is obligatory for its own sake, nothing is obligatory at all.

The beginning is the most important part, especially when dealing with anything young and tender.

The need for love lies at the very foundation of human existence.

We have always found that, if the principles were right, the area over which they were affected did not matter. Size is only a matter of the multiplication table.

If you miss the first buttonhole, you will not succeed in buttoning up your coat.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, without it, you can practice no other.

A clever arrangement of bad eggs will never make a good omelet.

The most important stage of any enterprise is the beginning.

No institution will be better than the institutor.

A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.

Without courage you cannot practice any of the other virtues.

The root of the kingdom is in the state. The root of the state is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its head.

Mutual respect is the foundation of genuine harmony.

Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts that have created America...

Cultivate the root; the leaves and branches will take care of themselves.

If it ain't on a page, it ain't on a stage.

What is firmly rooted cannot be pulled out

A tree that can fill the span of a man's arms grows from a downy tip; A terrace nine stories high rises from level earth; A journey of a thousand miles starts from beneath one's feet.

Sincerity is the end and beginning of things; without sincerity there would be nothing.

You cannot learn to fly by flying. First you must learn to walk, to run, to climb, to dance.

There never was a good knife made of bad steel.

Every man who would do anything well, must come to it from a higher ground.

He who walks on tip-toe does not walk on solid ground.

Three things are to be looked to in a building: that it stand on the right spot; that it is securely founded; that it be successfully executed.

The heavy is the root of the light. The unmoved is the source of all movement. Thus the Master travels all day without leaving home. However splendid the views, she stays serenely in herself. Why should the lord of the country flit about like a fool? If you let yourself be blown to and fro, you lose touch with your root. If you let restlessness move you, you lose touch with who you are.

The noble must make humility his root.

You cannot tear up ancient rootages and safely plant the tree of liberty in soil that is not native to it.

The beginning is half of the whole.

It cannot be when the root is neglected that what springs from it will be well ordered.

Not in opinion but in nature is law founded.