Equal Quotes - Page 28

• The promise of equal educational opportunity envisioned by the Brown decision remains unfulfilled.

  Bobby Scott

  Educational, Opportunity, Decision

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• The purpose firm is equal to the deed

  Edward Young

  Deeds, Purpose, Firmness

  Edward Young, Charles Edward DE COETLOGON (1793). “Night thoughts on life death and immortality ... to which are added the life of the author and a paraphrase on part of the Book of Job”, p.22

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• What does it mean to be an American? While each of us may have our own specific answer to that question, we likely can agree on the basic principles of America: freedom, equal opportunity, and rights accompanied by responsibilities.

  Ben Nelson

  Mean, Responsibility, Opportunity

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• The Grace of God and the human will are co-operant, but not on equal terms. Grace has the pre-eminence.

  William Burton

  Grace, Term, Humans

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• The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a kingdom may depend, ought certainly to be possessed of abilities equal to so important a station and so extensive a command.

  William Falconer

  Fate, Important, May

  William Falconer (2012). “Falconers Marine Dictionary (1780)”, p.3, BoD – Books on Demand

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• We really have to be willing to find out who we are instead of rebelling for the equal rights that we've been denied, that we do deserve.

  Andrew Cohen

  Rights, Who We Are, Willing

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• We should begin by setting conscience free. When all men of all religions shall enjoy equal liberty, property, and an equal chance for honors and power we may expect that improvements will be made in the human character and the state of society.

  John Adams

  Religious, Father, Character

  John Adams (2015). “The Works of John Adams Vol. 8: Letters and State Papers 1782 - 1799”, p.197, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Feasts and business and pleasure and enjoyments seem great things to us, whilst we think of nothing else; but as soon as we add death to them they all sink into an equal littleness.

  William Law

  Christian, Religious, Thinking

  William Law (1801). “A serious call to a devout & holy life, abridged”, p.13

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• In every society where property exists there will ever be a struggle between rich and poor. Mixed in one assembly, equal laws can never be expected; they will either be made by the member to plunder the few who are rich, or by the influence to fleece the many who are poor.

  John Adams

  Struggle, Law, Influence

  John Adams, George A. Peek, Jr. (2003). “The Political Writings of John Adams: Representative Selections”, p.158, Hackett Publishing

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• The genius of any single man can no more equal learning, than a private purse hold way with the exchequer.

  Francis Bacon

  Learning, Men, Genius

  Francis Bacon (2016). “The Advancement of Learning”, p.26, Jazzybee Verlag

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• So, the struggle for equal educational opportunity continues.

  Bobby Scott

  Educational, Struggle, Opportunity

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• All men have equal rights to liberty, to their property, and to the protection of the laws

  Voltaire

  Equality, Men, Rights

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• Trying harder doesn’t always equal more success; it leads to more frustration, less satisfaction, and giving up.

  John Bingham

  Giving Up, Frustration, Trying

  John Bingham (2002). “No Need for Speed: A Beginner's Guide to the Joy of Running”, p.55, Rodale

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• Just because lips have met doesn't mean hearts have joined. And just because two bodies are drawn to each other doesn't mean two people are right for each other. A physical relationship does not equal love.

  Joshua Harris

  Heart, Mean, Two

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• The Inexhaustible Resource of Spirit is equal to every demand. There is no reality in lack. Abundance is here and now manifest.

  Charles Fillmore

  Reality, Demand, Spirit

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• It is giving me a great satisfaction, because I had the notion that we could make great wines equal to the greatest wines in the world, and everybody said it was impossible.

  Robert Mondavi

  Wine, Giving, World

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• The dons, the bashaws, the grandees, the patricians, the sachems, the nabobs, call them by what names you please, sigh and groan and fret, and sometimes stamp and foam and curse, but all in vain. The decree is gone forth, and it cannot be recalled, that a more equal liberty than has prevailed in other parts of the earth must be established in America.

  John Adams

  Names, America, Liberty

  John Adams (1854). “The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations”, p.387

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• Mortals are equal; their mask differs.

  Voltaire

  Equality, Mask, Mortals

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• We can continue our progress as a Nation toward the promise that all people are created equal and that our Nation will treat every person in that spirit.

  Bobby Scott

  People, Promise, Progress

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• When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing than glare.

  James Thurber

  Writing, Justice, Glare

  James Thurber (1990). “Collecting Himself: James Thurber on Writing and Writers, Humor and Himself”

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• All men by nature are equal in that equal right that every man hath to his natural freedom, without being subjected to the will or authority of any other man; being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.

  John Locke

  Independent, Equality, Men

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• He who has heard the same thing told by 12,000 eye-witnesses has only 12,000 probabilities, which are equal to one strong probability, which is far from certain.

  Voltaire

  Strong, Eye, Math

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• Old birds like Orlovius are wonderfully easy to lead by the beak, because a combination of decency and sentimentality is exactly equal to being a fool.

  Vladimir Nabokov

  Bird, Fool, Easy

  Vladimir Nabokov (2012). “Despair”, p.104, Penguin UK

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• Thy purpose firm is equal to the deed: Who does the best his circumstance allows Does well, acts nobly; angels could no more.

  Edward Young

  Angel, Doe, Purpose

  Edward Young (1839). “Night Thoughts on Life, Death and Immortality”, p.15

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• Jesus is returning for a bride whose body is in equal proportion to her head.

  Bill Johnson

  Jesus, Body, Proportion

  Bill Johnson (2014). “Experience the Impossible: Simple Ways to Unleash Heaven's Power on Earth”, p.119, Chosen Books

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