Prerequisites Quotes

• Imperfection is the prerequisite for grace. Light only gets in through the cracks.

  Philip Yancey

  Christian, Light, Imperfection

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

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Strong, Civilization, Pyramids

  Friedrich Nietzsche “Delphi Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche (Illustrated): Friedrich Nietzsche”, Delphi Classics

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• The process of education takes place in the field of consciousness; the prerequisite to complete education is therefore the full development of consciousness - enlightenment. Knowledge is not the basis of enlightenment, enlightenment is the basis of knowledge.

  Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

  Enlightenment, Development, Fields

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• For a Christian to be a Christian, he must first be a sinner. Being a sinner is a prerequisite for being a church member. The Christian church is one of the few organizations in the world that requires a public acknowledgement of sin as a condition for membership.

  R. C. Sproul

  Christian, Organization, Church

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• Failure is an absolute prerequisite for success. You learn to succeed by failing.

  Brian Tracy

  Succeed, Failing, Absolutes

  Twitter post from Oct 12, 2016

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• I think we have to be careful about what we label as a prerequisite for spirituality. I don't think you have to know a lot to have a spiritual life, but knowing gives life richness.

  Olympia Dukakis

  Spiritual, Thinking, Knowing

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I dont understand, but understanding something isnt a prerequisite to feeling it. We dont have to understand things in order to be affected by them.

  Josh James

  Order, Understanding, Feelings

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• The prerequisite of contrapuntal art, more conspicuous in the work of Bach than in that of any other composer, is an ability to conceive a priori of melodic identities which when transposed, inverted, made retrograde, or transformed rhythmically will yet exhibit, in conjunction with the original subject matter, some entirely new but completely harmonious profile.

  Glenn Gould

  Art, Identity, Matter

  "Song: 'So You Want To Write A Fugue'". 1997.

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• A decisive cleansing of the conscience is a prerequisite for unhindered access to God

  Michael L. Brown

  Cleansing, Access, Conscience

  Michael L. Brown (2014). “Hyper-Grace”, p.49, Charisma Media

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• Situational unawareness in the private marketplace or on the battlefield will cost you your livelihood or your life. In the Age of Obama, however, such willful ignorance is a job prerequisite. The less you know the better.

  Michelle Malkin

  Birthday, Jobs, Ignorance

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• It is in dialogue with pain that many beautiful things acquire their value. Acquaintance with grief turns out to be one of the more unusual prerequisites of architectural appreciation. We might, quite aside from all other requirements, need to be a little sad before buildings can properly touch us.

  Alain de Botton

  Beautiful, Appreciation, Pain

  Alain de Botton (2007). “The Architecture of Happiness”, p.15, Penguin UK

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• Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root... Our military strength is a prerequisite to peace, but let it be clear we maintain this strength in the hope it will never be used, for the ultimate determinant in the struggle that's now going on in the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas, a trial of spiritual resolve, the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish, the ideals to which we are dedicated.

  Ronald Reagan

  Spiritual, Peace, Military

  Address to British Parliament, delivered 8 June 1982, Royal Gallery at the Palace of Westminster, London

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• What would Kathy say if she knew I let the whole crew eat those Oreos when they never did eat their carrot sticks (which I had so firmly required as prerequisite)? All three of my kids were probably heading for disease (not enough veggies) and jail (not enough discipline).

  Dean Hughes

  Kids, Jail, Discipline

  Dean Hughes (2005). “All Moms Go to Heaven: Reflections”, Deseret Book Company

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• What did Nabokov and Joyce have in common, apart from the poor teeth and the great prose? Exile, and decades of near pauperism. A compulsive tendency to overtip. An uxoriousness that their wives deservedly inspired. More than that, they both lived their lives 'beautifully'--not in any Jamesian sense (where, besides, ferocious solvency would have been a prerequisite), but in the droll fortitude of their perseverance. They got the work done, with style.

  Martin Amis

  Perseverance, Wife, Style

  FaceBook post by Martin Amis from Aug 10, 2016

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• Testimony is the beginning of and a prerequisite to continuing conversion. Testimony is a point of departure; it is not an ultimate destination. Strong testimony is the foundation upon which conversion is established. Testimony alone is not and will not be enough to protect us in the latter-day storm of darkness and evil in which we are living.

  David A. Bednar

  Strong, Evil, Darkness

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• The art of mastering life is the prerequisite for all further forms of expression, whether they are paintings, sculptures, tragedies, or musical compositions.

  Paul Klee

  Life, Art, Expression

  Paul Klee (2012). “Paul Klee”, p.61, Parkstone International

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• Spending time with God through prayer and His Word is a prerequisite for having a great life and fulfilling your purpose.

  Joyce Meyer

  Prayer, Purpose, Spending Time

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• After all, the universe required ten billion years of evolution before life was even possible; the evolution of the stars and the evolving of new chemical elements in the nuclear furnaces of the stars were indispensable prerequisites for the generation of life.

  John Polkinghorne

  Stars, Years, Generations

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• More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development.

  Kofi Annan

  Country, Equality, Reality

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I come from a pretty working-class neighborhood in Chicago. Hard work was just expected of you. It wasn't some noble thing you did; it was a prerequisite. It's what a man did. You get up, you put on your boots, and you work hard. We've lost a lot of that, I'm afraid.

  John C. Reilly

  Hard Work, Men, Class

  "Conquer Your Shortcomings". Interview with J. Rentilly, www.menshealth.com. December 15, 2011.

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• I think all songs should have weather in them. Names of towns and streets, and they should have a couple of sailors. I think those are just song prerequisites.

  Tom Waits

  Song, Couple, Thinking

  Interview with The Onion A.V. Club, www.avclub.com. May 29, 2002.

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• Pluralism is no longer simply an asset or a prerequisite for progress and development, it is vital to our existence.

  Aga Khan IV

  Pluralism Is, Progress, Development

  Speech at the Ceremony to Inaugurate the Restored Humayun's Tomb Gardens, New Delhi, India, www.akdn.org. April 15, 2003.

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• The economic prerequisites for the socialist revolution are fully matured in the US. The political premises are likewise far more advanced than might appear on the surface.

  James P. Cannon

  Political, Might, Revolution

  James P. Cannon (2000). “Fighting for Socialism in the 'American Century'”, p.148, Resistance Books

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• The prerequisite to loving others is to love yourself. If you don't have a healthy respect for who you are, and if you don't learn to accept yourself faults and all, you will never be able to properly love other people.

  Joel Osteen

  Love, People, Healthy

  Joel Osteen (2012). “Daily Readings from Become a Better You: 90 Devotions for Improving Your Life Every Day”, p.82, Simon and Schuster

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• Loneliness is a prerequisite for freedom. Freedom depends on the ability to reflect, and reflection can only begin when one is alone.

  Gao Xingjian

  Loneliness, Reflection, Ability

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