Traditions Quotes

Silence is the greatest ornament of the woman.

A custom / More honored in the breach than the observance.

Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.

The lessons of history, confirmed by the evidence immediately before me, show conclusively that continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fibre. To dole out relief in this way is to administer a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit. It is inimical to the dictates of sound policy. It is in violation of the traditions of America. Work must be found for able-bodied but destitute workers. The Federal Government must and shall quit this business of relief.

Growing up Mormon, you learn how to be very, very organized, and it's a passionate group. I mean, in that way, it's prepared me very well for Hollywood.

Moslem fundamentalists use 7th century customs to keep 21st century women in line.

Ever since I started acting, I've always spoken to our people about identity. I've spoken to kids, telling them: "Where do I get my strength to push through the barriers to get me where I'm at today? It's my culture and my traditions, you know?

The old order changeth, yielding place to new; And God fulfils himself in many ways, Lest one good custom should corrupt the world..

In my life, my religion comes first, and obviously, my family comes second.

I've just never been a person that was political or religiously savvy. Except for the fact that I was born Jewish. That gives me 10 circumcision jokes.

Force sometimes does change things. I see not reason to believe that slavery in America would not have continued to the present day if it did not meet a violent end.

Where a bad custom has been in existence for any length of time, most people grow to regard it as part of the order of nature.

First of all, when you live in a country like Canada, it's quite different from America in the sense that it's very tied to traditions that were born in Britain.

Civil disobedients are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite in tune with the oldest traditions of the country.

Everywhere the "principe de la Monarchie" is called upon to show itself strong. That is why I am so glad at the capital speech you made other day to the deputations in response to some addresses for reform. It was very much to the point and made a deep impression everywhere

I was raised into the Romanian Orthodox culture by my parents, and most notably my mother, who is a profoundly religious and spiritual woman.

Irish and Italian are my two favourite people.

A family is where character is formed, values are learned, ethics are created, and society preserved.

Sometimes, there isn't respect for our ways, but you can't change people.

All barbarous nations are commonly great observers of ceremonies.

Bottom up democracy is hard for our leaders to accept. It is cultural. Chinese culture is based on the family. The daddy makes all the big decisions for everyone. It is top down.

It’s really important that civic rituals like the Marathon and other large civic gatherings go on—that we not surrender our public occasions to terror.

Family gatherings were very important to me growing up.

Islam is a vibrant faith. Millions of our fellow citizens are Muslim. We respect the faith. We honor its traditions. Our enemy does not. Our enemy doesn't follow the great traditions of Islam. They've hijacked a great religion.

Islam does give human dignity, certainly. The point I wanted to make is that it is great foolishness to try to impose our notions of democracy. They have their own traditions.