Francis Bowes Sayre, Sr. famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

History down through the centuries has proved again and again that there can be but one outcome to a struggle for selfish power against forces fighting to protect and advance human rights. Those genuinely serving humanity always ultimately emerge triumphant. It is under their standards that the [Western] allies choose to throw in their lot for humanity's defense.
-- Francis Bowes Sayre, Sr.

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Unless man has the wit and the grit to build his civilization on something better than material power, it is surely idle to talk of plans for a stable peace.
-- Francis Bowes Sayre, Sr.

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Religion isn't yours firsthand until you doubt it right down to the ground.
-- Francis Bowes Sayre, Sr.

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You know, Emily was a selfish old woman in her way. She was very generous, but she always wanted a return. She never let people forget what she had done for them - and, that way she missed love.
To read is to withdraw.To make oneself unavailable. One would feel easier about it if the pursuit inself were less...selfish.
Human curiosity, the urge to know, is a powerful force and is perhaps the best secret weapon of all in the struggle to unravel the workings of the natural world.
I am always struggling in finding time to daily grow in my faith. If you are not in the Word or focusing on Christ, or into prayer, you can't help but slip at times.
Winning the war on terrorism will also require a level of moral clarity that can provide a vision for struggling people and nations everywhere.
Mankind has grown strong in eternal struggles and it will only perish through eternal peace.
A loud noise will get your fight-or-flight response going. This, over the years, can cause real cardiovascular damage.
For great men, religion is a way of making friends; small people make religion a fighting tool.
Approach or come: refers not to the physical act of coming, but to the mental attitude; the heart is mentioned for sincerity. When they sincerely promise not to fight against you, do not pursue them. Remember that if they had fought against you, your difficulties would have been increased. Their neutrality itself may be a great advantage to you. So long as you are satisfied that they are sincere and their acts support their declarations of peace with you, you should not consider yourself justified in pursuing them and warring against them.
Fighting fire with fire only gets you ashes!

Francis Bowes Sayre, Sr. famous quotes

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