Majorem Dei Quotes

#1. Ad majorem Dei gloriam - to the greater glory of God.

John Irving

#2. While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them

Henry David Thoreau

#3. But true equality won't come until boys learn to embrace girl stuff as well.

Julia Serano

#4. He was the mightiest of Puritans no less than of philistines who first insisted that beauty is only skin deep.

Louis Kronenberger

#5. Like young men from the dawn of time, I decided to choose the risk of death over certain humiliation.

Ben Aaronovitch

#6. I always think the flowers can see us, and know what we are thinking about.

George Eliot

#7. If you've been here, in New York, it has been dominated by the UN General Assembly, the annual event where delegates come from all over the world to f*** up this city's traffic.

John Oliver

#8. (preschoolers demand some form of attention 180 times per hour, behavioral psychologists say),

John Medina

#9. I am thankful that sacrifice is non-negotiable, and that counting the cost in giving to another is foolishly assuming that we can put a price on sacrifice.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

#10. Don't sneak up on a woman holding a hammer.

Carolyn Brown

#11. The crimes of violence committed for selfish, personal motives are historically insignificant compared to those committed ad majorem gloriam Dei, out of a self-sacrificing devotion to the flag, a leader, a religeous faith or political conviction.

Arthur Koestler

#12. Live a courageous life.

Lailah Gifty Akita