Viscount Samuel Quotes

#1. Without doubt the greatest injury of all was done by basing morals on myth. For, sooner or later, myth is recognized for what it is, and disappears. Then morality loses the foundation on which it has been built.

Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel

#2. My shield, my salvation.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#3. Want to lose weight? Kick a bad habit? Well you might want to try hypnosis! ... no longer regarded as mere hocus-pocus, it's been shown as an effective means of helping people quit smoking, shed pounds, reduce stress, and end phobias.

Jane Pauley

#4. Children should not have treacherous diseases or be afraid. This should be one rule we all agree on.

Anne Lamott

#5. Equality of opportunity is an equal opportunity to prove unequal talents.

David Samuel, 3rd Viscount Samuel

#6. A beautiful and chaste woman is the perfect workmanship of God, and the true glory of angels, the rare miracle of earth, and the sole wonder of the world.

Georg Hermes

#7. I have lately obtained the opinion of a number of Chief Constables, who declare with almost complete unanimity that the recent great increase in juvenile delinquency is, to a considerable extent, due to demoralising cinematograph films.

Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel

#8. In the end men love better that for which they have made sacrifices than that through which they have enjoyed pleasures.

David Samuel, 3rd Viscount Samuel

#9. Uplifting traditions ... that promote love for Deity and unity in families and among people are especially important.

Donald L. Hallstrom

#10. Some people reach the age of sixty before others.

Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood

#11. Science is the key which unlocks the storehouses of nature.

Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel

#12. The answer to our prayer may be the echo of our resolve.

Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel

#13. Much of the world is focused on answers. This unfortunate. Situations change, the earth turns, and our needs fluctuate. Focusing on static answers puts one at a disadvantage. Empower yourself by searching for the right question as if it were a buried treasure and treasures will find you.

John Fairclough

#14. A difficulty for every solution.

Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel

#15. The house of Lords must be the only institution in the world which is kept efficient by the persistent absenteeism of most of its members.

Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel

#16. The world is like a mirror; frown at it, and it frowns at you. Smile and it smiles, too.

Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel

#17. Writing a novel mimics what we bring to our journey of life. God is the great editor who purges the faulty, the awkward, and all the bits that are just plain wrong, so the optimal story can finally emerge.

Denise M. Baran-Unland

#18. Knowledge, to become Wisdom, needs Judgment.

Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel