Mistakes are the necessary steps in the learning process; once they have served their purpose, they should be forgotten and not repeated.

We do not think it necessary to prove that a quack medicine is poison; let the vender prove it to be sanative

The necessary thing is after all but this; solitude, great inner solitude. Going into oneself for hours meeting no one – this one must be able to attain.

No particular man is necessary to the state. We may depend on it that, if we provide the country with popular institutions, those institutions will provide it with great men

Generalization is necessary to the advancement of knowledge; but particularly is indispensable to the creations of the imagination. In proportion as men know more and think more they look less at individuals and more at classes. They therefore make better theories and worse poems

We deplore the outrages which accompany revolutions. But the more violent the outrages, the more assured we feel that a revolution was necessary

It is necessary to posit something which is necessary of itself, and has no cause of its necessity outside of itself but is the cause of necessity in other things. And all people call this thing God

It is the evil in man that makes democracy necessary, and man’s belief in justice that makes democracy possible.

To be a textual critic requires aptitude for thinking and willingness to think; and though it also requires other things, those things are supplements and cannot be substitutes. Knowledge is good, method is good, but one thing beyond all others is necessary; and that is to have a head, not a pumpkin, on your shoulders and brains, not pudding, in your head.

Always keep in mind that there are times when you actually need to change your very self, and also, this change sometimes becomes a necessity for us to bring in ourselves rather than focusing more on changing the world around us.

If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Secondly, a just cause. Thirdly, a rightful intention

To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible

Primitive communism, chattel C, serf slavery, and wage slavery were necessary stepping-stones in the evolution of society.

The world changes, but I want that change to be necessary or respectful of what has happened before. Everything changes, and that’s quite right.

The truth is not always comfortable, but it is necessary for progress.

Change can be uncomfortable, but it is necessary for personal and societal growth.

Rock music is, is a necessary evil, like beating my children with penny loafers

Consider the necessary, analyze the consequences, clean up the mess.

To use is necessary. And if you can’t be used, then you’re useless.

I believe it’s important that we ensure that the police have a modern and flexible workforce. I think that’s what is necessary, so that they can provide the public with the service that they want

There is no bigger waste of time than doing 90% of what is necessary

Here then is the origin and rise of government; namely, a mode rendered necessary by the inability of moral virtue to govern the world; here too is the design and end of government, viz. Freedom and security

It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe.

Some writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins… Society is in every state a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself.

Government is a necessary evil

Solitude is so necessary both for society and for the individual that when society fails to provide sufficient solitude to develop the inner life of the persons who compose it, they rebel and seek false solitudes

For each one of us, there is only one thing necessary: to fulfill our own destiny, according to God’s will, to be what God wants us to be.

So much of the Western tradition deals with the most despairing and angst-ridden emotions, but they’re movies made for kids. It’s as if America was trying to pass on an unpleasant but necessary lesson of life: that you were alone, and you needed to toughen up and shut up

Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write!

In a world of noise, confusion and conflict it is necessary that there be places of silence, inner discipline and peace. In such places love can blossom.

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniencies attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.

It is not necessary to live,
But to carve our names beyond that point,
This is necessary.

Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning

I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.

It is not necessary to accept everything as true, one must only accept it as necessary.’ ‘A melancholy conclusion,’ said K. ‘It turns lying into a universal principle.

Alone, even doing nothing, you do not waste your time. You do, almost always, in company. No encounter with yourself can be altogether sterile: Something necessarily emerges, even if only the hope of some day meeting yourself again.

Make good scouts of yourselves, become good rifle shots so that if it becomes necessary that you defend your families and your country that you can do it.

Well, with so many space shuttle missions that we’ve done, I think it’s just sort of natural that each one hasn’t necessarily gotten the attention that the early ones did.

All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing as they must if they believe they can do nothing. There is nothing worse because the council of despair is declaration of irresponsibility; it is Pilate washing his hands.

It is necessary for the very existence of science that minds exist which do not allow that nature must satisfy some preconceived conditions.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

Law enforcement officers should use only the minimum force necessary in dealing with disorders when they arise. A human life-the life of a student, soldier, or police officer-is a precious thing, and the taking of a life can be justified only as a necessary and last resort.

Most “necessary evils” are far more evil than necessary.

Jesus said, ‘Except a man be born of water and of the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.’ There are no exceptions. Baptism is a necessary ordinance.

Material things aside, we need no advice but approval.

The very fact that we wish for liberation shows that freedom from all bondage is our real nature. It is not to be freshly acquired. All that is necessary is to get rid of the false notion that we are bound.

Grace is ever present. All that is necessary is that you surrender to it.

Charting your own course isn’t just more necessary than ever before. It’s also much easier – and much more fun.

Water and our necessary food are the only things that wise men must fight for.

Good executives focus on opportunities rather than problems. Problems have to be taken care of, of course; they must not be swept under the rug. But problem solving, however necessary, does not produce results. It prevents damage. Exploiting opportunities produces results.

It is not enough to dream of the Impossible Love – it is necessary to conquer it too.

If there is any possible consolation in the tragedy of losing someone we love very much, it’s the necessary hope that perhaps it was for the best.

More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness.

Tested faith brings experience. You would never have believed your own weakness had you not needed to pass through trials. And you would never have known God’s strength had His strength not been needed to carry you through.

If you do not pray except when you feel like praying, you will not pray much, nor pray when you most need it.

Nor is it necessary that these hypotheses should be true, nor indeed even probable.

Authentic men aren’t afraid to show affection, release their feelings, hug their children, cry when they’re sad, admit it when they’re wrong, and ask for help when they need it.

Spread the love of God through your life but only use words when necessary.

The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child

When Kulture was born, I felt like I was a kid again; everything was making me cry, and I needed a lot of love

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become

Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good

We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be

It is necessary to keep one’s compass in one’s eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.

That specific disease in which the suspension of the whole nervous system on a chance or risk becomes as necessary as the dram to the drunkard.

If you propose to speak always ask yourself, is it true, is it necessary, is it kind.

Religion is as necessary to reason as reason is to religion. The one cannot exist without the other. A reasoning being would lose his reason, in attempting to account for the great phenomena of nature, had he not a Supreme Being to refer to; and well has it been said, that if there had been no God, mankind would have been obliged to imagine one.

No morn ever dawned more favorable than ours did; and no day was every more clouded than the present! Wisdom, and good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm.

It is substantially true that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government.

It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.

Never think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them.

War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.

It isn’t until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are – not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within – that you can begin to take control.

Some women have a weakness for shoes. I can go barefoot if necessary. I have a weakness for books.

Therefore, it is necessary to be a fox to discover the snares and a lion to terrify the wolves.

First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end

Form does not necessarily follow function

The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.

It’s necessary to get the losers out of your life if you want to live your dreams.

Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.

Indulge yourself in pleasures only in so far as they are necessary for the preservation of health.

To win the entire game, not just one player but the whole team is needed.

The mind has greater power over the emotions, and is less subject thereto, insofar as it understands all things to be necessary.